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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EST FRI APR 16 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...AND 
          NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JAMES E. LEE
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER
          SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  WATCH STATUS MESSAGES WITH ADJACENT
          COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES...EFFECTIVE
          JULY 7 2004
            
ON WEDNESDAY...JULY 7 2004 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL 
TIME /UTC/ THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER /SPC/ WILL BEGIN 
ADDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES TO THE SPC 
WATCH STATUS MESSAGE /AWIPS ID WWASPC/.  THE ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION WILL BE AT THE END OF THE CURRENT PRODUCT... 
FOLLOWING A DOUBLE AMPERSAND /. 
	
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES REFER TO A WEATHER 
FORECAST OFFICE/S NEAR SHORE RESPONSIBILITY. THIS 
RESPONSIBILITY IS OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES FOR THE PACIFIC 
AND ATLANTIC OCEANS AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. ALL GREAT LAKES 
MARINE ZONES WILL BE INCLUDED IN WATCH STATUS MESSAGES.  
				
FOR REFERENCE...THE WMO HEADER OF THE STATUS PRODUCT IS 
WOUS20 KWNS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHANGES TO THIS 
PRODUCT PLEASE CONTACT:

RICHARD OKULSKI
NWS/FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
PHONE: 301.713.1867x114

DR. RUSSELL SCHNEIDER
NWS/STORM PREDICTION CENTER
PHONE: 405.579.0704


AN EXAMPLE OF AN OPERATIONAL WATCH STATUS MESSAGE WITH THE 
ADDITIONAL MARINE ZONES UGC INFORMATION MAY BE ACCESSED AT 
THE FOLLOWING SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:  

http://weather.gov/os/watch/wsm_add.pdf

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

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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