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ADMNFD
SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
0200 UTC FRI JUNE 23 2000
230200Z...////SPECIAL NOTICE////
MAJOR NETWORK OUTAGE AT NCF/AWIPS..SEL CITIES AND DATA TRANSMITTED
BY AWIPS IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE...30 UPPER AIR OBS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE START OF THE ETA/NGM...ETA/NGM
MODELS WERE STARTED AT 2137Z 23 MIN LATE...OUTAGE APPEARS TO BE
SIGNIFICANT CAN NOT COMMUNICATE WITH NCF...THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM
THOUGH...MORE TO COME...
SPC IS HAVING PROBLEMS DISTRIBUTING THEIR SEVERE WEATHER TEXT
PRODUCTS TO AWIPS...THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH NCF TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM...PRODUCTS SUCH AS...WATCH STATUS REPORTS...
MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS AND CONVECTIVE OUTLOOKS CAN BE FOUND ON
SPC HOMEPAGE...http://www.spc.noaa.gov CONTACT SPC DIRECTLY
IF A NEED ARISES...
SHRUELL/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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