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30050403: SPC watch-by-county code?

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  • Subject: 30050403: SPC watch-by-county code?
  • Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:09:18 -0600 (MDT)
Gilbert,

I provide a program called "fips" in the GEMPAK distribution which will
search for a zone or county fips/ugc line and send the bulletin
to a mail list if the bulletin matches. The mail subject line will
identify the type of bulletin that is sent.

The program expands range lists etc. Examples from pqact are:


################################################################################
# FIPS zone county identifiers mailed automatically
#
DDPLUS  ^(WW|WR|WU|WF|RW|WG).* (KDEN|KBOU) ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        PIPE    -close  decoders/fips COZ039 COC013 address1,address2,...etc.
#
DDPLUS  ^(WW|WR|WU|WF|RW|WG).* (KILM|KCHS|KCAE) ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        PIPE    -close  decoders/fips SCC043 SCZ046 address@hidden


Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Kinda off-topic, but...
>
> The WOUS64 KWNS product is one I'd like to send out an email, using a
> c-shell script, after matching a particular county and state when it comes
> in. For instance, if Cook county, IL (Chicago) is in a watch, I'd like to
> send an email to those who are interested.
>
> I don't know how to key off the ILC001-034-078 type code at the start of
> each state. Has anyone done this, and willing to save me from not
> reinventing the wheel?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
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