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SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ALERT ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0854Z THU MAY 16 2024


...CRITICAL WEATHER DAY DECLARED...

A Critical Weather Day has been declared for...

* NWS Southern Region
- START: 1200Z Thu May 16 2024
- END: 1200Z Fri May 17 2024
- REASON: Excessive Rainfall and flooding ops across Louisiana
and eastern Texas.

* NCEP and NCF are also participating in this CWD to ensure a
  reliable flow of weather data.

All scheduled software/hardware/network changes for the
impacted offices will be postponed until the CWD has ended.
Any emergency changes will be evaluated and approved by
regional management officials or their designees. NWS offices
should contact their regional offices for further questions
about this CWD.

Please visit the CWD status page for more information:
https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/cwd/


Gerhardt/SDM/NCO/NCEP