diff --git a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/BackupData.java b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/BackupData.java
index 97b0212623..7f5206607a 100644
--- a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/BackupData.java
+++ b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/BackupData.java
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 package com.raytheon.viz.warngen.gui;
 
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+/**
+ * SOFTWARE HISTORY
+ * Date         Ticket#    Engineer    Description
+ * ------------ ---------- ----------- --------------------------
+ * 09/18/2014  ASM #15465  Qinglu Lin  Ignore the info after "/" if any.
+ *
+ * </pre>
+ */
 
 public class BackupData {
     public String site;
 
-    public String office;
-
-    private static final Pattern cwaBackUp = Pattern
-            .compile("([A-Z]{3})/([A-Z\\s/-]{1,})");
-
     public BackupData(String cwa) {
         cwa = cwa.trim();
-        String[] parts = cwa.split("/");
-        site = parts[0];
-        office = parts[1];
-        Matcher m = cwaBackUp.matcher(cwa);
-        if (m.find()) {
-            site = m.group(1);
-            office = m.group(2);
+        if (cwa.contains("/")) {
+            String[] parts = cwa.split("/");
+            site = parts[0];
+        } else {
+            site = cwa;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/WarngenLayer.java b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/WarngenLayer.java
index 971665599f..c2ff8ba559 100644
--- a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/WarngenLayer.java
+++ b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/gui/WarngenLayer.java
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.WKTReader;
  * 08/20/2014  ASM #16703  D. Friedman Make geo feature types for watches explicit
  * 09/14/2014  ASM #641    dhuffman    To facilitate Area.java need to filter the differences between Areas and Zones,
  *                                     refactored filterCheck and added a new siginature version of filterArea.
+ * 09/17/2014  ASM #15465  Qinglu Lin  get backupOfficeShort and backupOfficeLoc from backup WFO config.xml, and pop up AlertViz if
+ *                                     any of them is missing.
  * </pre>
  * 
  * @author mschenke
@@ -230,6 +232,8 @@ public class WarngenLayer extends AbstractStormTrackResource {
             .getHandler(WarngenLayer.class);
 
     String uniqueFip = null;
+    String backupOfficeShort = null;
+    String backupOfficeLoc = null;
 
     Map<String, Double> geomArea = new HashMap<String, Double>();
     Map<String, Point> geomCentroid = new HashMap<String, Point>();
@@ -1447,6 +1451,32 @@ public class WarngenLayer extends AbstractStormTrackResource {
             dialogConfig.setDefaultTemplate(dc.getDefaultTemplate());
             dialogConfig.setMainWarngenProducts(dc.getMainWarngenProducts());
             dialogConfig.setOtherWarngenProducts(dc.getOtherWarngenProducts());
+            backupOfficeShort = dc.getWarngenOfficeShort();
+            backupOfficeLoc = dc.getWarngenOfficeLoc();
+            if (backupSite != null) {
+                boolean shortTag = false;
+                boolean locTag = false;
+                String infoType = null;
+                if (backupOfficeShort == null || backupOfficeShort.trim().length() == 0) {
+                    shortTag = true;
+                }
+                if (backupOfficeLoc == null || backupOfficeLoc.trim().length() == 0) {
+                    locTag = true;
+                }
+                if (shortTag && locTag) {
+                    infoType = "warngenOfficeShort and warngenOfficeLoc";
+                } else {
+                    if (shortTag) {
+                        infoType = "warngenOfficeShort";
+                    } else if (locTag) {
+                        infoType = "warngenOfficeLoc";
+                    }
+                }
+                if (infoType != null) {
+                    statusHandler.handle(Priority.CRITICAL, "Info for " + infoType + " in " + backupSite + 
+                            "'s config.xml is missing.");
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -3678,4 +3708,12 @@ public class WarngenLayer extends AbstractStormTrackResource {
         }
     }
 
+    public String getBackupOfficeShort() {
+        return backupOfficeShort;
+    }
+
+    public String getBackupOfficeLoc() {
+        return backupOfficeLoc;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/template/TemplateRunner.java b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/template/TemplateRunner.java
index 498b4b59fb..0addd14807 100644
--- a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/template/TemplateRunner.java
+++ b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.warngen/src/com/raytheon/viz/warngen/template/TemplateRunner.java
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.WKTReader;
  * Aug 15, 2014 DR15701 mgamazaychikov Removed static field watchUtil.
  * Aug 28, 2014 ASM #15551 Qinglu Lin  Replaced 1200 PM/1200 AM by NOON/MIDNIGHT, removed days in
  *                                     included tornado/severe thunderstorm watch message.
+ * Sep 18, 2014 ASM #15465 Qinglu Lin  For backup, get officeShort and officeLoc from backup WFO's config.xml.
  * </pre>
  * 
  * @author njensen
@@ -261,8 +262,8 @@ public class TemplateRunner {
         if (backupData != null) {
             context.remove("officeLoc");
             context.remove("officeShort");
-            context.put("officeLoc", backupData.office);
-            context.put("officeShort", backupData.office);
+            context.put("officeLoc", warngenLayer.getBackupOfficeLoc());
+            context.put("officeShort", warngenLayer.getBackupOfficeShort());
             context.put("backupSite", warngenLayer.getDialogConfig()
                     .getWarngenOfficeShort());
         }