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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-05
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST WED JAN 24 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...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: END-STATE WMO/AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS
FOR EIGHT CENTRAL REGION WARNING PRODUCTS...
EFFECTIVE MARCH 25 2003
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...MARCH 25 2003...AT 200 AM EST /100 AM CST/...
NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ IN THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL
COMPLETE TRANSITION TO END-STATE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION /WMO/ COMMUNICATION HEADERS FOR EIGHT OF THEIR
PUBLIC WARNING PRODUCTS...SEE TABLE 1.
THE SECOND LINE OF THE PRODUCT HEADER...KNOWN AS THE AWIPS
IDENTIFIER...WILL ALSO BE CHANGED TO REFLECT MODERN SITE
LOCATION IDENTIFIERS. FOR EXAMPLE...RAP /RAPID CITY/ WILL
BECOME UNR...ETC. THIS WILL AFFECT PUBLIC WARNING PRODUCTS
ISSUED BY OFFICES LISTED IN TABLE 2.
TABLE 1 - PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.
TOR TORNADO WARNING FFW FLASH FLOOD WARNING
SVR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FLW FLOOD WARNING
SPS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FFS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
LSR LOCAL STORM REPORT FLS FLOOD STATEMENT
TABLE 2 - STATES AND NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES INVOLVED IN
THIS CHANGE...ALONG WITH OFFICE IDS.
STATE/OFFICE OFFICE ID
OLD NEW
**COLORADO**
DENVER/BOULDER DEN BOU
GRAND JUNCTION GJT GJT
PUEBLO PUB PUB
**ILLINOIS**
CHICAGO CHI LOT
LINCOLN/CENTRAL IL ILX ILX
/MARCH 04 2003/
**INDIANA**
INDIANAPOLIS IND IND
NORTHERN INDIANA FWA IWX
**IOWA**
DES MOINES DSM DMX
QUAD CITIES MLI DVN
**KANSAS**
DODGE CITY DDC DDC
GOODLAND GLD GLD
TOPEKA TOP TOP
WICHITA ICT ICT
**KENTUCKY**
JACKSON JKL JKL
LOUISVILLE SDF LMK
PADUCAH PAH PAH
**MICHIGAN**
DETROIT DTX DTX
GAYLORD APN APX
GRAND RAPIDS GRR GRR
MARQUETTE MQT MQT
**MINNESOTA**
DULUTH DLH DLH
MINNEAPOLIS MSP MPX
**MISSOURI**
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MCI EAX
SPRINGFIELD SGF SGF
ST. LOUIS STL LSX
**NEBRASKA**
HASTINGS GRI GID
NORTH PLATTE LBF LBF
OMAHA OMA OAX
**NORTH DAKOTA**
BISMARCK BIS BIS
EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS FAR FGF
**SOUTH DAKOTA**
ABERDEEN ABR ABR
RAPID CITY RAP UNR
SIOUX FALLS FSD FSD
**WISCONSIN**
GREEN BAY GRB GRB
LA CROSSE LSE ARX
MILWAUKEE MKE MKX
**WYOMING**
CHEYENNE CYC CYS
RIVERTON RIW RIW
TO ASSIST NWS CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH THIS TRANSITION...A
SPECIAL WEB SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. THE SITE CONTAINS TABLES
LISTING ALL EIGHT OF THE CENTRAL REGION WFO PUBLIC WARNING
PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE...THEIR CURRENT IDENTIFIERS...AND
THEIR END-STATE IDENTIFIERS. THE TABLES ARE COLOR-CODED AND
ANNOTATED TO HELP CUSTOMERS DETERMINE WHICH IDENTIFIERS WILL BE
CHANGED. THE WEB SITE ADDRESS IS AS FOLLOWS /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/warningprods
PLEASE NOTE...ILX /CENTRAL ILLINOIS/ WILL BE SWITCHING TO
END-STATE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ COMMUNICATION
HEADERS ON MARCH 4 2003...BUT ARE LISTED AGAIN TO MAKE THE TABLES
COMPLETE. SEE SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-02 FOR FURTHER DETAILS
ON ILX.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS WARNING
PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM THE CENTRAL U.S. MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES EXACTLY MATCH THE HEADERS
LISTED...BEGINNING ON MARCH 25. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT
HIGH PRIORITY WARNING PRODUCTS FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED
AUDIENCE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE
CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE CENTRAL
REGION OR THE FOLLOWING NWS CENTRAL REGION CONTACT IN
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI:
GREG NOONAN 816-891-7734 EXT 705
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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