20030409: product IDs for Alaska-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20030409: product IDs for Alaska-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:42:43 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 091716
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
120 PM EDT WED APR 9 2003

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      GLENN AUSTIN
         ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT   END-STATE WMO/AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR ALASKA
         REGION SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PRODUCTS AND ONE
         RED FLAG WARNING PRODUCT...EFFECTIVE MAY 5 2003

EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 5 2003...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFO/ IN ANCHORAGE...FAIRBANKS...AND
JUNEAU ALASKA WILL COMPLETE TRANSITION TO END-STATE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS FOR THREE OF THEIR
PUBLIC WARNING PRODUCTS. THE SECOND LINE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS
IDENTIFIER...KNOWN AS THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER...WILL ALSO BE CHANGED
TO REFLECT MODERN SITE LOCATION IDENTIFIERS.  FOR EXAMPLE...ANC
/ANCHORAGE/ WILL BECOME AFC.  SEE TABLES 1 AND 2.

IN ADDITION...THE WMO HEADING AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER FOR THE RED
FLAG WARNING PRODUCT ISSUED BY WFO JUNEAU WILL BE CHANGED SO IT
WILL NOT CONFLICT WITH THE WMO HEADING OF THE SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT FOR WFO JUNEAU.  THIS CHANGE IS ALSO REFLECTED IN
TABLES 1 AND 2.

    TABLE 1 - PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.

    SVR  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
    SVS  SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
    RFW  RED FLAG WARNING

TABLE 2 - ALASKA REGION NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES INVOLVED IN
THIS CHANGE...ALONG WITH THE OLD AND NEW COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS.

   OFFICE           WMO HEADINGS               AWIPS IDS
                  OLD           NEW          OLD      NEW

   ANCHORAGE    WWAK58 PANC  WUAK58 PAFC    SVRANC   SVRAFC
   FAIRBANKS    WWAK59 PAFA  WUAK59 PAFG    SVRFAI   SVRAFG
   JUNEAU       WWAK57 PAJN  WUAK57 PAJK    SVRJNU   SVRAJK
   ANCHORAGE    WWAK68 PANC  WWAK58 PAFC    SVSANC   SVSAFC
   FAIRBANKS    WWAK69 PAFA  WWAK59 PAFG    SVSFAI   SVSAFG
   JUNEAU       WWAK67 PAJN  WWAK57 PAJK    SVSJNU   SVSAJK
   JUNEAU       WWAK87 PAJK  WWAK67 PAJK    RFWJNU   RFWAJK

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS WARNING PRODUCTS
ORIGINATING FROM ALASKA MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
DIRECTORIES EXACTLY MATCH THE HEADINGS LISTED...BEGINNING ON
MAY 5 2003.  FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT HIGH PRIORITY WARNING
PRODUCTS FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE CONTACT

    AIMEE DEVARIS
    ALASKA REGION WARNING PROGRAM MANAGER
    ANCHORAGE ALASKA
    PHONE   907-271-3507
    E-MAIL  AIMEE.DEVARIS@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/

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

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