NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
233
NOUS41 KWBC 021645
PNSWSH
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-04
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EST TUE MAR 2 1999
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF SERVICES
SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
EMPLOYEES...AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: AVIATION WEATHER CENTER MOVE TO A NEW FACILITY.
THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER...AWC...IS MOVING TO A NEW FACILITY.
THE OPERATIONAL UNITS WILL HAVE A PHASED MOVE WHICH WILL BEGIN ON
MARCH 15 1999 AND BE COMPLETED ON MARCH 23 1999.
ON MARCH 17 1999 THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER...BRACKNELL
ENGLAND...WILL BACK UP THE HIGH LEVEL SIGWX UNIT DURING ITS MOVE.
BRACKNELL WILL PROVIDE THE ICAO REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CHARTS FOR THE AREAS NORMALLY PROVIDED BY AWC.
ON MARCH 23 1999...AT 2100 UTC...THE EN-ROUTE UNITS WHICH PRODUCE
THE AREA FORECAST... AIRMET... AND SIGMET WILL MOVE. THE AIR
FORCE WEATHER AGENCY...AFWA...AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE...OMAHA
NEBRASKA...WILL BACK UP THE EN-ROUTE UNITS DURING THEIR MOVE. AFWA
WILL PROVIDE AIRMETS AND SIGMETS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLISHED
BACK-UP PROCEDURES THE AREA FORECAST WILL NOT BE PROVIDED DURING
THE BACKUP...THEREFORE...IF THE EN-ROUTE UNIT MOVE TAKES MORE THAT
SEVEN HOURS AN AREA FORECAST ISSUANCE CYCLE WOULD BE MISSED.
THE ISSUANCE OF CONVECTIVE SIGMETS...LOW LEVEL GRAPHICS...AND
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT BE AFFECTED AS THE
UNITS WILL SELF BACK UP DURING THEIR MOVES.
THE NEW ADDRESS FOR THE AWC WILL BE:
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
7220 NW 101ST TERRACE...ROOM 101
KANSAS CITY...MISSOURI 64153-2371.
THE CONVECTIVE SIGMET UNIT WILL MOVE AT 1300 UTC ON MARCH 15 1999
AND ITS NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER WILL BE:
816-584-7226.
THE HIGH AND LOW LEVEL GRAPHICS UNITS WILL MOVE AT 1200 UTC ON
MARCH 17 1999 AND THEIR NEW TEPEPHONE NUMBERS WILL BE:
816-584-7224...AND
816-584-7225.
THE INTERNATINAL FLIGHT DOCUMENTATION UNIT WILL MOVE AT 1300 UTC
ON MARCH 17 1999 AND ITS NEW NON-TOLL FREE NUMBER WILL BE:
816-584-7262.
THE NEW TOLL FREE NUMBER IS NOT YET KNOWN. THE NEW TOLL FREE
NUMBER WILL BE FAXED TO ALL CUSTOMERS ON OR BEFORE THE DAY OF THE
MOVE.
THE EN-ROUTE UNITS WILL MOVE AT 2100 UTC ON MARCH 23 1999 AND
THEIR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS WILL BE:
EASTERN DESK 816-584-7223
CENTRAL DESK 816-584-7222
WESTERN DESK 816-584-7227.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
THIS MESSAGE...CONTACT
JAMES H. HENDERSON
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
816-426-3427 X 226
E-MAIL: JAMES.H.HENDERSON /AT SIGN/ NOAA.GOV
END
nws-changes archives: