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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-04
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1014 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT /HLS/:
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008
REFER TO: SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 08-05: TRANSMITTED
FEB 5 2008
BEGINNING JUNE 1 2008... THE FORMAT OF THE HLS WILL CHANGE AS
FOLLOWS IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
USER COMMUNITY FOR A MORE AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCT.
1. THE HLS WILL BECOME A SEGMENTED PRODUCT.
2. THE HLS WILL IMPLEMENT VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ AND USE
THE FOLLOWING FIVE VTEC PHENOMENA CODES. NEW EVENT NAMES FOR
2008 ARE ASTERISKED AND FURTHER DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 3.
EVENT NAME PHENOMENA CODE
TROPICAL STORM TR
HURRICANE HU
TROPICAL STORM WIND* TI
HURRICANE WIND* HI
TYPHOON TY
3. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE
WATCHES/WARNINGS FOR INLAND AREAS WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED USING
THE NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING /NPW/ PRODUCTS...REFERENCE
SCN NOTICE 08-05 DATED FEB 5 2008. THE FORMER /INLAND TROPICAL
STORM/ AND /INLAND HURRICANE/ EVENT NAMES WILL BE RENAMED...TO
/TROPICAL STORM WIND/ AND /HURRICANE WIND/ EVENTS...AND WILL BE
ISSUED USING THE HLS. /TROPICAL STORM WIND/ OR /HURRICANE WIND/
EVENT NAMES WILL BE USED WHEN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD INLAND.
4. IN SUMMARY EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008 ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES
AND WARNINGS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE HLS.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE HLS PRODUCT AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW FORMAT
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HURRICANE/PDFS/HLS.PDF
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS...WMO PRODUCT
HEADINGS OR PRODUCT ISSUANCE TIMES...FOR THE HLS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
SCOTT KISER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
1325 EAST WEST HWY ROOM 13126
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
PHONE: 301-713-1677 EXTENSION 121
THIS AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM
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