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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-34 COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001
TO: FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF... FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: TRANSFER OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE
RESPONSIBILITY TO NWS JACKSON MISSISSIPPI...EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 27 2001
...CORRECTED WMO HEADERS FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS/FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...AND FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE...
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2001 AT 1000 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /500 AM CDT/...SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS...INCLUDING
FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS...FOR LAND MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE NWS OFFICES IN LITTLE ROCK
ARKANSAS...SLIDELL LOUISIANA AND SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO THE NWS
OFFICE AT JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE...WFO
JACKSON WILL ISSUE FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS:
ASHLEY CHICOT
AND FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA:
CATAHOULA CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN MOREHOUSE
RICHLAND TENSAS WEST CARROLL
THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC
PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE JACKSON
NWS OFFICE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL
CAPABILITIES THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF FIRE WEATHER
SERVICE FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS:
FELSENTHALL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS
OVERFLOW NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS
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 JACKSON NWS OFFICE...
ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS. THE
IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID PIL ID DESCRIPTION
FNUS54 KJAN FWFJAN JANFWFJAN ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST
FNUS84 KJAN FWMJAN JANFWMJAN NFDRS SITE FORECAST
WWUS84 KJAN RFWJAN JANRFWJAN RED FLAG WARNING AND/OR
^ FIRE WEATHER WATCH
CORRECTED
THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR USE BUT NO PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY IN USE AT THIS
TIME:
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID PIL ID DESCRIPTION
FNUS74 KJAN SMFJAN JANSMFJAN SMOKE MANAGEMENT WEATHER
FORECAST
FNUS64 KJAN RFDJAN JANRFDJAN RANGELAND FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT
FNUS84 KJAN FWLJAN JANFWLJAN LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
SHUS84 KJAN FWNJAN JANFWNJAN FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION
^ MESSAGE
CORRECTED
THE ISSUANCE OF THESE PRODUCTS IS 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/...NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/...AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER
INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ MUST TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO
ENSURE RECEIPT OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS USING THE NEW PRODUCT
IDENTIFIERS.
TO REPEAT...THE NWS OFFICE IN JACKSON MISSISSIPPI WILL ASSUME
SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA BEGINNING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2001 AT 1000 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME...500 AM CDT.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
JIM STEFKOVICH PAUL WITSAMAN
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ
234 WEATHER SERVICE DR. 819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26
JACKSON MS 39208 FORT WORTH TX 76102
PHONE: 601-936-2189 PHONE: 817-978-1100 EXT. 116
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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