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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1205 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS...WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
/EMWIN/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/ CUSTOMERS
AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM:ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: OPERATIONAL WATCH BY COUNTY PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER 1 2005
ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1 2005 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER /SPC/ WILL BEGIN ISSUING
OPERATIONAL UPDATE WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGES /WOU/ BY WATCH
NUMBER. UPDATE WOUS WILL DEPICT ALL THE COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT
CITIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES WHICH REMAIN IN
ACTIVE TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES. THE SPC HAS BEEN
ISSUING INITIAL AND FINAL WOUS SINCE FEBRUARY 8 2005.
ON TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 1 2005 AT 1800 UTC... ALL WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICES /WFO/ IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF
HAWAII WILL BEGIN ISSUING WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES /WCN/
FOR THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF RESPONSIBLILITY. AFTER SPC ISSUES THE
INITIAL WOU...WFOS WILL ISSUE AN INITIAL WCN TO INDICATE THE NEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH. WFOS WILL ISSUE UPDATE WCNS
TO CANCEL THE WATCH...ADD TO THE WATCH OR EXTEND THE WATCH
EXPIRATION TIME FOR COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND/OR ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES IN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY.
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES REFER TO A WFO/S NEARSHORE
RESPONSIBILITY. THIS RESPONSIBILITY IS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES
FOR THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. ALL
GREAT LAKES MARINE ZONES WILL BE INCLUDED IN WATCH STATUS
MESSAGES.
EXAMPLES OF OPERATIONAL WATCH BY COUNTY PRODUCTS MAY BE
ACCESSED AT THE FOLLOWING SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/OS/WATCH/WBC_ADD.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MARK TEW
PUBLIC WEATHER WARNING PROGRAM LEADER
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-1867 X 103
E-MAIL: MARK.TEW@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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