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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0630 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009
ON 1 JULY 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
FORECAST OFFICE WILL BEGIN ASSIGNING TRACKING NUMBERS TO OUR LOCAL
STORM REPORTS /LSR/. THIS WILL ALLOW USERS TO READILY ASSOCIATE ANY
CORRECTIONS OR UPDATES TO THE INITIAL REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED BY OUR
OFFICE.
THE EVENT NUMBER WILL BE INCLUDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LSR PRODUCT...AND CAN
BE USED TO IDENTIFY EVENTS UNIQUELY TO TRACK CHANGES IF CORRECTIONS TO
PARTICULAR REPORTS ARE MADE.
THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE SHOWS A LOCAL STORM REPORT THAT CONTAINS THE UNIQUE
EVENT NUMBER...LWX0900234.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
147 AM EDT WED JUN 03 2009
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0534 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S INDIAN HEAD 38.56N 77.16W
06/02/2009 CHARLES MD LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AT MARBURY
EVENT NUMBER LWX0900234
IN THIS EXAMPLE...LWX IS THE THREE-LETTER IDENTIFIER OF THE WFO...09 IS
THE TWO-DIGIT VALUE OF THE YEAR...AND 00234 IS THE FIVE-DIGIT EVENT
NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE TSTM WND DMG EVENT.
ANY SUBSEQUENT CORRECTIONS TO A LSR EVENT WILL BE ISSUED WITH THE SAME EVENT
NUMBER PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO IT...SO THAT USERS CAN IDENTIFY WHICH
EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED.
THE EVENT NUMBER INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND UNDERNEATH THE DOUBLE AMPERSAND
IN THE FREE TEXT PORTION OF THE LOCAL STORM REPORT PRODUCT AND
SHOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON FORMAT-DEPENDENT AUTOMATED DECODERS.
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