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snippet: Local Storm Reports (LSRs) from all NWS Weather Forecast Offices for 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour time periods found in Section 5 of NWS Instruction 10-517. This data is updated every five minutes.
summary: Local Storm Reports (LSRs) from all NWS Weather Forecast Offices for 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour time periods found in Section 5 of NWS Instruction 10-517. This data is updated every five minutes.
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description: <div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>The </span></span><span style='font-weight:bold;'>NWS Local Storm Reports (LSRs) Web Service </span> is a web service that contains LSR's from all NWS Weather Forecast Offices for 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour time periods. More information on LSR format may be found in Section 5 of </span><a href='https://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01005017curr.pdf'><span>NWS Instruction 10-517</span></a><span>.</p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Update Frequency: </span><span>Every five minutes.</span></p><p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>LSR Attributes</span></p></p><table style='border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:455pt' border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='607'> <tr style='height:15.75pt' height='21'> <td style='font-weight:bold;height:15.75pt;width:168pt' height='21' width='226'>&nbsp;Field Name And Field Type</td> <td style='border-left:none;width:297pt;font-weight:bold;' width='396'>&nbsp;Description</td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;n font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;n text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;wfo_id (Text)</span></td> <td style='width:297pt' width='396'>ID of the issuing office</td> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;wfo (Text)</span></td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>The name of the issuing office</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;valid_time (Text)</span></td> <td style='border-left:none;width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>Time of report (UTC)</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:30.0pt' height='40'> <td style='height:30.0pt;border-top:none' height='40'>&nbsp;Lsr_validtime (Date)</td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>valid_time field cast as a date/time field (Your browser may adjust the time locally to your PC)</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;descript (Text)</span></td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>The type of report</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'>&nbsp;loc_desc(text)</td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>The location description</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;state (Text)</span></td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>The type of report</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;magnitude (Text)</span></td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>event magnitude</span></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt' height='20'> <td style='height:15.0pt;border-top:none' height='20'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;n widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>&nbsp;remarks(Text)</span></td> <td style='border-top:none;border-left:none;n width:297pt' width='396'><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;n orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;n text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial'>event remarks</span></td> </tr> <tr style='display:none' height='0'> <td style='width:168pt' width='226'></td> <td style='width:297pt' width='396'></td> </tr> </table></p><p></p></p><span>Link to data download (text files): </span><a href='https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/nw/'><span>https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/nw/</span></a><span> with WMO headers NWUSXX</span></p><p><span>Link to </span><a href='https://www.weather.gov/gis/IDP-GISRestMetadata'><span>metadata</span></a></p><p><span>Questions/Concerns about the service, please contact the </span><a href='mailto:nws.mapservices@noaa.gov'><span>DISS GIS</span></a><span> team.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Time Information: </span><span>This service is not time enabled.</span></p></div>
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