[nws-changes] 20110523: Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110523: Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:31:57 -0600

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Service Change Notice 11-21
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
338 PM EDT Mon May 23 2011

To:        Subscribers:
           -Family of Services
           -NOAA Weather Wire Service
           -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
           -NOAAPORT
           Other NWS partners and NWS employees

From:      Eli Jacks
           Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch

Subject:   Transition of Experimental Bulleted Winter Storm
           (WSW), Non Precipitation Weather (NPW) and Fire
           Weather (RFW) Watch/Warning/Advisory Products to
           Operational Effective June 22, 2011

Effective Wednesday, June 22, 2011, all NWS Weather Forecast
Offices (WFO) will issue WSW, NPW and RFW Watch/Warning/Advisory
products using a bulleted format.  No changes to product headers
or other dissemination codes will be made.

The bulleted format has been used experimentally by over 100 WFOs
and has received favorable feedback. It allows users to quickly
read and gather vital information leading up to and during
hazardous weather events.

See

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notification/pns10bullet_warnings.txt
and
  http://www.weather.gov/os/notification/pns09wsw_npw_expr.txt

A Product Description Document (PDD) for these products, which
includes examples of bulleted WSW, NPW, and RFW products, is
online at:

  http://products.weather.gov/viewlist.php

For comments regarding this notice, please contact:

Paul Stokols
National Weather Service
Fire and Public Weather Services Branch
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-1867 x139
Paul.Stokols@xxxxxxxx

National Service Change Notices are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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