Gateway National Weather Service (NWS) Service Records and Retention System (SRRS)
The Service Records Retention System (SRRS) was developed to store weather observations, summaries, forecasts, warnings, and advisories provided by the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) for public use, and are retained by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) [formerly the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)].
Service products issued by the NWS offices are transmitted on the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) communications to an NWS Gateway (NWSTG) server. The products are then electronically transferred to the NCEI and ingested into the Hierarchal Data Storage System (HDSS) for records retention. The three basic groupings of NWS Service Products (SP) are:
1) Observations: reports originated by NWS, Federal Aviation Administration, or Department of Defense facilities and transmitted through the NWS Telecommunication Gateway, NOAAPORT, or equivalent. These reports include, but are not limited to, surface observations (including Automated Surface Observing System and Automated Weather Observing System reports), pilot reports, upper air reports, marine reports, and automated buoy observations;
2) Forecasts: all official routine and non-routine disseminated products related to, or derived from, NWS forecast and warning programs (alphanumeric and graphic format), regardless of dissemination method; and
3) Graphics: all routine and non-routine environmental data analysis graphics, such as surface analysis, standard layer upper air analyses, weather depiction, radar summary, etc.; and all routine and non-routine graphics represented as official NWS forecasts including aviation prognostic graphics (e.g., Low Level and High Level Significant Weather Prognosis) produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and other NWS facilities (e.g., Alaska Aviation Weather Unit).
Complete Metadata
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1D |
| contactPoint |
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"hasEmail": "mailto:ncei.orders@noaa.gov"
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| description | The Service Records Retention System (SRRS) was developed to store weather observations, summaries, forecasts, warnings, and advisories provided by the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) for public use, and are retained by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) [formerly the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)]. Service products issued by the NWS offices are transmitted on the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) communications to an NWS Gateway (NWSTG) server. The products are then electronically transferred to the NCEI and ingested into the Hierarchal Data Storage System (HDSS) for records retention. The three basic groupings of NWS Service Products (SP) are: 1) Observations: reports originated by NWS, Federal Aviation Administration, or Department of Defense facilities and transmitted through the NWS Telecommunication Gateway, NOAAPORT, or equivalent. These reports include, but are not limited to, surface observations (including Automated Surface Observing System and Automated Weather Observing System reports), pilot reports, upper air reports, marine reports, and automated buoy observations; 2) Forecasts: all official routine and non-routine disseminated products related to, or derived from, NWS forecast and warning programs (alphanumeric and graphic format), regardless of dissemination method; and 3) Graphics: all routine and non-routine environmental data analysis graphics, such as surface analysis, standard layer upper air analyses, weather depiction, radar summary, etc.; and all routine and non-routine graphics represented as official NWS forecasts including aviation prognostic graphics (e.g., Low Level and High Level Significant Weather Prognosis) produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and other NWS facilities (e.g., Alaska Aviation Weather Unit). |
| distribution |
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"description": "Landing page for the dataset.",
"downloadURL": "https://data.noaa.gov/onestop/collections/details/c1cb97ef-92e1-48cb-8017-ee22a074a3f9",
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"description": "NWS Storm Prediction Center collection of watches, outlooks, and discussions. These data are provided for informational purposes only and may be incomplete. Years of coverage vary.",
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"title": "Archived Severe Weather Warnings for Virtual Globe Applications",
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"description": "American Meteorological Society 24th Conference on IIPS, New Orleans, LA. Links to recording of presentation and brief paper.",
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"description": "Previous version of SRRS data, consists of much older, less accessible data format.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00035/html",
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| keyword |
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"Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Atmospheric/Ocean Indicators > Extreme Weather",
"Earth Science Services > Environmental Advisories > Weather/Climate Advisories > Weather Forecast",
"Earth Science Services > Environmental Advisories > Weather/Climate Advisories > Severe Weather",
"Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Severe Storms",
"Earth Science Services > Environmental Advisories > Marine Advisories > Marine Weather/Forecast",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Weather Events",
"Continent > North America > United States Of America",
"Vertical Location > Land Surface",
"Vertical Location > Troposphere",
"In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Recorders/Loggers > AWS > Automated Weather System",
"Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Active Remote Sensing > Imaging Radars",
"Buoys",
"Ground Stations",
"In Situ Land-based Platforms > WEATHER STATIONS/NETWORKS > AWOS > Automated Weather Observing System",
"In Situ Land-based Platforms > WEATHER STATIONS/NETWORKS",
"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)",
"Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)",
"Department of Defense (DoD)",
"National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)"
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|
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-12-04T00:45:46.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| references |
[
"http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/",
"https://ams.confex.com/ams/88Annual/webprogram/Paper130975.html",
"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00035/html"
]
|
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -66.0,18.0,172.0,72.0 |
| temporal | 2001-04-26T00:00:00+00:00/2001-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Gateway National Weather Service (NWS) Service Records and Retention System (SRRS) |
