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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2002
TO: FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: NEW WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGES FROM THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER...EFFECTIVE JULY 15 2002
ON MONDAY JULY 15 2002 AT 1200 UTC...THE STORM PREDICTION
CENTER /SPC/ WILL BEGIN ISSUING A NEW OPERATIONAL TEXT
PRODUCT CALLED THE WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGE /WOU/ FOR
THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THE WOU MESSAGE DEPICTS
ONCE...AT THE TIME OF INITIAL ISSUANCE...ALL COUNTIES WITHIN
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH. A STATE AREAL
OUTLINE STATEMENT /SLS/ DEPICTS COUNTIES IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH FOR THAT STATE.
BY EARLY 2003...WOU MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED AT THE TOP OF
EACH HOUR TO DEPICT THE REMAINING COUNTIES IN ACTIVE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES. AN UPDATED SERVICE CHANGE
NOTICE WILL BE ISSUED TO CUSTOMERS ANNOUNCING THAT CHANGE.
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE WOU MESSAGES SHOULD ADD
THE WOU COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER INDICATED IN TABLE 1 TO
THE APPROPRIATE DATABASES.
TABLE 1: WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE MESSAGE COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS
MESSAGE TYPE WMO ID AWIPS ID
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE WOUS64 KNWS WOUSPC
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... PLEASE CONTACT
DANIEL MCCARTHY
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
STORM PREDICTION CENTER
NORMAN OK
PHONE: 405-579-0747
E-MAIL: DANIEL.MCCARTHY@xxxxxxxx
RICHARD OKULSKI
NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER PROGRAM LEADER
SILVER SPRING MD
PHONE: 301-713-1867 EXT. 114
E-MAIL: RICHARD.OKULSKI@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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