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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-22...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2008

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

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

SUBJECT:  CORRECTED:  NEW TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH/WARNING 
          SERVICES FOR THE CENTRAL PACIFIC EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 
          2008: NEW TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH/WARNING PRODUCT 
          /TCV/ ...AND ENHANCED GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE POINTS 
          FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS

CORRECTED:  FIRST PARAGRAPH...WATCHES AND WARNINGS BASED UPON 
ZONES NOT COUNTIES. 

1.  NEW TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH/WARNING PRODUCT /TCV/ EFFECTIVE 
JUNE 1 2008.  THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH/WARNING PRODUCT  
/TCV/ WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL FOR THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
BASIN. THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER /CPHC/ WILL ISSUE THE 
/TCV/ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. TROPICAL CYCLONE 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE ZONE BASED 
AS FOLLOWS: 
 
	KAUAI COUNTY: ZONES 001 THROUGH 004 (ISLANDS OF NIIHAU
        AND KAUAI)  
        HONOLULU COUNTY:  ZONES 005 THROUGH 011 (ISLAND OF OAHU)  
        MAUI COUNTY: ZONES 012 THROUGH 022 (ISLANDS OF MOLOKAI, 
        LANAI, MAUI, KAHOOLAWE  
        HAWAII COUNTY:  ZONES 023 THROUGH 028

THE TCV IS ROUTINELY ISSUED AT APPROXIMATELY 03...09...15 AND 21 
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. A TCV WILL ALSO BE ISSUED FOR 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES AND ANY TIME SPECIAL ADVISORIES ARE 
ISSUED IF WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE POSTED...CHANGED OR CANCELLED. 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE FORMAT...ALONG 
WITH A MAP DETAILING THE ABOVE AREAS...IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTCV.SHTML

THE CENTRAL PACIFIC TCV WILL BE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADERS /WTPA 
81-85/ PHFO AND AWIPS IDENTIFIERS /TCVCP1-5/. USERS MUST UPDATE 
THEIR DATABASES TO BEGIN RECEIVING THESE NEW PRODUCTS.

2.  ENHANCED GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE POINTS FOR TROPICAL CYLCONE 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS  

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE TCV PRODUCT WILL NOT BE ISSUED FOR 
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ATOLL 
OR THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX ISLAND 
CONFIGURATION IN THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS MARINE NATIONAL 
MONUMENT /PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA/...SOME WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE 
ISLAND-BASED...WHILE OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED 
USING THE BREAKPOINT METHOD. WITH REGARD TO THESE AREAS AND 
JOHNSTON ISLAND...THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE POINTS WILL BE USED: 

     JOHNSTON ATOLL...ISLAND-BASED

FOR THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT:

     KURE ATOLL...ISLAND-BASED
     MIDWAY ISLAND...ISLAND-BASED
     PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL...BREAKPOINT
     LISIANSKI ISLAND...BREAKPOINT
     MARO REEF...BREAKPOINT
     FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS...BREAKPOINT
     NIHOA...BREAKPOINT     

A LIST OF ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE 
CENTRAL PACIFIC WILL APPEAR IN THE EXISTING SUITE OF TROPICAL 
CYCLONE PUBLIC ADVISORY PRODUCTS /TCP/ AND GRAPHICAL TRACK 
FORECASTS ON THE CPHC WEB SITE.  WHEN THERE ARE TROPICAL CYCLONES 
IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...GRAPHICAL TRACK FORECASTS WILL BE 
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/CPHC

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

    JIM WEYMAN, DIRECTOR
    CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER
    2525 CORREA ROAD SUITE 250
    HONOLULU HAWAII 96822
    PHONE:  808 973 5272

NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

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

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