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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-92
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
400 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 1999
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL LAND
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGY SERVICES
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY TO
NWS MOBILE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 15 1999
EFFECTIVE MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME (700 AM EST)...SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION
AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS...INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER
WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS...FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA WILL BE TRANSFERRED
TO THE NWS OFFICE AT MOBILE ALABAMA. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...MARENGO...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...
WASHINGTON...MOBILE...BALDWIN...WILCOX...MONROE...BUTLER...
CONECUH...ESCAMBIA...CRENSHAW AND COVINGTON
IN EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA
THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC
PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE MOBILE
NWS OFFICE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL
CAPABILITIES THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF FIRE WEATHER
SERVICE FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA.
CUSTOMERS OF NWS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN THESE LAND
MANAGEMENT AREAS SHOULD NOTE THAT...COINCIDENT WITH THE
ASSUMPTION OF SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY BY THE MOBILE NWS
OFFICE...ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT
IDENTIFIERS. THE IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
BHMFWFMOB FNUS54 KMOB ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER
FORECAST
BHMFWLMOB FNUS84 KMOB LAND MANAGEMENT
FORECAST
BHMFWMMOB FNUS84 KMOB MISCELLANEOUS FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCT
BHMFWNMOB SHUS84 KMOB FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION
MESSAGES
BHMFWOMOB SHUS64 KMOB FIRE WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS
BHMFWSMOB FNUS74 KMOB FIRE WEATHER
SUPPRESSION FORECAST
BHMRFDMOB FNUS64 KMOB RANGELAND FIRE
DANGER FORECAST
BHMRFWMOB WWUS84 KMOB RED FLAG WARNING
BHMSMFMOB FNUS74 KMOB SMOKE MANAGEMENT
WEATHER FORECAST
THE ISSUANCE OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE BASED ON SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
ESTABLISHED IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH BOTH FEDERAL AND
NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.
PLEASE NOTE...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) AND THE
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK (EMWIN) MUST TAKE
THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ENSURE RECEIPT OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS.
TO REPEAT...THE NWS OFFICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA WILL ASSUME SERVICE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER
PRODUCTS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA
BEGINNING MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME...700 AM EST.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
RANDY MCKEE JUDSON LADD
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ
8400 AIRPORT BLVD., BLDG 11 819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26
MOBILE, AL 36608 FORT WORTH, TX 76102
(334) 633-6443 (817) 978-2652 EXT. 109
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