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Service Change Notice 10-38, Corrected

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

1027 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:   Corrected Date: Rolling software implementation

           date for Preliminary Local Storm Report Weather Event

           Types and Event Sources with completion scheduled for

           June 30, 2011


Corrected to change date in subject line to 2011.
 

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@noaa.gov
   405-325-2209
 
National Service Change Notices are available online at: 
 
   http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
 

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