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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh, NC
825 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024

To:        Subscribers:
           -NOAA Weather Wire Service
           -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
           -NOAAPort
           Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees

From:      Greg Schoor, Chief
           Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Services Branch

Subject:   National Tropical Cyclone Watch Warning Product
           (TCV) Collaboration Testing May 20-24, 2024 (backup
           week: June 3-7)

The NWS National Hurricane Center (NHC), Ocean
Prediction Center (OPC), and Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) in the
NWS Eastern Region, Southern Region, and Western Region will perform
internal testing of the National Tropical Cyclone Watch/Warning
(TCV) product collaboration process daily from Monday, May 20, 2024,
through Friday, May 24, 2024.  Monday, June 3, through Friday, June
7, is the designated backup week.

Internal testing will begin at approximately 1600 GMT and terminate
at 1900 GMT daily during the scheduled test days.

Internal TCV test products are not intended to be released
externally through NWS dissemination and communication systems.  The
text products affected by collaboration testing are the National
Tropical Cyclone Watch/Warning (TCV) products issued under the
following AWIPS Product Identifiers (PIL) and World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) Identifiers (ID):

TCV Product                    AWIPS PIL   WMO ID
------------                   ---------   -------
Atlantic National TCV          TCVAT/1-5/  WTNT/81-85/ KNHC
East Pacific National TCV      TCVEP/1-5/  WTPZ/81-85/ KNHC

In addition, the following National Digital Forecast Database
(NDFD) elements will be created for this test:
     - Tropical cyclone wind probabilities (incremental and
          cumulative) for 34 kt, 50 kt, and 64 kt
     - Hazard grid (including tropical storm, hurricane, and
          storm surge hazards)

The NWS will continue periodic internal tropical software testing
during the remainder of 2024.  The national TCV product will contain
a summary of collaborated wind and/or storm surge watches and
warnings, depicted by NWS-defined geographic zones.

NWS WFOs participating in the national TCV product collaboration
tests are listed below by NWS Region:

NWS  Eastern Region

Albany, NY (ALY)
Boston, MA (BOX)
Binghamton, NY (BGM)
Burlington, VT (BTV)
Caribou, ME (CAR)
Charleston, SC (CHS)
Gray/Portland, ME (GYX)
Mount Holly, NJ (PHI)
Newport/Morehead City, NC (MHX)
New York, NY (OKX)
State College, PA (CTP)
Sterling, VA (LWX)
Wakefield, VA (AKQ)
Wilmington, NC (ILM)
Columbia, SC (CAE)
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (GSP)
Raleigh-Durham, NC (RAH)
Blacksburg/Roanoke, VA (RNK)

NWS  Southern Region

Atlanta, GA (FFC)
Austin-San Antonio, TX (EWX)
Birmingham, AL (BMX)
Brownsville, TX (BRO)
Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)
Fort Worth, TX (FWD)
Houston, TX (HGX)
Jackson, MS (JAN)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Key West, FL (KEY)
Lake Charles, LA (LCH)
Little Rock, AR (LZK)
Melbourne, FL (MLB)
Miami, FL (MFL)
Mobile, AL (MOB)
Morristown, TN (MRX)
New Orleans, LA (LIX)
San Juan, PR (SJU)
Shreveport, LA (SHV)
Tallahassee, FL (TAE)
Tampa Bay Area, FL (TBW)

NWS  Western Region

Los Angeles, CA (LOX)
San Diego, CA (SGX)

For more information, please contact:

  Jonathan Blaes
  Meteorologist in Charge
  National Weather Service
  Raleigh, NC 27606
  Jonathan.Blaes@noaa.gov

National Public Information Statements are online at:

https://www.weather.gov/notification/

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