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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
900 AM PDT Thu May 23 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
------------
Atlantic National TCV
East Pacific National TCV
AWIPS PIL
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TCVAT/1-5/
TCVEP/1-5/
WMO ID
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WTNT/81-85/ KNHC
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 Suk
Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service Office
San Diego, CA
jonathan.suk@noaa.gov
National Public Information Statements are online at:

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

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