NOUS41 KWBC 301915 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-35 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 315 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2001 TO: FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: JAMES E. LEE CHIEF... FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY TO NWS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27 2001 EFFECTIVE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2001 AT 1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /500 AM CDT/...SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS...INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS...FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE NWS OFFICES IN LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS AND JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO THE NWS OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE...WFO MEMPHIS WILL ISSUE FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: CLAY CRAIGHEAD CRITTENDEN CROSS GREENE LAWRENCE MISSISSIPPI POINSETT RANDOLPH IN EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS: LEE PHILLIPS ST FRANCIS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI: ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL: DUNKLIN PEMISCOT THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE MEMPHIS NWS OFFICE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS: ST FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST IN EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN UNIT OF THE TOMBIGBEE NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI NORTH HALF OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI CUSTOMERS OF NWS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN THESE LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS SHOULD NOTE THAT...COINCIDENT WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY BY THE MEMPHIS NWS OFFICE...ALL FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS. THE IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: WMO HEADER AWIPS ID PIL ID DESCRIPTION FNUS54 KMEG FWFMEM MEMFWFMEM ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FNUS84 KMEG FWMMEM MEMFWMMEM NFDRS SITE FORECAST WWUS44 KMEG RFWMEM MEMRFWMEM RED FLAG WARNING AND/OR FIRE WEATHER WATCH THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE BUT NO PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY IN USE AT THIS TIME. WMO HEADER AWIPS ID PIL ID DESCRIPTION FNUS74 KMEG SMFMEM MEMSMFMEM SMOKE MANAGEMENT WEATHER FORECAST FNUS64 KMEG RFDMEM MEMRFDMEM RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FNUS84 KMEG FWLMEM MEMFWLMEM LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST SHUS64 KMEG FWNMEM MEMFWNMEM FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE THE ISSUANCE OF THESE PRODUCTS IS BASED ON SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH BOTH FEDERAL AND NON- FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. HOWEVER...CURRENT LEGISLATIVE POLICY PROHIBITS THE NWS FROM PROVIDING NON-ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS TO NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...EXCEPT IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION. PLEASE NOTE...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/...AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ MUST TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ENSURE RECEIPT OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS USING THE NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS. TO REPEAT...THE NWS OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE WILL ASSUME SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEGINNING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2001 AT 1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...500 AM CDT. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO: JIM DUKE PAUL WITSAMAN METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ 7777 WALNUT GROVE RD-OM1 819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26 MEMPHIS TN 38120-2198 FORT WORTH TX 76102 PHONE: 901-544-0407 PHONE: 817-978-1100 EXT. 116 THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm END NNNN