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PNSSRH
PUBLIC INFORMATION NOTICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS FORT WORTH TX
1230 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012
TO:        SUBSCRIBERS:
           -FAMILY OF SERVICES
           -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
           -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
           -NOAAPORT
           OTHER NWS PARTNERS...DATA USERS AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM:      WALT ZALESKI
           WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST PROGRAM MANAGER
           NWS - SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
SUBJECT:   STANDARDIZED FORMAT WITHIN PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS
           /PNS/ FOR U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEYS
THIRTY-TWO OFFICES /SEE BELOW/ WITHIN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE 
U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WILL BEGIN UTILIZING A STANDARDIZED 
FORMAT TO RELAY DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION IN PUBLIC INFORMATION 
STATEMENTS /PNS/ PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE JULY 25...2012.
NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ UTILIZE THE PNS PRODUCT TO 
DOCUMENT AND DISSEMINATE NWS DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION ON TORNADIC 
/ROTATIONAL WIND/...THUNDERSTORM WIND /STRAIGHT-LINE/...OR OTHER 
WEATHER RELATED EVENTS.
THE STANDARDIZED PNS FORMAT FOR DAMAGE SURVEYS WILL PROVIDE DATA 
USERS EASY TO READ...CONCISE...AND CONSISTENT SUMMARIES OF NWS 
DAMAGE SURVEY DETAILS FROM NWS - SOUTHERN REGION WFOS.
INSTRUCTIONS DESCRIBING THE STANDARDIZED FORMAT FOR NWS - SOUTHERN 
REGION DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION WITHIN PNS PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE 
AT THE FOLLOWING NWS WEB LINK:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005001S012012CURR.PDF
THE FOLLOWING NWS - SOUTHERN REGION WFOS WILL BEGIN UTILIZING THE 
STANDARDIZED FORMAT FOR DISSEMINATING NWS DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION 
WITHIN THE PNS PRODUCT:
     KABQ - ALBUQUERQUE...NM
     KAMA - AMARILLO...TX
     KBMX - BIRMINGHAM...AL
     KBRO - BROWNSVILLE...TX
     KCRP - CORPUS CHRISTI...TX
     KEPZ - EL PASO...TX
     KEWX - AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO...TX
     KFFC - ATLANTA...GA
     KFWD - FORT WORTH/DALLAS...TX
     KHGX - HOUSTON/GALVESTON...TX
     KHUN - HUNTSVILLE...AL
     KJAN - JACKSON...MS
     KJAX - JACKSONVILLE...FL
     KKEY - KEY WEST...FL
     KLCH - LAKE CHARLES...LA
     KLIX - NEW ORLEANS...LA
     KLUB - LUBBOCK...TX
     KLZK - LITTLE ROCK...AR
     KMAF - MIDLAND...TX
     KMEG - MEMPHIS...TN
     KMFL - MIAMI...FL
     KMLB - MELBOURNE...FL
     KMOB - MOBILE...AL
     KMRX - KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES...TN
     KOHX - NASHVILLE...TN
     KOUN - NORMAN...OK
     KSHV - SHREVEPORT...LA
     KSJT - SAN ANGELO...TX
     TSJU - SAN JUAN...PR
     KTAE - TALLAHASSEE...FL
     KTBW - TAMPA...FL
     KTSA - TULSA...OK
    
FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT:
     WALT ZALESKI
     NWS - SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
     FORT WORTH...TX 76102
     WALT.ZALESKI@NOAA.GOV
     817-978-1100 X106
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