Tupelo, Mississippi

Subject: experimental use of bulleted winter storm /WSW/ and non
         precipitation /npw/ watch... warning and advisory
         products

Beginning December 8 2009 and ending may 29 2010... weather forecast
office /WFO/ Memphis will begin modifying the winter weather /WSW/
and non precipitation /npw/ formats to produce experimental bulleted
watch... warning and advisory products with a format similar to severe
thunderstorm and flash flood warnings. These formats are easier for
users to read and quickly gather vital information during hazardous
winter and non-precipitation events. During the test period... WFO
Memphis may temporarily revert back to the current format to maintain
mission critical warning services.

A product description document /pdd/ for these experimental
products including a list of other affected wfos and examples of the
bullet formatted WSW and npw products are available at /use
lowercase/:

http://products.Weather.Gov/viewliste.Php

Scroll down and click on the bulleted WSW npw pdd.Pdf to view and
download a copy of the product description document.

Public comments are requested through may 29 2010 at /use lowercase/:

http://www.Weather.Gov/survey/NWS-survey.Php?Code=wswnpw

Upon the completion of this experimental period... the NWS will
evaluate all received comments to determine whether or not to precede
with the full implementation of bulletized WSW/npw products
nationwide.

If you have comments or questions regarding this public
information statement... please contact:

Richard okulski
National Weather Service
7777 Walnut Grove Rd om1
Memphis TN 38120
901-544-0399 ext 223
Richard.Okulski@noaa.Gov