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Public Information Statement 24-29

National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD

530 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024



To:	 Subscribers:

	 -NOAA Weather Wire Service

	 -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

	 -NOAAPort

	 Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees



From:	 Greg Schoor, Chief

	 Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Services Branch



Subject: NWS to Issue National Tsunami Warning Center Routine

	 Communications Tests for the East and Gulf Coast on

	 April 23, 2024



The NWS National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) and coastal NWS

Weather

Forecast Offices (WFOs) will perform routine monthly tsunami

communication

tests to ensure end-to-end readiness of NWS dissemination software

and

hardware on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 for East and Gulf Coast states.



The intended recipients of these communication tests include

designated

national focal points, state/territorial warning points, coastal

WFOs,

U.S. Coast Guard and critical military dissemination points.



Valid Time Event Codes (VTEC) for the test messages will start with

the /T

fixed identifier versus /O for operational messages.  To provide

additional assurance that a test message is not inadvertently

distributed

as an actual Warning/Advisory/Watch product, Event Tracking Numbers

(ETNs)

for the test messages will begin with 9 as the leading digit of the

four

character code.



The text products affected by routine monthly tsunami communication

testing are the national tsunami products issued under the following

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Product

Identifiers

(PIL) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Identifiers (IDs):



NTWC Product				  AWIPS PIL	  WMO ID

------------				  ---------	  ------

Segmented Tsunami W/W/A for U.S.	  TSUAT1	  WEXX20

Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast and

Canada East Coast



Public Tsunami W/W/A for U.S.		  TSUATE	  WEXX30

Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast and

Canada East Coast







Routine tsunami communications testing will continue monthly.  WFOs

taking

part in the national monthly tsunami communications test are listed

below

by NWS Region:



NWS Eastern Region:

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)



NWS Southern Region:

Brownsville, TX (BRO)

Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)

Houston, TX (HGX)

Jacksonville, FL (JAX)

Key West, FL (KEY)

Lake Charles, LA (LCH)

Melbourne, FL (MLB)

Miami, FL (MFL)

Mobile, AL (MOB)

New Orleans, LA (LIX)

Tallahassee, FL (TAE)

Tampa Bay Area, FL (TBW)



For more information, please contact:



Greg Schoor

Chief, Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch

Silver Spring, MD

gregory.m.schoor@noaa.gov



National Public Information Statements are online at:



https://www.weather.gov/notification/

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Public Information Statement 24-30

National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD

530 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024



To:	 Subscribers:

	 -NOAA Weather Wire Service

	 -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

	 -NOAAPort

	 Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees



From:	 Greg Schoor, Chief

	 Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Services Branch



Subject: National Tsunami Warning Center Routine Communications Tests

for

	 the West Coast and Alaska Coast to Take Place on April 25,

2024



The NWS National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) and coastal NWS

Weather

Forecast Offices (WFOs) will perform a routine monthly tsunami

communication test to ensure end-to-end readiness of NWS

dissemination

software and hardware on Thursday, April 25, 2024.



The intended recipients of these communication tests include

designated

national focal points, state/territorial warning points, coastal

WFOs,

U.S. Coast Guard and critical military dissemination points.



Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) for the test messages will start with

the /T

fixed identifier (versus /O for operational messages). To provide

additional assurance that a test message is not inadvertently

distributed

as an actual Warning/Advisory/Watch product, the Event Tracking

Numbers

(ETNs) for the test messages will begin with 9 as the leading digit

of the

four character code.



The text products affected by routine monthly tsunami communication

testing are the national tsunami products issued under the following

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Product

Identifiers

(PIL) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Identifiers (IDs):



NTWC Product				    AWIPS PIL	 WMO ID

------------				    ---------	 ------

Segmented Tsunami W/W/A for

West Coast/BC/Alaska			    TSUWCA	 WEPA41



Public Tsunami W/W/A for

West Coast/BC/Alaska			    TSUAK1	 WEAK51















Routine tsunami communications testing will continue monthly.  WFOs

participating in the national monthly tsunami communications test are

listed below by NWS Region:



NWS Alaska Region:

Anchorage, AK (AFC)

Juneau, AK (AJK)



NWS Western Region:

Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEW)

Portland, OR (PQR)

Medford, OR (MFR)

Eureka, CA (EKA)

San Francisco, CA (MTR)

Los Angeles, CA (LOX)

San Diego, CA (SGX)



For more information, please contact:



Greg Schoor

Chief, Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch

Silver Spring, MD

gregory.m.schoor@noaa.gov



National Public Information Statements are online at:



https://www.weather.gov/notification/