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NWS Headquarters Notification Coordinators and Focal Points

OCWWS Notification Coordinators

  • Check and prepare approved national service and technical change messages
  • Assign SCN and TIN reference numbers
  • Transmit, post to weather.gov/os/notif.htm, and email the message to distribution lists of NWS employees, customers, and partners
Title Name E-mail address Phone number
Primary OCWWS Notification Coordinator Melody Magnus nws.hq.ocwws.notify@noaa.gov 301-713-1970
x152
Backup OCWWS Notification
Coordinator
Darcey Dodd nws.hq.ocwws.notify@noaa.gov 301-713-1833 x180

NWS Headquarters Notification Focal Points for Service Change and Technical Change Messages

NWS Headquarters Branches or Divisions Which Coordinate National Service and Technical Change Messages:

Responsibilities: Coordinate implementation support activities (see NWS Instruction 10-1805, section 3.1); determine advance lead time (see NWSI 10-1805, section 5); write, quality control, and authorize the national service or technical change message and email it to the OCWWS Notification Coordinators at nws.hq.ocwws.notify@noaa.gov

Office of Climate, Weather and Water Services

Branch or Div.

Name

E-mail address

Phone number

Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch (OS21)

Primary:
Tim Schott


Timothy.Schott@noaa.gov


301-713-1677 x 129

Alternate:
Wayne Weeks


Wayne.Weeks@noaa.gov


301-713-1677 x 122

Fire, Public, Severe and Winter

Art Thomas

Art.Thomas@noaa.gov

301-713-1867 x193


Aviation Weather Services (OS2.3)

Primary:
Beth McNulty

Beth.Mcnulty@noaa.gov

301-713-1726 x 116

Alternate:
Dorothy Haldeman

Dorothy.Haldeman@noaa.gov

301-713-1726 x 130

Hydrologic Services Branch (OS3.1)

Tim Helble

Timothy.Helble@noaa.gov

301-713-0006 x 152

Climate Services Division (OS4)

  Vacant 301-713-1970 x 178

Awareness Branch (OS5.1)

Herbert White

Herbert.White@noaa.gov

301-713-0090 x 146

Observing Services Division (OS7)

Tom Trunk

Thomas.Trunk@noaa.gov

301-713-0722 x 194

Digital Services (OS)

  Vacant 301-713-1858 x 171

Office of Science and Technology

Branch or Division

Name

E-mail address

Phone number

Science Plans

Branch (OST12)

Jamie Vavra Jamie.Vavra@noaa.gov

 

301-713-3557 x 179

Office of Operational Systems

Branch or Division

Name

E-mail address

Phone number

WSR-88D Radar Operations Center  (OPS4)
Tim Crum Tim.D.Crum@noaa.gov 405-573-8888
Dissemination Systems Branch (OPS17)

Marty Baron

Martin.Baron@noaa.gov

301-713-0644 x 137

Observing Systems Branch (OPS22)

Primary:
Gary Alessi

Gary.Alessi@noaa.gov 301-713-2093 x 106

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Branch or Division

Name

E-mail address

Phone number

Telecommunication Operations Center (CIO11)

Primary:
Walter Smith


Walter.Smith@noaa.gov


301-713-0864 x 139

Alternate:
Richard Robinson


Richard.Robinson@noaa.gov


301-713-0864 x 179


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Last Updated: November 6, 2009