Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Publication_Date: 200509
        Title: Historical Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Tracks, 1949-2004
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: National Atlas of the United States
        Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html?openChapters=chpclim#chpclim>

    Description:
      Abstract:
        This Historical Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Tracks file
        contains the six-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations
        and intensities for all eastern Pacific extratropical storms, tropical
        lows, tropical depressions, tropical storms, and all hurricanes, from
        1949 through 2004.  This is a replacement for the January 2005 map layer
        distributed as Historical Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Tracks,
        1949-2003.
      Purpose:
        These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the
        national level, and for large regional areas.  The data should be
        displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale
        data.  No responsibility is assumed by the National Oceanic and
        Atmospheric Administration or the National Atlas of the United States
        in the use of these data.

      Supplemental_Information:
        An ASCII format version of the Historical Eastern North Pacific
        Tropical Cyclone Tracks file is available at
        <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tracks1949to2004_epa.txt>.

        For more information on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, please see
        <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml>.

        For more information on tropical cyclone advisories, please see
        <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/forecast/forecast_products.shtml>.

        General information on subtropical and tropical cyclones is available
        from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic
        Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research
        Division FAQ page at
        <http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html>, and from the
        National Hurricane Center Hurricane Basics page at
        <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/basics.shtml>.

    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Range_of_Dates/Times:
          Beginning_Date: 19490611
          Ending_Date: 20041013
      Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 129.5
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.2
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.0
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 4.2
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
        Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: Hurricanes
        Theme_Keyword: Historical hurricanes
        Theme_Keyword: Hurricane tracks
        Theme_Keyword: Historical hurricane tracks
        Theme_Keyword: Tropical storms
        Theme_Keyword: Tropical depressions
        Theme_Keyword: Tropical lows
        Theme_Keyword: Extratropical storms
        Theme_Keyword: Major hurricanes
        Theme_Keyword: Intense hurricanes
        Theme_Keyword: Tropical storm tracks
        Theme_Keyword: Historical tropical cyclone tracks
        Theme_Keyword: Tropical cyclones
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword: United States
        Place_Keyword: Pacific
        Place_Keyword: North Pacific Basin
        Place_Keyword: Alabama
        Place_Keyword: Alaska
        Place_Keyword: Arizona
        Place_Keyword: Arkansas
        Place_Keyword: California
        Place_Keyword: Colorado
        Place_Keyword: Connecticut
        Place_Keyword: Delaware
        Place_Keyword: District of Columbia
        Place_Keyword: Florida
        Place_Keyword: Georgia
        Place_Keyword: Hawaii
        Place_Keyword: Idaho
        Place_Keyword: Illinois
        Place_Keyword: Indiana
        Place_Keyword: Iowa
        Place_Keyword: Kansas
        Place_Keyword: Kentucky
        Place_Keyword: Louisiana
        Place_Keyword: Maine
        Place_Keyword: Maryland
        Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
        Place_Keyword: Michigan
        Place_Keyword: Minnesota
        Place_Keyword: Mississippi
        Place_Keyword: Missouri
        Place_Keyword: Montana
        Place_Keyword: Nebraska
        Place_Keyword: Nevada
        Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
        Place_Keyword: New Jersey
        Place_Keyword: New Mexico
        Place_Keyword: New York
        Place_Keyword: North Carolina
        Place_Keyword: North Dakota
        Place_Keyword: Ohio
        Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
        Place_Keyword: Oregon
        Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
        Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
        Place_Keyword: South Carolina
        Place_Keyword: South Dakota
        Place_Keyword: Tennessee
        Place_Keyword: Texas
        Place_Keyword: Utah
        Place_Keyword: Vermont
        Place_Keyword: Virginia
        Place_Keyword: Washington
        Place_Keyword: West Virginia
        Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
        Place_Keyword: Wyoming

    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints:
      None.  Acknowledgement of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
      Administration, Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, the
      NOAA Coastal Services Center and (or) the National Atlas of the United
      States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these
      data.
    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center
        Contact_Position: Clearinghouse Manager
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
          Address: 2234 South Hobson Avenue
          City: Charleston
          State_or_Province: SC
          Postal_Code: 29405-2413
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 843-740-1200
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 843-740-1315
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov
        Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time
    Native_Data_Set_Environment: Formatted ASCII text file
    Cross_Reference:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Publication_Date: 200509
        Title:
          Historical North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks - Major Storms with
          Landfall in the United States, 1851-2004
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: National Atlas of the United States
        Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html?openChapters=chpclim#chpclim>
    Cross_Reference:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Publication_Date: 200509
        Title: Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks, 1851-2004
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: National Atlas of the United States
        Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html?openChapters=chpclim#chpclim>

  Data_Quality_Information:
    Attribute_Accuracy:
      Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
        Specific accuracy information can be found in Neumann, C.J., B.R.
        Jarvinen, C.J. McAdie and G.R. Hammer, 1999: Tropical Cyclones of the
        North Atlantic Ocean, 1871-1999 (fifth revision).  NCDC/NHC Historical
        Climatology Series 6-2, pp.11-14.  Similar standards and techniques
        were applied to the post-1999 data.
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      Over-water portions of storm tracks before 1944 are subject to
      considerable uncertainties.  Aircraft reconnaissance of storms near
      critical areas was introduced in 1944, and continuous weather satellite
      surveillance was introduced in the mid-1960s.  These two developments
      mean that more recent storm records have a higher degree of accuracy than
      those prior to 1944.  No tests for logical consistency have been
      performed on this map layer.
    Completeness_Report:
      This map layer includes all known eastern North Pacific and central North
      Pacific tropical cyclones between 1949 and 2004.  The term tropical
      cyclone as used here refers to subtropical depressions and storms,
      tropical depressions and storms, and all categories of hurricanes from
      Category 1 to Category 5.  This dataset also includes hybrid systems such
      as tropical lows, waves, and disturbances, as well as extratropical
      storms.

    Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
          Over-water portions of storm tracks before 1944 are subject to
          considerable uncertainties.  Aircraft reconnaissance of storms near
          critical areas was introduced in 1944, and continuous weather
          satellite surveillance was introduced in the mid-1960s.  These two
          developments allow a high degree of probability that more recent
          storm center locations were determined with a reasonable degree of
          accuracy.

    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
            Publication_Date: 200503
            Title: Eastern North Pacific Tracks File 1949-2004
            Edition: 2004
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Miami, FL
              Publisher: NOAA National Hurricane Center
            Online_Linkage: <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml>
        Type_of_Source_Media: Online
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 1949
              Ending_Date: 2004
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA_2004
        Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information.

      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          Historical track information was downloaded from the National
          Hurricane Center's Web site.  The ASCII text file was formatted into
          an Arc/INFO table using AML.  The INFO table was then processed into
          a generate file and an attribute table that were converted into an
          attributed cover.

          Location points are recorded every six hours.  Each recorded point
          was associated with a unique line that extends from that point to the
          next recorded point.  Small line segments, approximately 0.0001
          degree long, were added to the end of each storm track to retain the
          final collection point's information.  In the source data, tracks
          that crossed the 180-degree longitude line had negative longitude
          values even in the eastern hemisphere.  The line segments were broken
          at the 180-degree longitude line and the negative longitude values
          for the eastern hemisphere were converted to the corresponding
          positive longitude values.  This means that each track segment that
          crosses the 180-degree longitude line is now composed of two line
          segments which have the same descriptive information for the tropical
          storm.

          A limit in the processing software will not allow duplicate points,
          so where a storm stood still longer than the six-hour collection
          interval, the next location point was offset approximately 0.0001
          degrees to retain relevant information.

          The cover was converted into a shapefile and an SDTS-formatted file.
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA_2004
        Process_Date: 200508

  Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
    Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
    Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
      SDTS_Terms_Description:
        SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
        Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 19381

  Spatial_Reference_Information:
    Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Geographic:
        Latitude_Resolution: 0.1
        Longitude_Resolution: 0.1
        Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
      Geodetic_Model:
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
        Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
        Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
        Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

  Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
    Detailed_Description:
      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Type_Label: Subtropical and tropical cyclone tracks (described by phralll020.dbf)
        Entity_Type_Definition:
          The path followed by the center of a tropical cyclone or related
          storm.  A tropical cyclone is a warm-core, non-frontal low-pressure
          system that develops over tropical or subtropical waters, covering a
          large region and with organized convection (i.e. thunderstorm
          activity) and definite cyclonic (counter-clockwise circular) surface
          wind circulation.  Related storms are those that develop into
          tropical cyclones or develop from them, such as tropical
          disturbances, lows, and extratropical storms.
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Shape
        Attribute_Definition: The representation of the entity in the data.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: PolyLine
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              1-dimensional element that may or may not surround a 2-
              dimensional element.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI GIS software
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Fnode#
        Attribute_Definition: Internal sequence number of the from-node.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Tnode#
        Attribute_Definition: Internal sequence number of the to-node.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Lpoly#
        Attribute_Definition: Internal sequence number of the left polygon.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Rpoly#
        Attribute_Definition: Internal sequence number of the right polygon.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Length
        Attribute_Definition:
          Length of the line in coverage units.  In the distributed file,
          coverage units represent decimal degrees.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.096
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Phralll020
        Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 19381
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Year
        Attribute_Definition:
          The year of the storm advisory, in the format yyyy.  Advisories are
          issued for storms that have attained at least tropical depression
          status, and are issued every six hours, at 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800
          hours.  Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
          advisories are discontinued once a storm makes landfall and all storm
          warnings are dropped, or when the wind speed drops below 30 knots or
          35 mph.  The records for each date are listed in order.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 1949
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 2004
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Month
        Attribute_Definition:
          The month of the storm advisory.  Advisories are issued for storms
          that have attained at least tropical depression status, and are
          issued every six hours, at 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 hours.
          Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center advisories are
          discontinued once a storm makes landfall and all storm warnings are
          dropped, or when the wind speed drops below 30 knots or 35 mph.  The
          records for each date are listed in order.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 12
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Day
        Attribute_Definition:
          The day of the storm advisory.  Advisories are issued for storms that
          have attained at least tropical depression status, and are issued
          every six hours, at 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 hours.  Tropical
          Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center advisories are
          discontinued once a storm makes landfall and all storm warnings are
          dropped, or when the wind speed drops below 30 knots or 35 mph.  The
          records for each date are listed in order.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 31
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Btid
        Attribute_Definition:
          The unique event identifier.  Identifiers are sequential, starting
          with 1 in June, 1949 and ending with 766 in October, 2003.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 779
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Name
        Attribute_Definition:
          The given name of a storm.  Storms are named if they are true
          tropical storms and attain a sustained wind speed of at least 39 mph.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Codeset_Domain:
            Codeset_Name: World-Wide Tropical Cyclone Names
            Codeset_Source: World Meteorological Organization
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: NOT NAMED
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              There is no given name for the storm.  Prior to 1950 storms were
              not named.  Later storms that were not recognized as tropical
              storms or hurricanes at the time of their occurrence are also not
              named.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Long
        Attribute_Definition:
          The longitude of the starting point of the storm track segment, in
          tenths of a degree.  Storm center positions are collected every six
          hours, and each storm center position is represented by a longitude-
          latitude coordinate pair.  When a storm stood still longer than the
          six-hour collection interval, the next location point was offset
          approximately 0.0001 degrees to retain relevant information.  Any
          variation in longitude smaller than 0.1 degrees should be assumed to
          be an introduced offset from the originally recorded point.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: -180.0000000
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 180.0000000
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Lat
        Attribute_Definition:
          The latitude of the starting point of the storm track segment, in
          tenths of a degree.  Storm center positions are collected every six
          hours, and each storm center position is represented by a longitude-
          latitude coordinate pair.  When a storm stood still longer than the
          six-hour collection interval, the next location point was offset
          approximately 0.0001 degrees to retain relevant information.  Any
          variation in longitude smaller than 0.1 degrees should be assumed to
          be an introduced offset from the originally recorded point.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 4.2000000
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 54.0000000
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Wind_kts
        Attribute_Definition:
          The measured or estimated wind speed at the time of the advisory, in
          whole knots.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The wind speed is unknown.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 10.0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 160.0
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Pressure
        Attribute_Definition:
          The measured or estimated barometric pressure at the time of the
          advisory, in millibars.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The barometric pressure is unknown.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 98
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 1018
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Wind_mph
        Attribute_Definition:
          The measured or estimated wind speed at the time of the advisory,
          rounded to the nearest 5 miles per hour.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Coastal
          Services Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The wind speed in unknown.
              The barometric pressure is unknown.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 10.0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 185.0
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Category
        Attribute_Definition:
          The intensity classification of the storm.  Hurricanes are classified
          according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction
          Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: E
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as Extratropical at the time of the
              advisory.  Extratropical is a term used in advisories and
              tropical summaries to indicate that a cyclone has lost its
              tropical characteristics.  The term implies both that the cyclone
              has moved out of the tropics and that the energy source driving
              the storm has changed.  While tropical cyclones derive their
              energy from the convection of warm, moist air, extratropical
              storms derive their energy from the temperature contrast between
              warm and cold air masses.  It is important to note that cyclones
              can become extratropical and still retain winds of hurricane or
              tropical storm force.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: h3
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a Category 1 hurricane at the time of
              the advisory.  A Category 1 hurricane is a tropical cyclone with
              maximum sustained surface (10 meter) winds of 64 knots/74 mph to
              82 knots/95 mph, inclusive.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: H2
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a Category 2 hurricane at the time of
              the advisory .  A Category 2 hurricane is a tropical cyclone with
              maximum sustained surface (10 meter) winds of 83 knots/96 mph to
              95 knots/110 mph, inclusive.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: H3
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a Category 3 hurricane at the time of
              the advisory.  A Category 3 hurricane is a tropical cyclone with
              maximum sustained surface (10 meter) winds of 96 knots/111 mph to
              113 knots/130 mph, inclusive.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: H4
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a Category 4 hurricane at the time of
              the advisory.  A Category 4 hurricane is a tropical cyclone with
              maximum sustained surface (10 meter) winds of 114 knots/131 mph
              to 135 knots/155 mph, inclusive.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: H5
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a Category 5 hurricane at the time of
              the advisory.  A Category 5 hurricane is a tropical cyclone with
              maximum sustained surface (10 meter) winds greater than 135
              knots/155 mph.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: L
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a tropical low at the time of
              the advisory.  A tropical low indicates low pressure at the
              surface, but no other characteristics of a tropical cyclone are
              present.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: TD
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a tropical depression at the time of
              the advisory.  A tropical depression is a tropical cyclone with
              maximum sustained surface (10 meter) winds of less than 34 knots/
              39 mph.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: TS
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
              The storm was classified as a tropical storm at the time of the
              advisory.  A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone with maximum
              sustained surface (10 meter) winds of 34 knots/39 mph to 64
              knots/73 mph, inclusive.
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
              National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical
              Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center

  Distribution_Information:
    Distributor:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: Mailing address
          Address: 507 National Center
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: VA
          Postal_Code: 20192
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5920
        Contact_Instructions:
          In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices
          throughout the country.  A full list of these offices is at
          <http://ask.usgs.gov/esic_index.html>.

    Distribution_Liability:
      Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system
      at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made
      by the U.S. Geological Survey or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
      Administration regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor
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