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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-04
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1014 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

TO:		SUBSCRIBERS:
		-FAMILY OF SERVICES
		-NOAA 	WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
		-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK 
		OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:		THERESE Z. PIERCE
		CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:	CHANGES TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT /HLS/:   
                EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008 

REFER TO:	SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 08-05: TRANSMITTED
		FEB 5 2008

BEGINNING JUNE 1 2008... THE FORMAT OF THE HLS WILL CHANGE AS 
FOLLOWS IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 
USER COMMUNITY FOR A MORE AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCT.

1. THE HLS WILL BECOME A SEGMENTED PRODUCT.

2. THE HLS WILL IMPLEMENT VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ AND USE
THE FOLLOWING FIVE VTEC PHENOMENA CODES. NEW EVENT NAMES FOR
2008 ARE ASTERISKED AND FURTHER DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 3.

EVENT NAME				PHENOMENA CODE
TROPICAL STORM 		 		     TR
HURRICANE 				     HU
TROPICAL STORM WIND*  			     TI
HURRICANE WIND*  			     HI
TYPHOON					     TY

3. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE 
WATCHES/WARNINGS FOR INLAND AREAS WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED USING 
THE NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING /NPW/ PRODUCTS...REFERENCE 
SCN NOTICE 08-05 DATED FEB 5 2008. THE FORMER /INLAND TROPICAL 
STORM/ AND /INLAND HURRICANE/ EVENT NAMES WILL BE RENAMED...TO 
/TROPICAL STORM WIND/ AND /HURRICANE WIND/ EVENTS...AND WILL BE 
ISSUED USING THE HLS. /TROPICAL STORM WIND/ OR /HURRICANE WIND/ 
EVENT NAMES WILL BE USED WHEN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE 
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD INLAND.

4. IN SUMMARY EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008 ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES 
AND WARNINGS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE HLS.
 
A DESCRIPTION OF THE HLS PRODUCT AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW FORMAT 
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HURRICANE/PDFS/HLS.PDF

THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS...WMO PRODUCT 
HEADINGS OR PRODUCT ISSUANCE TIMES...FOR THE HLS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

    SCOTT KISER
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
    1325 EAST WEST HWY ROOM 13126
    SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
    PHONE:  301-713-1677 EXTENSION 121

THIS AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT  
/USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM

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