981029: TAF-NW Arkansas-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 981029: TAF-NW Arkansas-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:47:28 -0700 (MST)

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NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 98-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EST THU OCT 29 1998
 
TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF SERVICES
          SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
          EMPLOYEES...AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
 
FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
          NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
 
SUBJECT:  INITIATION OF TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/ 
          SERVICE AT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT /XNA/
 
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1 1998 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME (UTC)...THE NWS OFFICE IN TULSA OKLAHOMA WILL BEGIN NEW TAF
SERVICE AT A NEW AIRPORT...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT
/XNA/.  INITIATION OF THIS SERVICE IS COINCIDENT WITH THE START
OF SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS AT THIS AIRPORT. 
 
THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION /ICAO/ LOCATION
IDENTIFIER FOR THIS AIRPORT IS KXNA.  THE LATITUDE...LONGITUDE...
AND ELEVATION FOR THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT IS:
 
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT /KXNA/
LATITUDE:       36 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 55 SECONDS NORTH
LONGITUDE:      94 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST
ELEVATION:      392.3 METERS /MEAN SEA LEVEL/
 
FOR NWS OFFICES...THE AFOS HEADER WILL BE LITTAFXNA.  AN AFOS
CHANGE NOTICE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.  
 
THIS NEW TAF WILL BE ADDED TO THREE EXISTING TAF
COLLECTIVES...UNDER THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS:
 
  WMO HEADERS   AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMERS:
 
  FTUS80 KWBC      NON-FAA DOMESTIC AND FAMILY OF SERVICES
  FTUS90 KWBC      FAA WEATHER MESSAGE SWITCHING CENTER AND FAA
                   FACILITIES
  FTUS52 KWBC      GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM CUSTOMERS
 
THIS CHANGE WILL REQUIRE ACTION FROM NWS PERSONNEL...FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ PERSONNEL AND OTHER EXTERNAL
CUSTOMERS.  IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THE NEW TAF...PLEASE ENSURE
THAT YOUR DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM(S) IS/ARE REPROGRAMMED TO RECEIVE
IT.
 
HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICES OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER D-31
/AVIATION TERMINAL FORECASTS/ SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO
APPENDICES A AND B TO REFLECT THE ADDITION OF THIS NEW TAF.
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INITIATION OF TAF SERVICE
AT XNA...PLEASE CONTACT:
 
          MR. LANS ROTHFUSZ
          METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
          10159 EAST 11TH STREET - SUITE 300
          TULSA OK 74128
          PHONE: (918) 832-4115
 
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