NOUS41 KWBC 151927 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-67 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 330 PM WED OCT 15 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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM TOM GRAZIANO CHIEF...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES BRANCH OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES SUBJECT CHANGES TO NWS HYDROLOGY PRODUCTS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 9 2004 A FEW REFINEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THE NWS HYDROLOGIC PRODUCT SUITE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW VERSION OF NWS INSTRUCTION 10-922...ENTITLED WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS. THESE REFINEMENTS BECOME EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 9 2004...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE USE OF THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT TO PROVIDE ALL FOLLOW UP INFORMATION FOR PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLOOD WATCHES... WHICH IS DELAYED UNTIL APRIL 1 2004 IN ALASKA... ARIZONA... CALIFORNIA... HAWAII... IDAHO... MONTANA... NEVADA... OREGON... UTAH AND WASHINGTON. NEW NWS INSTRUCTION 10-922 IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS NATIONAL DIRECTIVES SYSTEM WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/pd01009022b.pdf REFINEMENTS TO THE HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS SUITE ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW... 1. FLOOD WATCH PRODUCTS /FFA/ WILL FOLLOW A CONSISTENT FORMAT. AFTER THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER AND MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR HEADER BLOCK...INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER... OPTIONAL OVERVIEW HEADLINE MAIN HEADLINE LIST OF COVERED AREAS DISCUSSION OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL BASIS FOR THE FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT DEFINING THE MEANING OF A WATCH CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT THE LISTING OF COVERED AREAS WILL TYPICALLY BE COUNTIES LISTED HORIZONTALLY SEPARATED BY ELLIPSES. HOWEVER... IF THEIR NAMES ARE LONG...COVERED AREAS MAY ALSO BE LISTED VERTICALLY WITH ONE AREA ON EACH LINE. 2. FLOOD WATCH PRODUCTS WILL WORDED AS FLOOD WATCHES ONLY. IF THE PRODUCT IS EMPHASIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING... THE HEADLINE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN /OFFICE LOCATION/ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN /AREA NAME/ EFFECTIVE UNTIL... IF THE POTENTIAL IS FOR LONGER TERM FLOOD EVENTS WHICH COULD REQUIRE LESS IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY... THE HEADLINE WILL BE WORDED AS FOLLOWS... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN /OFFICE LOCATION/ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR /AREA NAME/ EFFECTIVE UNTIL... 3. FLOOD WATCH PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED TO PROVIDE ALL FOLLOW UP INFORMATION ON PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLOOD WATCHES. PREVIOUSLY, FLOOD STATEMENTS /FLS/ WERE ISSUED TO PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION ON CURRENT FLOOD WATCHES. EXAMPLES DISPLAYING THE ABOVE THREE CHANGES IN FLOOD WATCH PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/flashflood/ffproducts.shtml THIS WEB SITE ALSO INCLUDES A LIST ORGANIZED BY NWS OFFICE OF WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDENTIFIERS FOR EACH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES. NOTE...DUE TO OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PEAK SEASONAL FLOOD ACTIVITY...THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE WILL BE MONDAY FEBRUARY 9 2004 FOR STATES EAST OF AND INCLUDING NEW MEXICO...COLORADO...WYOMING...SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTH DAKOTA /STATES IN NWS CENTRAL...SOUTHERN...AND EASTERN REGIONS/. THE EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE THURSDAY APRIL 1 2004 FOR ALASKA...ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA...HAWAII...IDAHO...MONTANA... NEVADA...OREGON...UTAH AND WASHINGTON /STATES IN NWS WESTERN... ALASKA...AND PACIFIC REGIONS/. 4. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE POLYGON COORDINATES DEFINING A WARNING AREA WILL BE INCLUDED AT THE END OF FLASH FLOOD WARNING /FFW/ PRODUCTS. EXAMPLES OF FLASH FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS DISPLAYING THIS CHANGE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/flashflood/ffproducts.shtml THIS WEB SITE ALSO INCLUDES A LIST ORGANIZED BY NWS OFFICE OF WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDENTIFIERS FOR EACH FLASH FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES. 5. DOUBLE DOLLAR SIGNS /$$/ WILL BE INCLUDED AT THE END THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS... PRODUCT TITLE NNN OF AWIPS ID HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK ESF FLOOD WATCH FFA FLASH FLOOD WARNING FFW FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT FFS FLOOD WARNING FLW FLOOD STATEMENT FLS HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT RVS HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY RVA RIVER AND LAKE FORECAST PRODUCT RVD HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #1 RR1 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #2 RR2 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #3 RR3 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #4 RR4 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #5 RR5 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #6 RR6 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #7 RR7 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #8 RR8 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT #9 RR9 MISCELLANEOUS HYDROLOGIC DATA REPORT RRM AUTOMATED DATA REPORT RRA DAILY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY HYD WEEKLY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY HYW MONTHLY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY HYM NOTE...THE CHANGES DESCRIBED IN NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 5 ABOVE ARE ONLY THE FIRST STEP IN MODERNIZING THE NWS HYDROLOGIC PRODUCT SUITE. ON A FUTURE DATE TO BE DETERMINED... VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FOLLOWING FIVE PRODUCTS... FLOOD WATCH FLASH FLOOD WARNING FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT FLOOD WARNING FLOOD STATEMENT A FUTURE SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO ANNOUNCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VTEC. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE CURRENT AND FUTURE PRODUCT CHANGES IN ANY NWS HYDROLOGIC PRODUCT... PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL NWS OFFICE OR TIM HELBLE HYDROLOGIC SERVICES BRANCH SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE 301 713 0006 EXT 152 THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm $$ NNNN