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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-94
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
930 AM EDT THU SEP 30 1999...RETRANSMITTED TO ADD URL ADDRESS...
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
JACKSONVILLE 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
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO
THE NWS OFFICE AT JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
HAMILTON...SUWANEE...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...BAKER...
UNION...BRADFORD...ALACHUA...MARION...NASSAU...DUVAL...
CLAY...ST JOHNS...PUTNAM AND FLAGLER
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
JEFF DAVIS...APPLING...COFFEE...BACON... ATKINSON...
CLINCH... ECHOLS...WAYNE...PIERCE...WARE... BRANTLEY...
CHARLETON...GLYNN AND CAMDEN
THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC
PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE
JACKSONVILLE NWS OFFICE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED
TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF
FIRE WEATHER SERVICE FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS:
OSCEOLA NATIONAL FOREST
OCALA NATIONAL FOREST
OKEFENOKEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
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 JACKSONVILLE NWS
OFFICE...ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT
IDENTIFIERS. THE IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
MIAFWFJAX FNUS52 KJAX ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER
FORECAST
MIAFWLJAX FNUS82 KJAX LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
MIAFWMJAX FNUS82 KJAX MISCELLANEOUS FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCT
MIAFWNJAX SHUS82 KJAX FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION
MESSAGE
MIAFWOJAX SHUS62 KJAX FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
MIAFWSJAX FNUS72 KJAX FIRE WEATHER SUPPRESSION
FORECAST
MIARFDJAX FNUS62 KJAX RANGELAND FIRE DANGER
FORECAST
MIARFWJAX WWUS82 KJAX RED FLAG WARNING
MIASMFJAX FNUS72 KJAX 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 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA WILL ASSUME
SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
BEGINNING MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME...700 AM EST.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
STEPHEN LETRO JUDSON LADD
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ
13701 FANG DRIVE 819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26
JACKSONVILLE FL 32218 FORT WORTH, TX 76102
(904) 741-5186 (817) 978-2652 EXT. 109
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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