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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
130 PM CDT MON OCT 25 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:		LARRY VANNOZZI
		METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
		NASHVILLE WFO

SUBJECT:	NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR NON-WEATHER
		RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS TRANSMITTED ON
		NOAAPORT...NWWS...EMWIN...AND FAMILY OF SERVICES...
		EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 27 2004.

ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27 2004 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE WILL IMPLEMENT NEW AWIPS IDENTIFIERS FOR MOST
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS.  THE WMO HEADINGS OF
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
ON OCTOBER 27 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

CEMBNA 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 OCTOBER 27 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 IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET /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:

  LARRY VANNOZZI                      JERRY ORCHANIAN
  METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE      OR     WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROGIST   (615)-754-4633                      (615)-754-4633
  LARRY.VANNOZZI at NOAA.GOV             JERRY.ORCHANIAN at NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm

$$

END/ORCHANIAN



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