981110: Transfer to Flagstaff-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 981110: Transfer to Flagstaff-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:43:32 -0700 (MST)

584 
NOUS41 KWBC 102158
PNSNMC
 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
450 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998
 
TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NEWS/ OFFICES
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
          FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
          OTHER USERS OF NEWS AVIATION FORECASTS
 
FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
          NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
 
SUBJECT:  TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY:  CHANGE
          IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR ONE TERMINAL FORECAST AND ONE
          TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCT...
          EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 30 1998
 
NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
 
ON OCTOBER 30 1998...THE NEWS TRANSFERRED FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ONE TERMINAL FORECAST /TAF/ AND ONE TRANSCRIBED WEATHER
BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCT FROM THE NEWS FORECAST OFFICE IN
PHOENIX ARIZONA TO THE NEWS OFFICE IN FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA.  THIS
TRANSFER IS PART OF THE CONTINUING NEWS MODERNIZATION AND
TRANSITION.  THE TAF AND THE TWEB ARE:
 
TAF:   AIRPORT   AFOS PIL    LOCATION
        KFLG     PHXTAFFLG   PULLIAM AIRPORT
                             FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA
 
TWEB:  ROUTE #   AFOS PIL    ANCHOR POINTS
        399      PHXTWB399   KPHX-KFLG
 
THE TAF TRANSFER BECAME EFFECTIVE AT 1130 UTC AND THE TWEB
TRANSFER BECAME EFFECTIVE AT 1330 UTC ON OCTOBER 30 1998.
 
WHEN NWSO FLAGSTAFF REQUIRES BACKUP... NWSFO PHOENIX WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE PULLIAM AIRPORT TAF AND TWEB
#399.
 
THESE CHANGES WERE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS AND TWEBS
INCLUDING AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS. 
NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WERE CHANGED.  NO
CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED.  TWEB ROUTE #399 CONTINUES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC.  THE PULLIAM AIRPORT TAF CONTINUES TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIVES...UNDER THE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS LISTED BELOW:
 
  WMO HEADERS      AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMERS:
 
  FTUS80 KWBC      NON-FAA DOMESTIC AND FAMILY OF SERVICES
  FTUS90 KWBC      FAA WEATHER MESSAGE SWITCHING CENTER AND FAA
                   FACILITIES
  FTUS52 KWBC      GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM CUSTOMERS
 
HOLDERS OF NEWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-31 /AVIATION
TERMINAL
FORECASTS/ AND D-30 /TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS/
SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDICES A AND B...WHICH
LIST LOCATIONS FOR WHICH TERMINAL AND TWEB ROUTES ARE PREPARED BY
THE NEWS.
 
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO PHOENIX TO NWSO FLAGSTAFF...CONTACT:
 
  MR. TONY HAFFER                MR. MICHAEL CAMPBELL
  METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE        METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  FORECAST OFFICE PAB 500        P.O. BOX 16057
  P.O. BOX 52025                 BELLEMONT AZ  86015-6057
  PHOENIX AZ  85072-2025         PHONE: 520-556-9161
  PHONE: 602-379-4607
 
END