20060125: extreme wind warning

[Linda Miller]

NOUS41 KWBC 251901
PNSWSH

SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-01
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
203 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007

TO:	  FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA 
	  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:	  THERESE Z. PIERCE
	  CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  NEW PRODUCT TYPE LINE AND PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR 
          EXTREME WIND WARNING (EWW) PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
          JUNE 1 2007 

BEGINNING JUNE 1 2007 NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES (WFO) WILL 
HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ISSUE AN EWW PRODUCT FOR LANDFALLING 
HURRICANES. THE PRODUCT TYPE LINE IN THE MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR 
HEADER BLOCK WILL BE /EXTREME WIND WARNING/.

THE EWW IS AN EVENT DRIVEN PRODUCT.  IT IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED 
WINDS OF 115 MPH OR GREATER ASSOCIATED WITH A HURRICANE ARE 
EXPECTED TO IMPACT A COASTAL AND/OR INLAND AREA.  A DESCRIPTION 
OF THE EWW PRODUCT...A STATIC EXAMPLE...A LIST OF WFOS ISSUING 
THE EWW...THE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS AND THE WMO HEADINGS ARE PROVIDED 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
 
     WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HURRICANE/EWW.HTM

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT

     SCOTT KISER
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
     1325 EAST WEST HWY ROOM 13126
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
     PHONE: 301-713-1677 EXTENSION 121

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE 
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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Linda Miller - lmiller at unidata.ucar.edu
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690 


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