20051025: VTEC-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20051025: VTEC-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:46:17 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 251449
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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-24...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1050 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

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:     ROBERT J. MCLEOD
         CHIEF...AWARENESS BRANCH
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:  OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VALID TIME EVENT
         CODE /VTEC/ IN SEVEN NWS EVENT-DRIVEN PRODUCTS AND
         TWO ROUTINE MARINE PRODUCTS: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1
         2005: REMINDER AND UPDATE

UPDATED TO INCLUDE FLEXIBILITY IN IMPLEMENTING VTEC FOR WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ EXPERIENCING HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOCALLY ON
NOVEMBER 1 2005.

ON TUESDAY... NOVEMBER 1 2005 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/... ALL WFOS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES /CONUS/ WILL
TRANSITION FROM EXPERIMENTAL VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ TO
OPERATIONAL VTEC IN SEVEN NWS EVENT-DRIVEN OR NON-ROUTINE PRODUCT
CATEGORIES...INCLUDING ONE NATIONAL EVENT-DRIVEN PRODUCT CATEGORY.
TWO WFO ROUTINE MARINE FORECASTS ALSO WILL TRANSITION FROM USE OF
EXPERIMENTAL VTEC TO OPERATIONAL VTEC ON NOVEMBER 1 2005.

IF NOVEMBER 1 2005 IS DECLARED A NATIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...
IMPLEMENTATION WILL OCCUR ON THE NEXT WEEKDAY NOT DECLARED A
CRITICAL WEATHER DAY.

UPDATED INFORMATION...IN THE EVENT OF LOCAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WFO/S MAY CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT VTEC ANYTIME ON NOVEMBER 1 2005
BEGINNING AT 0000 UTC OR...IF NECESSARY...DELAY IMPLEMENTATION
UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

BEGINNING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE...THE FOLLOWING NWS TEXT
PRODUCT CATEGORIES ISSUED BY CONUS WFO/S WILL CONTAIN OPERATIONAL
VTEC:

  WFO EVENT-DRIVEN PUBLIC PRODUCTS

     WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION                      WCN
     WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE                         WSW
     NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER MESSAGE              NPW

  WFO EVENT-DRIVEN HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS

     FLOOD WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH              FFA

  WFO EVENT-DRIVEN COASTAL AND MARINE PRODUCTS

     COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE AND LAKESHORE HAZARD
        MESSAGE /INCLUDING HIGH SURF/               CFW

  WFO EVENT-DRIVEN FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS

     RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH        RFW

  NATIONAL EVENT-DRIVEN PRODUCT

     WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE /AS NEEDED UPDATES/       WOU

  WFO ROUTINE MARINE FORECASTS

     COASTAL WATERS FORECAST                        CWF
     GREAT LAKES NEARSHORE FORECAST                 NSH

THESE OPERATIONAL VTEC PRODUCT CATEGORIES WILL JOIN THE FIVE
PRODUCT CATEGORIES FROM ALL WFO/S WHICH BEGAN USING OPERATIONAL
VTEC ON FEBRUARY 8 2005 AND MARCH 16 2005:

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING                       SVR
  TORNADO WARNING                                   TOR
  SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT                          SVS
  SPECIAL MARINE WARNING                            SMW
  MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT /FOLLOW-UP TO SMW/       MWS

COMPLETE INFORMATION ON VTEC CAN BE FOUND IN NWS INSTRUCTION 10-
1703 AND AT THE VTEC WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/VTEC

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:

HERB WHITE                           MARK TEW
DISSEMINATION SERVICES          OR   PUBLIC WEATHER WARNING
MANAGER                              PROGRAM MANAGER
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND               SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE:   301-713-0090 X 146          301-713-1867 X 103
E-MAIL:  HERBERT.WHITE@xxxxxxxx      MARK.TEW@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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