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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
920 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 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: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
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 COUNTY-
BASED AS FOLLOWS:
KAUAI COUNTY /INCLUDES NIIHAU AND KAUAI/
HONOLULU COUNTY /ISLAND OF OAHU/
MAUI COUNTY /INCLUDES MOLOKAI...LANAI...KAHOOLAWE...AND
MAUI/ HAWAII COUNTY /ISLAND OF HAWAII OR BIG ISLAND/
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
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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