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THERE WILL BE AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY (NCF) BACKUP CAPABILITY. OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIMARY AWIPS NCF (ANCF) AT SILVER SPRING, MD TO THE BACKUP NCF (BNCF) AT FAIRMONT, WV. THE TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER STARTING AT 2215 UTC TO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 0615 UTC. IF A SECOND TEST IS REQUIRED, IT WILL BE THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER STARTING AT 2215 UTC TO FRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 0615 UTC. TESTS WILL NOT BE DONE ON CRITICAL WEATHER DAYS OR IF THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ISSUES WARRANTING POSTPONEMENT. . ALL ANCF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE REPOINTED TO THE BNCF. THE SWITCH TO THE BNCF WILL BEGIN AT 2215 UTC AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES. DATA WILL QUEUE WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE SENT ONCE THE SWITCH IS COMPLETE. THIS WILL AFFECT DATA ORIGINATING AT NWS FIELD OFFICES AND NATIONAL CENTERS ON THE AWIPS NETWORK INCLUDING RADAR DATA. . ONCE ACTIVATED, THE BNCF WILL HANDLE ALL OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY UNTIL OPERATIONS ARE SWITCHED BACK TO THE ANCF AT 0615 UTC. PHONE CALLS TO THE NCF (301-713-9344) WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDED TO THE BNCF. . DURING THIS TEST PLEASE LIMIT CALLS TO THOSE PROBLEMS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. . DUE TO LIMITED CAPABILITIES OF THE PHONE SWITCH AT THE BNCF, YOU MAY REACH A VOICE MESSAGE ADVISING YOU TO LEAVE A BRIEF MESSAGE OR TO CALL AGAIN. VOICE MESSAGES WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND IF PROBLEMS DEVELOP, CALLS WILL BE REROUTED TO THE NCF. . REPOINTING OF OPERATIONS TO THE ANCF WILL ALSO TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES DURING WHICH DATA WILL BE QUEUED. QUEUED DATA WILL BE SENT WHEN THE REPOINTING IS COMPLETE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT DATA MANAGEMENT AT 301-713-0864 EXT 146 FOR FRED BRANSKI, EXT121 FOR JULIE HAYES, OR EXT 139 FOR WALTER SMITH. ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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