Updates to new Warngen webpage documentation
- added new images for the page - updated text to use BUF instead of PAH as the site - updated text about removing entries in the Warngen Header dialog (works differently in v20)
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## Quick Steps - Using WarnGen in Unidata AWIPS CAVE
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1. [**Load NEXRAD Display**](#load-nexrad-level-3-display) from the Radar menu
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2. Choose a CWA with active severe weather (PAH is used in the video below)
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2. Choose a CWA with active severe weather (BUF is used in the video below)
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3. [**Re-localize**](#select-site-localization) to this site in the **CAVE** > **Preferences** > **Localization** menu
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4. Exit out of CAVE and reload (you should notice the new CWA at the top of CAVE)
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5. [**Load radar data**](#load-single-radar-data-from-the-local-radars) from the local radar menu **kpah** > **Z + SRM8**
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5. [**Load radar data**](#load-single-radar-data-from-the-local-radars) from the local radar menu **kbuf** > **Z + SRM8**
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6. Use the "period" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM
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7. Click [**WarnGen**](#launch-warngen) toolbar button or load from **Tools** > **WarnGen**
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7. Click [**WarnGen**](#launch-warngen) toolbar button  or load from **Tools** > **WarnGen**
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8. [**Drag the storm marker**](#generate-a-storm-motion-vector) to the center of a storm feature
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9. Step through frames back and forth and adjust the marker to match the trajectory of the storm feature
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10. Click **Track** in the Warngen GUI to update the polygon shape and trajectory
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11. 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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12. Click [**Create Text**](#text-window) at the bottom of the WarnGen dialog to generate a text warning product in a new window
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> 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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## Load NEXRAD level 3 display
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Select the menu **Radar** > **NEXRAD Display** 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).
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Select the menu **Radar** > **NEXRAD Display** and note coverage areas of current severe weather. We choose a CWA ID that contains some active severe weather (BUF Buffalo, New York, in this example).
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## Select SITE Localization
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Open **CAVE** > **Preferences** > **Localization**, select the CWA site ID (PAH) for the coverage area you want to use, followed by **Apply** and **Okay** and restart CAVE. Once CAVE is restarted, you should notice the new CWA at the top of the CAVE window.
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Open **CAVE** > **Preferences** > **Localization**, select the CWA site ID (BUF) for the coverage area you want to use, followed by **Apply** and **Okay** and restart CAVE. Once CAVE is restarted, you should notice the new CWA at the top of the CAVE window.
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## Load single radar data from the local radars
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Click on the local radar **kpah** > **Z + SRM8**. Use the "period" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM.
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Use the specialized site menu for the local radar data products, ex. Click on the local radar **kbuf** > **Z + SRM8**.
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This menu includes several sections with submenus for all available radar data at that site.
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Use the "period" key in the number pad to toggle between the 0.5 Reflectivity and SRM.
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## Launch WarnGen
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## Text Window
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Once you are satisfied with your polygon and have chosen your selections, click **Create Text** in the WarnGen GUI. Initially the AWIPS Header Block window appears. Leave the top two rows bank and click **Enter** for the text window to open.
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Once you are satisfied with your polygon and have chosen your selections, click **Create Text** in the WarnGen GUI. Initially the AWIPS Header Block window appears. Click **Enter** for the text window to open.
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This will open the Text Window.
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Using 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.
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!!! danger "The Unidata AWIPS release is *non-operational*. You will be allowed to simulate the drawing and text-generation of warnings, but are **prevented from transmitting** a generated warning upstream"
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