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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EDT WED JUL 30 1997
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT MORE COMPREHENSIVE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONS /AFD/ IN
KANSAS AND MISSOURI AS KANSAS STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION
IS DISCONTINUED...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 1997
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 1997... AT 400 A.M. CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /0900/ UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...AREA FORECAST
DISCUSSIONS /AFD/ FROM THE KANSAS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/
IN WICHITA /ICT/...DODGE CITY /DDC/...AND GOODLAND /GLD/...AND
THE WFO KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL /MCI/ MISSOURI WILL BECOME MORE
COMPREHENSIVE. CONCURRENTLY...THE WFO AT TOPEKA WILL BEGIN
ISSUING AN AFD.
THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION WILL IMPROVE SERVICES AS IT
FOCUSES ON THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY SERVED BY THE WFO FULLY
UTILIZING THE EXPERTISE OF THE LOCAL METEOROLOGIST. AS
NECESSARY...THESE AFDS WILL INCLUDE ABBREVIATED LONG-FUSE
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY INFORMATION AFTER THE NARRATIVE SECTION.
IN KANSAS...THE AFDS ISSUED BY TOPEKA...WICHITA...DODGE CITY AND
GOODLAND WILL REPLACE THE KANSAS STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION /SFD/
PRESENTLY ISSUED BY TOPEKA. IN MISSOURI...THE AFD PREPARED BY
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL WILL SUPPLEMENT THE MISSOURI SFD ISSUED
BY ST. LOUIS.
USERS OF THESE METEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTIONS TO ENSURE RECEPTION OF THESE PRODUCTS. PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS: :
AFOS ID WMO HEADER
TOPEKA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION TOPAFDTOP FXUS43 KTOP
WICHITA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION TOPAFDICT FPUS03 KICT
DODGE CITY AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION TOPAFDDDC FPUS03 KDDC
GOODLAND AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION TOPAFDGLD FPUS03 KGLD
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION STLAFDMCI FPUS03 KMCI
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
LYNN P. MAXIMUK CURTIS S. HOLDERBACH
NWS OFFICE NWS OFFICE
1803 NORTH 7 HIGHWAY 1116 NE STRAIT AVENUE
PLEASANT HILL MO 64080-9421 TOPEKA KS 66616-1698
816-540-5147 913-232-0814
RICHARD H. ELDER LARRY J. RUTHI
NWS OFFICE NWS OFFICE
2142 S. TYLER ROAD 104 AIRPORT ROAD
WICHITA KS 67209-3016 DODGE CITY KS 67801-9351
316-942-8483 316-225-6514
SCOTT A. MENTZER
NWS OFFICE
920 ARMORY ROAD
GOODLAND KS 67735-9273
913-899-2360
NOTE: PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON
THIS URL ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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