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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-93
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
800 AM EDT WED SEP 29 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
TALLAHASSEE 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
NORTHWEST FLORIDA... SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NWS OFFICE AT TALLAHASSEE
FLORIDA. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
HOLMES...WALTON...WASHINGTON...JACKSON...BAY...CALHOUN...GULF...
GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...
LAFAYETTE AND DIXIE
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...LEE...CALHOUN
..DOUGHERTY...BAKER...DECATUR...WORTH...MITCHELLL...GRADY...TURNER...TIFT...CO
LQUITT...THOMAS...BROOKS...BEN... HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...COOK...LANIER AND
LOWNDES
IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY AND
HOUSTON
THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC
PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE
TALLAHASSEE NWS OFFICE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED
TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF
FIRE WEATHER SERVICE FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC
LAND MANAGEMENT AREA:
APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST
SAINT MARKS 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 TALLAHASSEE NWS
OFFICE...ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT
IDENTIFIERS. THE IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
MIAFWFTLH FNUS52 KTLH ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER
FORECAST MIAFWLTLH FNUS82 KTLH LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
MIAFWMTLH FNUS82 KTLH MISCELLANEOUS FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCT
MIAFWNTLH SHUS82 KTLH FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION
MESSAGE
MIAFWOTLH SHUS62 KTLH FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
MIAFWSTLH FNUS72 KTLH FIRE WEATHER SUPPRESSION
FORECAST
MIARFDTLH FNUS62 KTLH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER
FORECAST
MIARFWTLH WWUS82 KTLH RED FLAG WARNING
MIASMFTLH FNUS72 KTLH 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 TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA WILL ASSUME
SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BEGINNING MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT
1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...700 AM EST.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
PAUL DUVAL JUDSON LADD
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ
REGIONAL AIRPORT 819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26
3300 CAPITAL CIRCLE, SW FORT WORTH, TX 76102
SUITE 227 (817) 978-2652 EXT. 109
TALLAHASSEE, FL 32310
(850) 942-8398
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