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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-48...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1110 EST FRI NOV 5 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:     MARK TEW
          ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  AMENDED...CHANGE TO OPERATIONAL WATCH BY COUNTY
          PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8 2005

AMENDED TO CONTINUE UPDATE WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGES /WOU/ AND 
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES /WCN/ AS EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS 
AFTER FEBRUARY 8 2005.  THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER /SPC/ AND THE 
NORMAN... OK WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ WILL HOST A WATCH BY 
COUNTY AND VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON 
DECEMBER 8 2005 IN NORMAN TO BRIEF USERS ON RECENT DECISIONS AND 
AMENDED SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES.  

ON TUESDAY...FEBRUARY 8 2005 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/...THE INITIAL WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGES /WOU/ ISSUED BY 
SPC WILL INCLUDE VTEC.
            
ON TUESDAY...FEBRUARY 8 2005 AT 1200 UTC...SPC WILL BEGIN 
ISSUING OPERATIONAL FINAL WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGES /WOU/.  
A FINAL WOU NOTIFIES CUSTOMERS THAT A TORNADO OR SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OR HAS EXPIRED. UPDATE WOUS 
WILL REMAIN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS. UPDATE WOUS DEPICT INDEPENDENT 
CITIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES WHICH REMAIN IN 
ACTIVE TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES.  

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES /WCN/ ISSUED BY WFO/S IN THE 
CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF HAWAII WILL REMAIN 
EXPERIMENTAL. WFOS ISSUE AN INITIAL WCN AT THE START TIME OF THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH.  WFOS ISSUE UPDATE WCNS TO 
CANCEL FROM THE WATCH...ADD TO THE WATCH OR EXTEND THE WATCH 
EXPIRATION TIME FOR COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND/OR ADJACENT 
COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES IN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
	
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES REFER TO WFO 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 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHANGES TO THESE 
PRODUCTS... PLEASE CONTACT:

 RICHARD OKULSKI
 NWS/FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
 PHONE: 301.713.1867x114
 RICHARD.OKULSKI@NOAA.GOV

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TECHNICAL WORKSHOP...  
PLEASE CONTACT:

 LINDA CRANK 
 NWS/STORM PREDICTION CENTER 
 NORMAN OKLAHOMA
 PHONE: 405.579.0771
 LINDA.CRANK@NOAA.GOV


AN EXAMPLE OF OPERATIONAL WATCH BY COUNTY PRODUCTS MAY BE 
ACCESSED AT THE FOLLOWING SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:  

 http://www.weather.gov/OS/WATCH/WBC_ADD.PDF

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WATCH BY COUNTY MAY BE ACCESSED AT THE 
FOLLOWING SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 http://www.weather.gov/OS/WATCH

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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