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WarnGen Walkthrough

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WarnGen is an AWIPS graphics application for creating and issuing warnings as is done by National Weather Service offices. In the Unidata AWIPS release it is a non-operational forecasting tool, meaning it allows users to experiment and simulate with the drawing and text-generation tools, but prevents you from transmitting a generated warning upstream.

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WarnGen is an AWIPS graphics application for creating and issuing warnings as is done by National Weather Service offices. In the Unidata AWIPS release it is a non-operational forecasting tool, meaning it allows users to experiment and simulate with the drawing and text-generation tools, but prevents you from transmitting a generated warning upstream.

In order to select a feature it must be within your CAVE localization coverage (load Maps > County Warning Areas to see coverages)

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  • Step through frames back and forth and adjust the marker to match the trajectory of the storm feature
  • Click Track in the Warngen GUI to update the polygon shape and trajectory
  • From the WarnGen dialog select the type of warning to generate, time range, basis of the warning, and any threats (wind, hail, etc)
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  • Click Create Text at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window
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    Click Create Text at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window

    Note: Since you are not "issuing" the warning, leave the top to rows blank ("TTAAii" and "CCCC") and Click "Enter" and a separate text window should open

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    1. Click Reset at the top of the WarnGen dialog to reset the storm marker at any time
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      Click Reset at the top of the WarnGen dialog to reset the storm marker at any time

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    3. Select Line of Storms to enable a two-pointed vector which is to be positioned parallel to a storm line
    4. To add another vertex, middle button click along the polygon
    diff --git a/search/search_index.json b/search/search_index.json index 6ea88fbfec..d40ff53e99 100644 --- a/search/search_index.json +++ b/search/search_index.json @@ -497,17 +497,17 @@ }, { "location": "/cave/warngen/", - "text": "WarnGen Walkthrough\n\uf0c1\n\n\nWarnGen is an AWIPS graphics application for creating and issuing warnings as is done by National Weather Service offices. In the Unidata AWIPS release it is a \nnon-operational\n forecasting tool, meaning it allows users to experiment and simulate with the drawing and text-generation tools, but prevents you from transmitting a generated warning upstream.\n\n\n\n\nIn order to select a feature it must be within your \nCAVE localization\n coverage (load \nMaps\n > \nCounty Warning Areas\n to see coverages)\n\n\n\n\nQuick Steps - Using WarnGen in Unidata AWIPS CAVE\n\uf0c1\n\n\n\n\nLoad NEXRAD Display\n from the Radar menu\n\n\nChoose a CWA with active severe weather (PAH is used in the video below)\n\n\nRe-localize\n to this site in the \nCAVE\n > \nPreferences\n > \nLocalization\n menu\n\n\nExit out of CAVE and reload (you should notice the new CWA at the top of CAVE)\n\n\nLoad radar data\n from the local radar menu \nkpah\n > \nZ + SRM8\n\n\nUse the \"period\" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM\n\n\nClick \nWarnGen\n toolbar button or load from \nTools\n > \nWarnGen\n\n\nDrag the storm marker\n to the center of a storm feature\n\n\nStep through frames back and forth and adjust the marker to match the trajectory of the storm feature\n\n\nClick \nTrack\n in the Warngen GUI to update the polygon shape and trajectory\n\n\nFrom the WarnGen dialog select the type of warning to generate, time range, basis of the warning, and any threats (wind, hail, etc)\n\n\nClick \nCreate Text\n at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: Since you are not \"issuing\" the warning, leave the top to rows blank (\"TTAAii\" and \"CCCC\") and Click \"Enter\" and a separate text window should open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick \nReset\n at the top of the WarnGen dialog to reset the storm marker at any time\n\n\nSelect \nLine of Storms\n to enable a two-pointed vector which is to be positioned parallel to a storm line\n\n\nTo \nadd another vertex\n, middle button click along the polygon\n\n\n\n\nVideo - Using WarnGen in AWIPS\n\uf0c1\n\n\nThe video below walks through creating a warning polygon and text in AWIPS. More detailed information can be found in the text below the video.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoad NEXRAD level 3 display\n\uf0c1\n\n\nSelect the menu \nRadar\n > \nNEXRAD Display\n and note coverage areas of current severe weather. We choose a CWA ID that contains some active severe weather (PAH Paducah, Kentucky, in this example).\n\n\nSelect SITE Localization\n\uf0c1\n\n\nOpen \nCAVE\n > \nPreferences\n > \nLocalization\n, select the CWA site ID (PAH) for the coverage area you want to use, followed by \nApply\n and \nOkay\n and restart CAVE. Once CAVE is restarted, you should notice the new CWA at the top of the CAVE window.\n\n\n\n\nLoad single radar data from the local radars\n\uf0c1\n\n\nClick on the local radar \nkpah\n > \nZ + SRM8\n. Use the \"period\" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM.\n\n\n\n\nLaunch WarnGen\n\uf0c1\n\n\nSelect \nWarnGen\n from the D2D Toolbar or from the \nTools\n > \nWarnGen\n menu. When started, the storm centroid marker appears and the WarnGen GUI will pop up as a separate window.\n\n\n\n\nGenerate a Storm Motion Vector\n\uf0c1\n\n\n\n\nClick and drag \nDrag Me to Storm\n to the feature you want to track (WarnGen uses a dot to track a single storm and a line to track a line of storms).\n\n\nStep back 3 to 4 frames.\n\n\nDrag the dot to the previous position of the feature you first marked to create the storm motion vector.\n\n\nClick the \nTrack\n button in the WarnGen GUI to update the polygon based off the storm motion.\n\n\nReview the product loop and make adjustments to ensure the vector is accurate.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe initial polygon may have unhatched areas that will be removed from the warning due to crossing CWAs or not meeting area thresholds in the county for inclusion. The Warned/Hatched Area button allows you to preview the polygon shape that will be issued, so you can make further edits.\n\n\nMoving Vertex Points\n\uf0c1\n\n\nVertices can be moved by clicking and dragging with the mouse. The warning polygon, including stippling, will update automatically.\n\n\n\n\nWhen reshaping your warning polygon in this manner, the philosophy is to include all areas that are at risk of experiencing severe weather covered by that warning type. Effective polygons account for uncertainty over time and typically widen downstream. \n\n\nAdd and Remove Vertex Points\n\uf0c1\n\n\nThere will be some occasions where you will want to add vertices to your warning polygon. Most often, these situations will involve line warnings with bowing segments or single storm warnings where you want to account for storm motion uncertainty or multiple threat areas that may have differing storm motions.\n\n\nNew vertices are added to the warning polygon two ways. Either by \nRight Mouse Button\n \"click and hold\" or a simple \nMiddle Mouse Button\n click on the warning polygon line segment where you want to add the vertex.\n\n\nVertex points are removed from the warning polygon using the same context relative menu. Instead of selecting a line segment, you select the vertex you wish to remove and then right mouse button \nclick and hold\n and select \nremove vertex\n.\n\n\nRedrawing a Polygon\n\uf0c1\n\n\nClick the \nReset\n button to clear the current polygon and vector and reset the storm centroid marker. Generate a new storm motion by moving the storm markers and select the \nTrack\n button in the WarnGen GUI to draw the new polygon.\n\n\n\n\n\nText Window\n\uf0c1\n\n\nOnce you are satisfied with your polygon and have chosen your selections, click \nCreate Text\n in the WarnGen GUI. Initially the AWIPS Header Block window appears. Leave the top two rows bank and click \nEnter\n for the text window to open. \n\n\n\n\nUsing the customized settings in the WarnGen GUI, WarnGen translates the information into a text product that is displayed in a text window on the Text Display. The auto-generated text contains the storm speed and direction, the counties and cities affected by the warning/advisory, the valid times of the product, the warning/advisory body text (including any optional bullets selected in the GUI), and additional code to help our partners to efficiently process and disseminate the warning/advisory. The locked parts of the text are highlighted in blue and most of your text should not need to be edited if you configured your WarnGen window correctly.\n\n\n\n\nThe Unidata AWIPS release is \nnon-operational\n. You will be allowed to simulate the drawing and text-generation of warnings, but are \nprevented from transmitting\n a generated warning upstream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: Edits made to product text in the editor window should be limited to items such as forecaster name/initials, call-to-action text, etc. If changes are warranted for items such as storm motion, warned counties, or Latitude/Longitude points, close the editor window and make changes using the D-2D and WarnGen graphical tools, then recreate the polygon and/or the text.", + "text": "WarnGen Walkthrough\n\uf0c1\n\n\nWarnGen is an AWIPS graphics application for creating and issuing warnings as is done by National Weather Service offices. In the Unidata AWIPS release it is a \nnon-operational\n forecasting tool, meaning it allows users to experiment and simulate with the drawing and text-generation tools, but \nprevents you from transmitting a generated warning upstream\n.\n\n\n\n\nIn order to select a feature it must be within your \nCAVE localization\n coverage (load \nMaps\n > \nCounty Warning Areas\n to see coverages)\n\n\n\n\nQuick Steps - Using WarnGen in Unidata AWIPS CAVE\n\uf0c1\n\n\n\n\nLoad NEXRAD Display\n from the Radar menu\n\n\nChoose a CWA with active severe weather (PAH is used in the video below)\n\n\nRe-localize\n to this site in the \nCAVE\n > \nPreferences\n > \nLocalization\n menu\n\n\nExit out of CAVE and reload (you should notice the new CWA at the top of CAVE)\n\n\nLoad radar data\n from the local radar menu \nkpah\n > \nZ + SRM8\n\n\nUse the \"period\" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM\n\n\nClick \nWarnGen\n toolbar button or load from \nTools\n > \nWarnGen\n\n\nDrag the storm marker\n to the center of a storm feature\n\n\nStep through frames back and forth and adjust the marker to match the trajectory of the storm feature\n\n\nClick \nTrack\n in the Warngen GUI to update the polygon shape and trajectory\n\n\nFrom the WarnGen dialog select the type of warning to generate, time range, basis of the warning, and any threats (wind, hail, etc)\n\n\n\n\nClick \nCreate Text\n at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window\n\n\n\n\nNote: Since you are not \"issuing\" the warning, leave the top to rows blank (\"TTAAii\" and \"CCCC\") and Click \"Enter\" and a separate text window should open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick \nReset\n at the top of the WarnGen dialog to reset the storm marker at any time\n\n\n\n\nSelect \nLine of Storms\n to enable a two-pointed vector which is to be positioned parallel to a storm line\n\n\nTo \nadd another vertex\n, middle button click along the polygon\n\n\n\n\nVideo - Using WarnGen in AWIPS\n\uf0c1\n\n\nThe video below walks through creating a warning polygon and text in AWIPS. More detailed information can be found in the text below the video.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoad NEXRAD level 3 display\n\uf0c1\n\n\nSelect the menu \nRadar\n > \nNEXRAD Display\n and note coverage areas of current severe weather. We choose a CWA ID that contains some active severe weather (PAH Paducah, Kentucky, in this example).\n\n\nSelect SITE Localization\n\uf0c1\n\n\nOpen \nCAVE\n > \nPreferences\n > \nLocalization\n, select the CWA site ID (PAH) for the coverage area you want to use, followed by \nApply\n and \nOkay\n and restart CAVE. Once CAVE is restarted, you should notice the new CWA at the top of the CAVE window.\n\n\n\n\nLoad single radar data from the local radars\n\uf0c1\n\n\nClick on the local radar \nkpah\n > \nZ + SRM8\n. Use the \"period\" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM.\n\n\n\n\nLaunch WarnGen\n\uf0c1\n\n\nSelect \nWarnGen\n from the D2D Toolbar or from the \nTools\n > \nWarnGen\n menu. When started, the storm centroid marker appears and the WarnGen GUI will pop up as a separate window.\n\n\n\n\nGenerate a Storm Motion Vector\n\uf0c1\n\n\n\n\nClick and drag \nDrag Me to Storm\n to the feature you want to track (WarnGen uses a dot to track a single storm and a line to track a line of storms).\n\n\nStep back 3 to 4 frames.\n\n\nDrag the dot to the previous position of the feature you first marked to create the storm motion vector.\n\n\nClick the \nTrack\n button in the WarnGen GUI to update the polygon based off the storm motion.\n\n\nReview the product loop and make adjustments to ensure the vector is accurate.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe initial polygon may have unhatched areas that will be removed from the warning due to crossing CWAs or not meeting area thresholds in the county for inclusion. The Warned/Hatched Area button allows you to preview the polygon shape that will be issued, so you can make further edits.\n\n\nMoving Vertex Points\n\uf0c1\n\n\nVertices can be moved by clicking and dragging with the mouse. The warning polygon, including stippling, will update automatically.\n\n\n\n\nWhen reshaping your warning polygon in this manner, the philosophy is to include all areas that are at risk of experiencing severe weather covered by that warning type. Effective polygons account for uncertainty over time and typically widen downstream. \n\n\nAdd and Remove Vertex Points\n\uf0c1\n\n\nThere will be some occasions where you will want to add vertices to your warning polygon. Most often, these situations will involve line warnings with bowing segments or single storm warnings where you want to account for storm motion uncertainty or multiple threat areas that may have differing storm motions.\n\n\nNew vertices are added to the warning polygon two ways. Either by \nRight Mouse Button\n \"click and hold\" or a simple \nMiddle Mouse Button\n click on the warning polygon line segment where you want to add the vertex.\n\n\nVertex points are removed from the warning polygon using the same context relative menu. Instead of selecting a line segment, you select the vertex you wish to remove and then right mouse button \nclick and hold\n and select \nremove vertex\n.\n\n\nRedrawing a Polygon\n\uf0c1\n\n\nClick the \nReset\n button to clear the current polygon and vector and reset the storm centroid marker. Generate a new storm motion by moving the storm markers and select the \nTrack\n button in the WarnGen GUI to draw the new polygon.\n\n\n\n\n\nText Window\n\uf0c1\n\n\nOnce you are satisfied with your polygon and have chosen your selections, click \nCreate Text\n in the WarnGen GUI. Initially the AWIPS Header Block window appears. Leave the top two rows bank and click \nEnter\n for the text window to open. \n\n\n\n\nUsing the customized settings in the WarnGen GUI, WarnGen translates the information into a text product that is displayed in a text window on the Text Display. The auto-generated text contains the storm speed and direction, the counties and cities affected by the warning/advisory, the valid times of the product, the warning/advisory body text (including any optional bullets selected in the GUI), and additional code to help our partners to efficiently process and disseminate the warning/advisory. The locked parts of the text are highlighted in blue and most of your text should not need to be edited if you configured your WarnGen window correctly.\n\n\n\n\nThe Unidata AWIPS release is \nnon-operational\n. You will be allowed to simulate the drawing and text-generation of warnings, but are \nprevented from transmitting\n a generated warning upstream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: Edits made to product text in the editor window should be limited to items such as forecaster name/initials, call-to-action text, etc. If changes are warranted for items such as storm motion, warned counties, or Latitude/Longitude points, close the editor window and make changes using the D-2D and WarnGen graphical tools, then recreate the polygon and/or the text.", "title": "WarnGen Walkthrough" }, { "location": "/cave/warngen/#warngen-walkthrough", - "text": "WarnGen is an AWIPS graphics application for creating and issuing warnings as is done by National Weather Service offices. In the Unidata AWIPS release it is a non-operational forecasting tool, meaning it allows users to experiment and simulate with the drawing and text-generation tools, but prevents you from transmitting a generated warning upstream. In order to select a feature it must be within your CAVE localization coverage (load Maps > County Warning Areas to see coverages)", + "text": "WarnGen is an AWIPS graphics application for creating and issuing warnings as is done by National Weather Service offices. In the Unidata AWIPS release it is a non-operational forecasting tool, meaning it allows users to experiment and simulate with the drawing and text-generation tools, but prevents you from transmitting a generated warning upstream . In order to select a feature it must be within your CAVE localization coverage (load Maps > County Warning Areas to see coverages)", "title": "WarnGen Walkthrough" }, { "location": "/cave/warngen/#quick-steps-using-warngen-in-unidata-awips-cave", - "text": "Load NEXRAD Display from the Radar menu Choose a CWA with active severe weather (PAH is used in the video below) Re-localize to this site in the CAVE > Preferences > Localization menu Exit out of CAVE and reload (you should notice the new CWA at the top of CAVE) Load radar data from the local radar menu kpah > Z + SRM8 Use the \"period\" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM Click WarnGen toolbar button or load from Tools > WarnGen Drag the storm marker to the center of a storm feature Step through frames back and forth and adjust the marker to match the trajectory of the storm feature Click Track in the Warngen GUI to update the polygon shape and trajectory From the WarnGen dialog select the type of warning to generate, time range, basis of the warning, and any threats (wind, hail, etc) Click Create Text at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window Note: Since you are not \"issuing\" the warning, leave the top to rows blank (\"TTAAii\" and \"CCCC\") and Click \"Enter\" and a separate text window should open Click Reset at the top of the WarnGen dialog to reset the storm marker at any time Select Line of Storms to enable a two-pointed vector which is to be positioned parallel to a storm line To add another vertex , middle button click along the polygon", + "text": "Load NEXRAD Display from the Radar menu Choose a CWA with active severe weather (PAH is used in the video below) Re-localize to this site in the CAVE > Preferences > Localization menu Exit out of CAVE and reload (you should notice the new CWA at the top of CAVE) Load radar data from the local radar menu kpah > Z + SRM8 Use the \"period\" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM Click WarnGen toolbar button or load from Tools > WarnGen Drag the storm marker to the center of a storm feature Step through frames back and forth and adjust the marker to match the trajectory of the storm feature Click Track in the Warngen GUI to update the polygon shape and trajectory From the WarnGen dialog select the type of warning to generate, time range, basis of the warning, and any threats (wind, hail, etc) Click Create Text at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window Note: Since you are not \"issuing\" the warning, leave the top to rows blank (\"TTAAii\" and \"CCCC\") and Click \"Enter\" and a separate text window should open Click Reset at the top of the WarnGen dialog to reset the storm marker at any time Select Line of Storms to enable a two-pointed vector which is to be positioned parallel to a storm line To add another vertex , middle button click along the polygon", "title": "Quick Steps - Using WarnGen in Unidata AWIPS CAVE" }, {