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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
9:30 AM EDT WED APR 10 2002
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...NOAAPORT
SUBSCRIBERS... NOAA WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS...NWS
EMPLOYEES...AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: ROBERT E. LIVEZEY
CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: RENAMING OF U.S. THREATS ASSESSMENT PRODUCT TO HAZARDS
ASSESSMENT PRODUCT...EFFECTIVE APRIL 16 2002
THE U.S. THREATS ASSESSMENT PRODUCT...ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER...WILL BE RENAMED THE U.S. HAZARDS ASSESSMENT
...EFFECTIVE WITH THE WEEKLY ISSUANCE ON TUESDAY APRIL 16 2002 AT
400 P.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES IN THE
PRODUCT CONTENT...TIME OF ISSUANCE...OR PRODUCT COMMUNICATIONS
CODES.
THE FOLLOWING IS REFERENCE INFORMATION:
THE U.S. HAZARDS ASSESSMENT IS ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY AT 3:00 P.M.
EASTERN TIME AND MORE FREQUENTLY AS EVENTS REQUIRE. THIS PRODUCT
IS A FORECAST OF POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACTIVITY OVER THE
NEXT 3 TO 14 DAYS. THIS FORECAST IS FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS FOR
TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...WIND...AND SOIL AND VEGETATIVE
DRYNESS.
TEXTUAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON AWIPS...NOAAPORT...
FOS...AND NWWS UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION FXUS21 KWNC PMDTHR
GRAPHICAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON AWIPS AND NOAAPORT
UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
HAZARDS ASSESSMENT MAP: WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
FOR TEMPERATURE/WIND PTIY98 KWNC RBGTHT
FOR PRECIPITATION PEIY50 KWNC RBGTHP
FOR SOIL/WILDFIRE PYIY88 KWNC RBGTHS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT
MIKE HALPERT
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER - W/NP51
5200 AUTH RD.
CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746-4304
PH: 301-763-8000 EXT 7535
THIS AND OTHER NOTIFICATIONS ARE ON THE INTERNET AT:
WWW.NWS.NOAA/GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM /USE LOWER CASE/
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