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TABLE 5.2
Bulletin Thresholds to Provide PTWC Backup
Table 5.2: Bulletin Thresholds to provide PTWC backup (SOURCE: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ops/opsmanual.pdf; NOAA's West
SOURCE: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ops/opsmanual.pdf; West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center,
NOAA.
ing products are generated differently by each TWC's suite of software, although both are
in-house products (Table 5.1; for additional details, see Chapter 3). Messaging software is writ-
ten in either the formula translation/translator (FORTRAN) or C programming languages, so
the watchstander needs to recompile and regenerate the message if an error is detected. This
inability to preview and edit a warning product has the potential to introduce delays in the
initial warning phase, and the reliance on dated software technology deters easy interfacing
with current network and mobile data structures. Addressing these problems is dificult for the
