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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1119 AM CDT Wed May 31 2017

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

From:      Allison Allen
           Chief, Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Services Branch

Subject:   National Tropical Cyclone Watch Warning Product (TCV)
      Product Collaboration Tests

The National Hurricane Center (NHC), along with 28 National Weather
Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) in Southern Region,
and 11 NWS WFOs in Eastern Region, will commence with internal
software and hardware testing of the new national TCV product
collaboration process for the Atlantic basin on Wednesday, May 31st
through Friday, June 2nd and resume on Monday, June 5th, 2017.

Internal testing will begin at approximately 1400 GMT and terminate
at 1900 GMT daily during scheduled test days. In the event of
inclement weather, June 6-9, 2017 has been reserved to serve as
backup dates for any portion of delayed testing.

Internal TCV test products are not intended to be released externally
through NWS dissemination and communication systems.

NHC and WFO internal software and hardware testing will continue
periodically during the remainder of 2017. The new national TCV
product for the Atlantic basin will contain a summary of NHC/WFO
collabNWS WFOs participating in the national TCV product
collaboration tests are listed below by NWS Region:

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)
Huntsville, AL (HUN)
Jackson, MS (JAN)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Key West, FL (KEY)
Lake Charles, LA (LCH)
Little Rock, AR (LZK)
Melbourne, FL (MLB)
Memphis, TN (MEG)
Miami, FL (MFL)
Midland, TX (MAF)
Mobile, AL (MOB)
Morristown, TN (MRX)
Nashville, TN (OHX)
New Orleans, LA (LIX)
Norman, OK (OUN)
San Juan, PR (SJU)
San Angelo, TX (SJT)
Shreveport, LA (SHV)
Tallahassee, FL (TAE)
Tampa Bay Area, FL (TBW)
Tulsa, OK (TSA)

NWS Eastern Region

Albany, NW (ALY)
Boston, MA (BOX)
Caribou, ME (CAR)
Charleston, SC (CHS)
Gray/Portland, ME (GYX)
Mount Holly, NJ (PHI)
Newport/Morehead City, NC (MHX)
New York, NY (OKX)
Sterling, VA (LWX)
Wakefield, VA (AKQ)
Wilmington, NC (ILM)

For more information, please contact:

Gary Woodall
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service Memphis, TN
gary.woodall@noaa.gov
901-544-0399

National Service Change Notices are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
