Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
952 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:
Chris Strong
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service Office
Sterling, VA 20166
christopher.strong@noaa.gov
571-888-3439
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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