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NOUS42 KMLB 101455 CCA
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
455 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
FAMILY OF SERVICES
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: FIONA M. HORSFALL
ACTING CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: NEW DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS TO BE ISSUED BY WFO
MELBOURNE BEGINNING JUNE 10 2008.
ON JUNE 10 2008...NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ MELBOURNE WILL
BEGIN ISSUING...ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS...DROUGHT INFORMATION
STATEMENTS /DGT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
DGTS WILL PROVIDE A UNIFIED SUMMARY OF CURRENT DROUGHT SEVERITY...
INDICES...DATA...IMPACTS...FORECASTS AND PRODUCTS AND OTHER
PERTINENT INFORMATION TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE USERS TO FOCUS
DROUGHT MITIGATION EFFORTS ON AREAS OF THE GREATEST NEED. THE DGT
WILL RESULT IN DISCONTINUANCE OF USING THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK /AWIPS
ID ESFMLB/ FOR THE PRODUCT FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE DROUGHT OUTLOOK.
THE DGT ESTABLISHES A SEPARATE AWIPS IDENTIFIER TO BE USED FOR THE
NEW DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT. THE GENERIC WMO HEADING AND AWIPS
IDENTIFER FOR THE DGT AT WFO MELBOURNE IS:
WMO HEADING AXUS72 KMLB AWIPS ID DGTMLB
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AWIPS ID AND WMO HEADINGS FOR DGTS
FROM EACH WFO...GO TO:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DM-CGI-BIN/CHGSHOW.PL?FN=DM03-08.10.TXT
/LOWER CASE EXCEPT DM IN DM03-08.10 IS UPPER CASE/
IMPORTANT NOTE: USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS MUST UPDATE THEIR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES TO RECEIVE THE NEW DGT PRODUCTS.
DROUGHT INTENSITY...AS INDICATED IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR
/USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
WILL BE THE PRIMARY...BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY...CRITERIA
USED IN DETERMINING WHEN AN INITIAL DGT IS ISSUED. AN INITIAL DGT
WILL BE ISSUED WHEN:
1. THE DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATES A DROUGHT INTENSITY AT THE LEVEL OF
D2 OR WORSE IN ANY PORTION OF THE WFO MELBOURNE COUNTY WARNING AND
FORECAST AREA...OR
2. A LESS SEVERE CRITERION IS REACHED...IF THIS IS MORE APPROPRIATE
FOR LOCAL PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS. ALTERNATE CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE
OF INITIAL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS MAY BE SPECIFIED IN
CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. ONCE AN INITIAL DROUGHT INFORMATION
STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED...FOLLOW-UP DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS
WILL BE ISSUED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. MORE FREQUENT ISSUANCES OF THE
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL OCCUR WHEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS
CHANGE OR WHEN A LOCAL OR REGIONAL CRITERION HAS BEEN MET REQUIRING
AN UPDATE. THE NORMAL 120 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES INTRODUCING NEW NWS PRODUCTS WAS WAIVED IN
THE INTEREST OF PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY IN DROUGHT STRICKEN
AREAS WITH THE PROVISION OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DGT POLICY...INCLUDING PRODUCT
FORMAT AND EXAMPLES...GO TO /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01012001CURR.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT
PLEASE CONTACT...
BART HAGEMEYER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
BART.HAGEMEYER@NOAA.GOV
DENNIS DECKER
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
DENNIS.DECKER@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE
421 CROTON RD.
MELBOURNE, FL 32935
321-255-0212
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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