20040520: power outage- AWC-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20040520: power outage- AWC-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 07:23:12 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 201316
PNSWSH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
915 EDT THU MAY 20 2004

FROM:     MARK ANDREWS
         CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
         WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
         MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
         SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...
         PARTNERS...AND USERS OF THE FIRE WEATHER
         FORECAST...NWS EMPLOYEES

SUBJECT:  EMERGENCY PLANNED POWER OUTTAGE AT AVIATION
         WEATHER CENTER SCHEDULED FOR MAY 20 2004

ON THURSDAY...MAY 20 2004 AT 1100 PM CDT...0400 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN KANSAS CITY...MISSOURI WILL
CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY PLANNED POWER OUTAGE. THIS OUTAGE IS
DUE TO AN EXISTING POWER EMERGENCY REQUIRING ADVANCED
TROUBLESHOOTING AND NECESSITATES TURNING THE POWER OFF AT
AWC IN ORDER TO RESOLVE. THE OUTAGE MAY LAST UP TO 6 HOURS
BUT WILL END NO LATER THAN FRIDAY MAY 21 2004 AT 500 AM
CDT...1000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/.

THE AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/...THE TROPICAL
PREDICTION CENTER /TPC/...THE NWS HONOLULU FORECAST OFFICE
/PHFO/ AND THE UNITED KINGDOM METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE IN
EXETER...UK...WILL PROVIDE BACKUP FOR THE AWC.

AFWA WILL ISSUE SIGMETS AND CONVECTIVE SIGMETS AS REQUIRED
AND AIRMETS EVERY SIX HOURS FOR THE CONNUS.  AFWA WILL SEND
THEIR PRODUCTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY /NWSTG/.

THE TPC WILL ISSUE SIGMETS FOR THE ATLANTIC, GULF OF MEXICO
AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

WFO HONOLULU WILL ISSUE SIGMETS FOR THE PACIFIC.

THE UK MET CENTRE IN EXETER WILL ISSUE HIGH LEVEL
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHARTS EVERY SIX HOURS TO THE NWSTG FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD AREA FORECAST SYSTEM /WAFS/.

THE AVIATION DIGITAL DATA SERVCE /ADDS/ AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/

  HTTP://ADDS.AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV

AND THE AWC WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

  HTTP://AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV

WILL BE UNAVAILABLE DURING THE OUTAGE.

SUBSCRIBERS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT FOLDER DOCUMENTATION
PROGRAM /IFFDP/ WILL RECEIVE FAXES DUE TO ARRIVE AT 0400
UTC...0500 UTC AND 0600 UTC AT 0300 UTC.  FAXES FOR 0700
UTC...0800 UTC AND 0900 UTC WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS POWER IS
RESTORED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE OUTAGE...PLEASE
CONTACT

CLINTON WALLACE
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
AVIATION SUPPORT BRANCH
PHONE   816-584-7248

THIS AND OTHER NWS NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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