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[Linda Miller]

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
145 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2007

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:  CHANGES TO WFO ATLANTA TABULAR STATE FORECAST PRODUCT
          EFFECTIVE JULY 17 2007

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JULY 17 2007...THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN 
PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA /WFO FFC/ WILL EXPAND COVERAGE OF ITS 
TABULAR STATE FORECAST PRODUCT /SFT/ TO INCLUDE CITIES ACROSS THE 
ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA. THE FORMAT OF THE PRODUCT...WITH THE 
EXCEPTION OF INCLUDING ADDITIONAL CITIES...WILL NOT CHANGE.  A 
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SFT PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND IN NWS 
INSTRUCTION /NWSI/ 10-503...WFO PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCTS 
SPECIFICATION...POSTED ON THE NWS DIRECTIVES WEB PAGE AT /USE 
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005003CURR.PDF

THE PRODUCT NAME AND ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING 
SYSTEM /AWIPS/ ID FOR THE SFT PRODUCT WILL CHANGE TO REFLECT THE 
EXPANDED AREAL COVERAGE.  THE WMO HEADING WILL NOT CHANGE.   
TABLE 1 LISTS THE CURRENT AND NEW PRODUCT NAMES...AWIPS IDS AND 
WMO HEADINGS.

TABLE 1. CURRENT AND NEW SFT PRODUCT NAMES...AWIPS IDS AND WMO 
HEADINGS.

CURRENT                               CURRENT      CURRENT 
PRODUCT NAME                          AWIPS ID     WMO HEADING

TABULAR STATE FORECAST FOR NORTH      SFTFFC       FPUS62 KFFC
  AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

NEW                                   NEW          UNCHANGED
PRODUCT NAME                          AWIPS ID     WMO HEADING

TABULAR STATE FORECAST FOR GEORGIA    SFTGA        FPUS62 KFFC

USERS OF THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST PRODUCT FROM WFO FFC MUST 
ENSURE THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES ARE UPDATED BY 
JULY 17. 

A SAMPLE OF THE NEW SFT FOR GEORGIA IS LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING 
URL /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC/HTML/SFTGA.TXT

ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 75 DAYS AS 
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE PRODUCT NAME...AWIPS ID CHANGE 
AND ADDITION OF MORE CITIES PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WAS 
REQUESTED BY...AND HAS BEEN CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL 
PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS TO BE READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON 
JULY 17 2007.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: 

LANS ROTHFUSZ                 MELINDA HINOJOSA
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE       PUBLIC AND MARINE METEOROLOGIST
4 FALCON DRIVE                819 TAYLOR STREET
PEACHTREE CITY GA 30269       FORT WORTH TEXAS 76102
770.486.1133 EXT 222          817.978.1100 EXT 107
LANS.ROTHFUSZ at NOAA.GOV        MELINDA.HINOJOSA at NOAA.GOV

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ONLINE 
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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