EWW will be issued under the TOR header.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
420 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT
SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION
NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: MICHAEL EMLAW
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NOAA/NWS OFFICE CHARLESTON SC
SUBJECT: ISSUANCE OF EXTREME WIND WARNING DURING HURRICANE LANDFALLS
THE EXTREME WIND WARNING WILL BE ISSUED BY SELECT NWS WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICES TO WARN THE PUBLIC TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE SHELTER IN
AN INTERIOR PORTION OF A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE DUE TO THE ONSET OF
EXTREME TROPICAL CYCLONE WINDS. THE PRODUCT WILL USE EXISTING AWIPS
AND WMO HEADINGS FOR TORNADO WARNINGS /AWIPS HEADER - CAETORCHS
WMO HEADER - WFUS52 KCHS/.
FOR THE 2006 HURRICANE SEASON...A TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME
TROPICAL CYCLONE WINDS MAY BE ISSUED BY THE WFO WHEN ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
1. IMMINENT OR OCCURRING ONSET OF TROPICAL CYCLONE-RELATED SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS...GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 115 MILES PER HOUR.
2. EXTREME TROPICAL CYCLONE-RELATED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
WITHIN A WFOS COUNTY WARNING AREA WITHIN AN HOUR.
THE WARNING VALID TIME WILL BE TWO HOURS OR LESS USING COUNTY
UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGCS/. AN EXTREME WIND WARNING PRODUCT
WILL NOT BE REISSUED FOR THE SAME LOCATION. IF FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
OR UPDATES ARE NECESSARY...THE WFO WILL USE THE SEVERE WEATHER
STATEMENT /SVS/. ALL WFOS WILL USE THE SAME TEMPLATE PROVIDING FOR
PRODUCT CONSISTENCY.
EXAMPLE:
WFO CHARLESTON IS ANTICIPATING THE IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE XXXXXX.
THE HURRICANE HAS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 140 MPH WITH A VERY TIGHT
EYEWALL AND WELL-DEFINED EYE. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE HURRICANE
IS MOVING ASHORE IN ABOUT AN HOUR WITH EXPECTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF
130 MPH. WHILE THE AREA HAS BEEN UNDER A HURRICANE WARNING FOR 24
HOURS...WITH THE CORE OF THE STORM NOW MOVING ASHORE...WFO CHARLESTON
BELIEVES A WARNING FOR EXTREME WINDS IS WARRANTED AND MEETS THE
ESTABLISHED CRITERIA.
WFUS52 KCHS 011900
TORCHS
GAC191-012100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0013.060701T1900Z-060701T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
300 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AN
* EXTREME WIND WARNING FOR THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 115 MPH
OR GREATER FOR...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 300 PM EDT...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EXTREME WINDS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EYEWALL OF HURRICANE XXXXXXX...WERE MOVING ONSHORE NEAR SAPELO
ISLAND. SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 130 MPH...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION...CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE EYEWALL
PASSES OVERHEAD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* THESE EXTREME WINDS WILL AFFECT...
DARIEN...EULONIA...COX...TOWNSEND...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND OUTER WALLS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY WITH PILLOWS
OR BLANKETS.
LAT...LON 2672 8226 2644 8213 2702 8174 2702 8207
$$
EXAMPLE: EXTREME WIND WARNING /EWW/ PROPOSED FOR 2007
W KCHS 011900
EWWCHS
GAC191-012100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.EW.W.0013.060701T1900Z-060701T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
EXTREME WIND WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
300 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AN
* EXTREME WIND WARNING FOR THE ONSET OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 115 MPH
OR GREATER FOR...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 300 PM EDT...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EXTREME WINDS...ASSOCIATED WITH
THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE XXXXXXX...WERE MOVING ONSHORE NEAR SAPELO
ISLAND. SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 130 MPH...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION...CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE EYEWALL
PASSES OVERHEAD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* THESE EXTREME WINDS WILL AFFECT...
DARIEN...EULONIA...COX...TOWNSEND...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND OUTER WALLS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY WITH PILLOWS
OR BLANKETS.
LAT...LON 2672 8226 2644 8213 2702 8174 2702 8207
$$
ALL USERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE DETAILED FEEDBACK THROUGH
THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15 2006 USING THE FEEDBACK
MECHANISM AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=EWW
FEEDBACK FROM USERS OBTAINED IN THE 2006 HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE
EVALUATED. IF OVERALL FEEDBACK IS POSITIVE...THE FOLLOWING TENTATIVE
PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE 2007 HURRICANE SEASON:
-CHANGE THE VALID TIME EVENT CODE FROM /TO/ TO /EW/ -CHANGE THE
PRODUCT TYPE LINE IN THE MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR HEADER BLOCK FROM
TORNADO WARNING TO EXTREME WIND WARNING
-IMPLEMENT NEW AWIPS AND WMO HEADINGS FOR EXTREME WIND WARNING
-ADAPT THE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT /SVS/ TO ALLOW ISSUANCE OF A
FOLLOWUP PRODUCT TO THE EXTREME WIND WARNING
PLEASE NOTE...ANY CHANGES TO THE EXTREME WIND WARNING PRODUCT FOR
2007 WILL BE DETAILED IN A 2007 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED
PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE HURRICANE SEASON. ACTION WILL ALSO BE
TAKEN TO COORDINATE WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
AND BEGIN THE PROCESS TOWARDS FCC APPROVAL OF A NEW EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM (EAS) CODE FOR THE EXTREME WIND WARNING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THESE CHANGES...PLEASE
CONTACT:
MICHAEL EMLAW OR PAUL YURA
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
5777 SOUTH AVIATION AVE 5777 SOUTH AVIATION AVE
PHONE: 843-744-0303 EXT 222 PHONE: 843-744-0303 EXT 223
EMAIL:
[email protected] EMAIL:
[email protected]
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