Mecklenburg Severe Watches & Warnings NOAA Weather Radio

... Public information statement... 

To:        subscribers:
           -NOAA weather wire service
           -emergency managers weather information network
           -noaaport
           other NWS partners and NWS employees
 
from:      Allison Allen
           chief, marine, tropical and tsunami services branch
        
subject:   National tropical cyclone watch warning product (tcv)
           product collaboration tests
 
the National Hurricane Center (nhc), along with 24 National Weather 
Service (nws) weather forecast offices (wfos) in southern region and 
15 wfos in eastern region, will commence with internal software and 
hardware testing of the National tcv product collaboration process 
for the Atlantic Basin on Monday, may 21 and continue daily through 
Thursday, may 24, 2018. 

Internal testing will begin at approximately 1400 gmt (10 am edt) 
and terminate at 1900 gmt (3 PM edt) daily during scheduled test 
days. In the event of inclement weather, may 25, 2018 has been 
reserved to serve as backup date for any portion of testing that 
was delayed.

Internal tcv test products are not intended to be released 
externally through NWS dissemination and communication systems. 

Periodic NHC and WFO internal software and hardware testing will 
continue during the remainder of 2018. The National tcv product for 
the Atlantic Basin will contain a summary of NHC/WFO 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 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)
Huntsville, al (hun)
Jackson, MS (jan)
Jacksonville, FL (jax)
Key West, FL (key)
Lake Charles, la (lch)
Little Rock, AR (lzk)
Melbourne, FL (mlb)
Memphis, TN (meg)
Miami, FL (mfl)
Mobile, al (mob)
Morristown, TN (mrx) 
Nashville, TN (ohx) 
New Orleans, la (lix)
San Juan, PR (sju)
Shreveport, la (shv) 
Tallahassee, FL (tae)
Tampa Bay area, FL (tbw)


NWS eastern region

Albany, NW (aly)
Boston, MA (box)
Caribou, ME (car)
Charleston, SC (chs)
gray/Portland, ME (gyx)
Mount Holly, NJ (phi)
Newport/Morehead City, NC (mhx)
New York, NY (okx)
Sterling, VA (lwx)
Wakefield, VA (akq)
Wilmington, NC (ilm)
Columbia, SC (cae) 
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (gsp) 
Raleigh-Durham, NC (rah) 
Blacksburg/Roanoke, VA (rnk)


For more information, please contact:
 
 Andrew Kimball
 meteorologist
 National Weather Service office
 Greer, SC 29651
 Andrew.Kimball@noaa.Gov
  
 864-848-9970
         
National service change notices are online at:
 
 http://www.Weather.Gov/os/notif.Htm




1132 am EDT sun may 20 2018

... Public information statement... 

To:        subscribers:
           -NOAA weather wire service
           -emergency managers weather information network
           -noaaport
           other NWS partners and NWS employees
 
from:      Allison Allen
           chief, marine, tropical and tsunami services branch
        
subject:   National tropical cyclone watch warning product (tcv)
           product collaboration tests
 
the National Hurricane Center (nhc), along with 24 National Weather 
Service (nws) weather forecast offices (wfos) in southern region and 
15 wfos in eastern region, will commence with internal software and 
hardware testing of the National tcv product collaboration process 
for the Atlantic Basin on Monday, may 21 and continue daily through 
Thursday, may 24, 2018. 

Internal testing will begin at approximately 1400 gmt (10 am edt) 
and terminate at 1900 gmt (3 PM edt) daily during scheduled test 
days. In the event of inclement weather, may 25, 2018 has been 
reserved to serve as backup date for any portion of testing that 
was delayed.

Internal tcv test products are not intended to be released 
externally through NWS dissemination and communication systems. 

Periodic NHC and WFO internal software and hardware testing will 
continue during the remainder of 2018. The National tcv product for 
the Atlantic Basin will contain a summary of NHC/WFO 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 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)
Huntsville, al (hun)
Jackson, MS (jan)
Jacksonville, FL (jax)
Key West, FL (key)
Lake Charles, la (lch)
Little Rock, AR (lzk)
Melbourne, FL (mlb)
Memphis, TN (meg)
Miami, FL (mfl)
Mobile, al (mob)
Morristown, TN (mrx) 
Nashville, TN (ohx) 
New Orleans, la (lix)
San Juan, PR (sju)
Shreveport, la (shv) 
Tallahassee, FL (tae)
Tampa Bay area, FL (tbw)


NWS eastern region

Albany, NW (aly)
Boston, MA (box)
Caribou, ME (car)
Charleston, SC (chs)
gray/Portland, ME (gyx)
Mount Holly, NJ (phi)
Newport/Morehead City, NC (mhx)
New York, NY (okx)
Sterling, VA (lwx)
Wakefield, VA (akq)
Wilmington, NC (ilm)
Columbia, SC (cae) 
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (gsp) 
Raleigh-Durham, NC (rah) 
Blacksburg/Roanoke, VA (rnk)


For more information, please contact:
 
 Andrew Kimball
 meteorologist
 National Weather Service office
 Greer, SC 29651
 Andrew.Kimball@noaa.Gov
  
 864-848-9970
         
National service change notices are online at:
 
 http://www.Weather.Gov/os/notif.Htm