20010801: Flood potential product-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 12:56:13 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
205 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
          OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
          PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     THOMAS GRAZIANO
          CHIEF...SERVICES BRANCH HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION

SUBJECT:  NEW FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK PRODUCT ...EFFECTIVE
          OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1630 UTC

...THIS NEW GRAPHICAL PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BEGIN ISSUING A GRAPHICAL FLOOD
POTENTIAL OUTLOOK PRODUCT OCTOBER 1 2001.  THIS PRODUCT WILL
IDENTIFY AREAS ACROSS THE NATION WHERE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS
EXPECTED OVER THE SUBSEQUENT 5 DAYS...AND WILL BE ISSUED DAILY AT
1630Z.  A GRAPHICAL FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK COVERING THE LOWER
48 STATES WILL BE DISSEMINATED OVER THE SATELLITE BROADCAST
NETWORK /SBN/...THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/...THE EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/...AS WELL AS THE
INTERNET.  A SECOND GRAPHICAL FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK COVERING
ALASKA WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED..AND WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET.

THE INTERNET BASED PRODUCT...LINKED FROM THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER/S WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/ WILL PROVIDE LINKS TO THE
INDIVIDUAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER PRODUCTS USED IN THE PREPARATION
OF THE NATIONAL PRODUCT.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE RIVER FORECAST
CENTERS AND WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE/S WEB SITES.

THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADING FOR THE CONUS
GRAPHIC HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED.  WE WILL SEND AN UPDATED
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE WHEN THE WMO HEADER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS DEFINED AS FLOODING THAT ADVERSELY
AFFECTS ROADS...RESIDENTIAL...COMMERCIAL...INDUSTRIAL...AND/OR
AGRICULTURAL AREAS AND MAY REQUIRE THE EVACUATION OF PEOPLE
AND/OR LIVESTOCK.  THIS PRODUCT WILL FOCUS ON POTENTIAL FLOODING
ON RIVERS AND WILL NOT INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

THE FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS "POSSIBLE" WHEN
THERE IS A 30-50% CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SOMEPLACE WITHIN
THE IDENTIFIED AREA.  THE POTENTIAL WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS
"LIKELY" WHEN THERE IS A GREATER THAN 50% CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING SOMEPLACE WITHIN THE IDENTIFIED AREA.  THE PRODUCT WILL
ALSO DEPICT AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED TO ALERT EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND OTHERS
THAT A POTENTIAL FOR RIVER FLOODING EXISTS AND CAN SERVE AS AN
ENTRY POINT FOR USERS SEEKING HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION.  ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS NEW PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS...EXCEPT CAPITAL "F" IN "FLOOD" AND CAPITAL "O" IN
"OUTLOOK"/:
   CAP CAP
    |     |
     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OH/HIC/FLOOD_OUTLOOK/INDEX.HTML

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CONTACT:

     FRANK RICHARDS
     HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION CENTER
     OFFICE OF CLIMATE, WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
     SILVER SPRING MD
     PHONE: 301-713-1630 X128
     EMAIL: FRANCIS.RICHARDS@xxxxxxxx

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

            WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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