Public Information Statement Issued by NWS National HQ
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NOUS41 KWBC 201730
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 24-31
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
130 PM EDT Wed Mar 20 2024
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Stephen Bieda III, Ph.D., Chief
Severe, Fire, Public and Winter Weather Services
Branch
Subject: Reinstatement of Marine Local Storm Report Event Types on
or
about March 26th, 2024
On or about March 26th, 2024, at 1400 UTC, the National Weather
Service
(NWS) will reinstate Marine Hail and Marine Thunderstorm (Tstm) Wind
event
types within the NWS Local Storm Report (LSR) product. These had been
previously removed during the implementation of the mixed-case
Text/95
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) character
set
in Preliminary LSRs (reference updated Service Change Notice (SCN)
23-21:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn23-
31_lsr_source_changes_2022_aac.pdf)
The changes will proceed after expiration in the event of a Critical
Weather Day (CWD) or an Enhanced Caution Event (ECE).
No other changes to LSR formatting are being made at this time.
Table 1: Event Types Reinstated
Marine Hail Marine Tstm Wind
Table 2: Affected Products
AWIPS ID WMO ID Product Name
-------- ------- -------------
LSRxxx NWUS55 Kxxx Preliminary Local Storm Report (xxx is
the 3-letter ID of the issuing office)
STAHRY NWUS22 KWNS SPC Hourly Severe Weather Report Log
STADTS NWUS20 KWNS SPC Daily Severe Weather Report Log
Local Storm Reports can be found on the following operational
dissemination endpoints:
- https://api.weather.gov/
- https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/
- NOAA Weather Wire Service Open Interface (NWWS-OI)
Comments and questions related to this change can be directed to:
Aaron Treadway
Acting NWS Severe Weather Services Program Manager
Silver Spring, MD
aaron.treadway@noaa.gov
Questions about the operational dissemination endpoints can be
directed
to:
NCEP Central Operations
Operational Monitoring Branch Tech Control
nco.ops@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/