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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
115 AM EST FRI FEB 26 1999
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL
AND NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY TO NWS MIAMI
EFFECTIVE MARCH 15 1999
EFFECTIVE MONDAY MARCH 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 SOUTH FLORIDA
WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NWS OFFICE AT MIAMI FLORIDA. THESE
PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES...
GLADES...HENDRY...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...BROWARD...MONROE AND DADE.
THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN
OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE MIAMI NWS OFFICE
TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES
THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE FOR
SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS:
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE
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 MIAMI NWS OFFICE...ALL PRODUCTS
WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS. THE IDENTIFIERS AND
THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MIAFWFMFL FNUS52 ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST
MIAFWLMFL FNUS82 LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
MIAFWMMFL FNUS82 MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
MIAFWNMFL SHUS82 FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
MIAFWOMFL SHUS62 FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
MIAFWSMFL FNUS72 FIRE WEATHER SUPPRESSION FORECAST
MIARFDMFL FNUS62 RANGELAND FIRE DANGER FORECAST
MIARFWMFL WWUS82 RED FLAG WARNING
MIASMFMFL FNUS72 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. HOWEVER...CURRENT LEGISLATIVE POLICY
PROHIBITS THE NWS FROM PROVIDING NON-ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS
TO NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...EXCEPT IN DIRECT SUPPORT
OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.
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 MIAMI FLORIDA WILL ASSUME SERVICE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER
PRODUCTS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA BEGINNING MONDAY MARCH 15 1999 AT 1200
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...700 AM EST.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
RUSSELL PFOST JUDSON LADD
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ
11691 SW 17TH STREET 819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26
MIAMI FLORIDA 33165 FORT WORTH TEXAS 76102
TELEPHONE: 305-229-4500 TELEPHONE: 817-978-2652 EXT 109
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