19990928: Fire Wx transfer-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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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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