From f2558ac29e02bed34a8f691c7c502ea0b1126d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Halley-Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:34:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Per #1127, remove fcst_genesis.category option.

---
 met/data/config/TCGenConfig_default               | 1 -
 met/src/tools/tc_utils/tc_gen/tc_gen_conf_info.cc | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/met/data/config/TCGenConfig_default b/met/data/config/TCGenConfig_default
index 52c8fa646b..3530c42184 100644
--- a/met/data/config/TCGenConfig_default
+++ b/met/data/config/TCGenConfig_default
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ min_duration = 12;
 // track point where all of these criteria are met.
 //
 fcst_genesis = {
-   category    = [];
    vmax_thresh = NA;
    mslp_thresh = NA;
 }
diff --git a/met/src/tools/tc_utils/tc_gen/tc_gen_conf_info.cc b/met/src/tools/tc_utils/tc_gen/tc_gen_conf_info.cc
index fe16d12cde..a659e4c564 100644
--- a/met/src/tools/tc_utils/tc_gen/tc_gen_conf_info.cc
+++ b/met/src/tools/tc_utils/tc_gen/tc_gen_conf_info.cc
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ GenesisEventInfo parse_conf_genesis_event_info(Dictionary *dict) {
    // Conf: technique (optional)
    info.Technique = dict->lookup_string(conf_key_technique, false);
 
-   // Conf: category
-   sa = dict->lookup_string_array(conf_key_category);
+   // Conf: category (optional)
+   sa = dict->lookup_string_array(conf_key_category, false);
    for(i=0; i<sa.n(); i++) {
       info.Category.push_back(string_to_cyclonelevel(sa[i].c_str()));
    }