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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EDT MON JUNE 21 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: NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR NON-WEATHER
RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS TRANSMITTED ON
NOAAPORT...NWWS...EMWIN...AND FAMILY OF SERVICES...
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 8 2004.
ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2004 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...ALL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WILL CHANGE THE AWIPS
IDENTIFIERS FOR MOST NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS. THE WMO
HEADINGS OF NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
CEMXXX /WHERE XXX IS THE IDENTIFIER OF THE TRANSMITTING NWS OFFICE/ IS CURRENTLY
THE ONLY AWIPS IDENTIFIER USED IN ALL WOUSII CCCC PRODUCTS IN THE CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES...WOAKII CCCC PRODUCTS IN ALASKA AND WOHW40 PHFO AND WOMY40 PGUM
IN THE PACIFIC AREA. ON SEPTEMBER 8 2004 THE FOLLOWING AWIPS IDENIFIER PRODUCT
CATEGORIES WILL BE AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN EACH OF THE PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED BY THE
WMO HEADINGS DESCRIBED ABOVE...
AWIPS ID MND Product Type Line
ADR Administrative Message
AVA Avalanche Watch
AVW Avalanche Warning
CAE Child Abduction Emergency
CDW Civil Danger Warning
CEM Civil Emergency Message
EQW Earthquake Warning
EVI Evacuation Immediate
FRW Fire Warning
HMW Hazardous Materials Warning
LEW Law Enforcement Warning
LAE Local Area Emergency
TOE 911 Telephone Outage Emergency
NUW Nuclear Power Plant Warning
RHW Radiological Hazard Warning
SPW Shelter In Place Warning
VOW Volcano Warning
CEMXXX WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AS THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER FOR CIVIL EMERGENCY
MESSAGES.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE CURRENT AND NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR NON-
WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE IN USE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER
8 2004 IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/dissemination/NewEAS-Messages.pdf
NWS CUSTOMERS WHO USE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS TO PROCESS NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY
TEXT PRODUCTS MAY NEED TO ADJUST THEIR PROCESSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW AWIPS
IDENTIFERS.
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY LOCAL...STATE OR
FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND AT THEIR REQUEST MAY BE RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS...OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO
/NWR/ AND THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOES
NOT INITIATE NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518
INCLUDES THIS PRODUCT/S PRODUCT SPECIFICATION. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX
C DEFINES CONTENT GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AFTER JUNE 25 AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives
CLICK ON 10-OPERATIONS AND SERVICES...AND THEN SCROLL DOWN AND
CLICK ON 10-518 NATIONAL NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY PRODUCTS
SPECIFICATION.
A RELATED SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE SCN 04-10/ WAS ISSUED MARCH 3 2004 REGARDING NWS
IMPLEMENTATION OF EAS EVENT CODES AND AREA MESSAGE ENCODING /SAME/ CODES ON NWR
AND EAS... EFFECTIVE JUNE 30 2004.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/nws_eas.htm
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS OR THE NWS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW EAS/SAME CODES...CONTACT:
HERB WHITE MARK TEW
DISSEMINATION SERVICES OR PUBLIC WEATHER WARNING
MANAGER PROGRAM MANAGER
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-0090 X 146 301-713-1867 X 103
E-MAIL: HERBERT.WHITE@xxxxxxxx MARK.TEW@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm
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