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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-49
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 2000
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT CHANGE IN SITE LOCATION IDENTIFIERS IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCH BULLETINS...EFFECTIVE
JUNE 7 2000
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JUNE 7 2000 AT 800 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
/CDT/...9 AM. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME /EDT/...OR 1300 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...MULTIPLE SITE LOCATION IDENTIFIERS /SEE
TABLE ONE/ USED IN STORM PREDICTION CENTER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND TORNADO WATCH BULLETINS...WMO HEADER WWUS40 KMKC... WILL
CHANGE. IF THERE ARE ACTIVE CONVECTIVE WATCHES AT THIS
TIME...THE SWITCH WILL BE DELAYED FOR 24 HOURS UNTIL 8 AM CDT
JUNE 8 2000 AND ANNOUNCED VIA ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENT.
CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO USE THE NEW
IDENTIFIERS LISTED IN TABLE ONE.
TABLE 1: OLD AND NEW SITE LOCATION IDENTIFIERS
LOCATION OLD SITE IDENTIFIER NEW SITE IDENTIFIER
ELKHART KS 1K5 EHA
EASTPORT ME 47B EPM
POPLAR BLUFF MO P02 POF
SPENCER IA 3SE SPW
MOBRIDGE SD Y26 MBG
LAMAR CO 4LJ LAA
DOUGLAS WY 4DG DGW
SAFFORD AZ E74 SAD
SHOW LOW AZ E03 SOW
MYRTLE BEACH SC MYR CRE
SAULT STE MARIE MI SSM ANJ
CENTREVILLE AL CKL 0A8
WARROAD MN D45 RRT
RIVERSIDE CA RIV RAL
CAPE HATTERAS NC HAT HSE
ALAMOGORDO NM HMN ALM
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH PRODUCT USING
THE STATION IDENTIFIERS:
WWUS40 KMKC 041913
MKC AWW 041913
WW 689 SEVERE TSTM KS CO OK 042000Z - 050200Z
AXIS..90 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF LINE..
40ESE TOP/TOPEKA KS/ - 10WNW EHA/ELKHART KS/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 80NM EITHER SIDE /5 W LWC - 30NW LBL/
(REST OF PRODUCT OMITTED)
THE LINE ABOVE CONTAINING TOPEKA AND ELKHART KS IS THE LINE WHERE
THESE ANCHOR POINT IDENTIFIERS ARE USED IN EACH WATCH PRODUCT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:
DANIEL PETERSEN GREGG GROSSHANS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY STORM PREDICTION CENTER
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 1313 HALLEY CIRCLE
301-713-1726 EXT.143 NORMAN OK 70707
(405)579-0720
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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