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SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ALERT ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0000Z TUE NOV 20 2024

...CRITICAL WEATHER DAY DECLARED...

A Critical Weather Day has been declared for...

* NWS Western Region
- START: 0000Z Wed Nov 20 2024
- END: 1200Z Fri Nov 22 2024
- REASON: High excessive rainfall, Flooding, Extratropical Storm,
Winter Storm for an atmospheric river event in Northern
California and the Pacific Northwest.

* NCEP and NCF are also participating in this CWD to ensure a
  reliable flow of weather data.

All scheduled software/hardware/network changes for the
impacted offices will be postponed until the CWD has ended.
Any emergency changes will be evaluated and approved by
regional management officials or their designees. NWS offices
should contact their regional offices for further questions
about this CWD.

Please visit the CWD status page for more information:
https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/cwd/



Shruell/SDM/NCO/NCEP