[nws-changes] 20101228: Fwd: local storm report wx event types-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20101228: Fwd: local storm report wx event types-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:42:28 -0700

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Service Change Notice 10-38, Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1005 AM Wed Dec 22 2010

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

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

Subject:   Amended to indicate a rolling software implementation
           date for Preliminary Local Storm Report Weather Event
           Types and Event Sources with completion scheduled for
           June 30, 2010

Between December 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, NWS Weather Forecast
Offices will add six new weather event types and two new event
sources to their Preliminary Local Storm Report (LSR) product.
Full implementation has been delayed to accommodate changes to
baseline AWIPS software as well as non-AWIPS LSR producing
software. The original Service Change Notice follows:

Effective Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at 1800 Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC), all NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs)
will change their Preliminary Local Storm Report (LSR) product
to add six new weather event types and two new event sources.

The new weather event types are:

   VOLCANIC ASHFALL
   TSUNAMI
   DEBRIS FLOW
   COASTAL FLOOD
   LAKESHORE FLOOD
   SNEAKER WAVE

The new event sources are:

   COCORAHS
   911 CALL CENTER

Current weather event types and event sources are listed
in NWSI 10-517, Multi-Purpose Weather Products Specification,
Appendix B, available online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/directives/sym/pd01005017curr.pdf

NWSI 10-517 will be updated with the new weather event types and
event sources during its next update.

No changes are being made to the WMO headers, AWIPS IDs or
format of the LSR product.

If you have any questions, please contact:

   John Ferree
   NWS Severe Storms Services
   120 David L. Boren Blvd.
   Norman, OK  73072
   John.T.Ferree@xxxxxxxx
   405-325-2209

National Service Change Notices are available online at:

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

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