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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE SCN04-54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EDT FRI OCT 8 2004

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:      FRED BRANSKI
           TEAM LEADER FOR DATA MANAGEMENT SECTION

SUBJECT:   REMINDER OF COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER TRANSITION 
 	   COMBINED PHASE IMPLEMENTATION... 
           EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 9 2004   

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 9 2004 AT 1600 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/ NWS WILL IMPLEMENT THE FINAL THE FINAL ALL-ENCOMPASSING 
/COMBINED/ PHASE OF THE NWS COMMUNICATION IDENTIFER /CID/ 
TRANSITION PLAN. IF NOVEMBER 9 IS DECLARED A CRITICAL WEATHER 
DAY IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL NOVEMBER 16. A LISTING 
OF THE PRODUCTS REQUIRING CHANGE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING 
WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/.  
                                                             
   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/CID.HTML                   
                                                             
ONCE THE PAGE OPENS CLICK ON THE COMBINED PHASE LINK TO OPEN 
SPREADSHEETS LISTING ALL PRODUCTS... INCLUDING THOSE PRODUCTS 
REQUIRING CHANGE. APPROXIMATELY 666 CHANGES AND/OR CORRECTIONS 
TO THE SPREADHSEETS WERE MADE ON OCTOBER 7. TO ASSIST THOSE WHO 
HAVE ALREADY MADE SOME CHANGES... THESE CORRECTIONS ARE 
INDICATED ON A SEPARATE SPREADSHEET LABELED CORRECTIONS ON 
THE WEBPAGE.  

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS FORECASTS... 
WARNINGS... AND OTHER PRODUCTS ENSURE THAT THEIR COMMUNICATION  
SYSTEM DIRECTORIES EXACTLY MATCH THE NEW HEADINGS BEING  
IMPLEMENTED. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT THESE PRODUCTS  
FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCE.
                                                          
THE CID TRANSITION IS DESCRIBED IN FURTHER DETAIL IN DATA 
MANAGEMENT MESSAGE 07-04.01 ISSUED JULY 1 2004 AND OTHER 
REFERENCES... AVAILABLE AT THE WEB SITE GIVEN ABOVE.  

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE 
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR:

   WALTER SMITH
   SILVER SPRING MD
   PHONE:  301.713.0864 EXT. 139
   E-MAIL: WALTER.SMITH@NOAA.GOV

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/

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

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