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Heavy Rain and Flooding Along the Central Gulf Coast; Severe Weather in South Texas

Heavy to excessive rainfall could lead to flash flooding over portions of east Texas into southern Mississippi through Wednesday morning. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the southern Great Plains to coastal Louisiana Wednesday. Large hail will be the primary threat, with the greatest risk across south Texas. Read More >

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NWWS User System Requirements

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INTERNET ONLY

  1. Personal Computer (available 20 GB storage and 3 GB RAM).
     
  2. Internet/WiFi connection.
     
  3. NWS issued NWWS Open Interface access credentials: User_ID and Password.
     
  4. NWWS IP addresses (both primary and backup) integrated into computer security and firewall authorizations.
     
  5. XMPP reader (Pidgin, Java, Google, Internet Explorer, etc..) or XMPP capable software program(self-developed or commercial).

 

BOTH INTERNET AND SATLLITE PRODUCT STREAMS (RECOMMENDED)

  1. Above INTERNET ONLY list plus satellite equipment as indicated under NWWS Satellite (PID201) Configuration under DOCUMENTS or under the  CONFIGURATION tab off the NWWS homepage.
     
  2. 1.8m – 2m+ C-band Satellite Dish.
     
  3. Low Noise Band (LNB) down converter.
     
  4. Satellite Receiver.
     
  5. Ethernet /Coaxial/or CatV network cable
     
  6. Software that can integrate both PID201 and NWWS-OI product feeds.

 

NOTE: Users cannot use the same User_ID and password on multiple machines or have multiple software on the same system accessing NWWS-OI without user system issues occurring. Exiting the software and restarting the system generally resolves “multiple” access issues.

 

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