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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES MEYER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OMAHA/VALLEY NE
SUBJECT: NEW DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS TO BE ISSUED BY NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES BEGINNING JUNE 10 2008
ON JUNE 10 2008...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY
NEBRASKA WILL BEGIN ISSUING...ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS...DROUGHT
INFORMATION STATEMENTS /DGT/ FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
ANTELOPE...BOONE...BURT...CEDAR...COLFAX...CUMING...KNOX...MADISON...
PIERCE...PLATTE...STANTON...THURSTON AND WAYNE
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
BUTLER...CASS...DODGE...DOUGLAS...SARPY...SAUNDERS AND WASHINGTON
IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...
GAGE...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...LANCASTER...NEMAHA...OTOE...PAWNEE...
SALINE...SEWARD AND RICHARDSON
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
MONONA
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
FREMONT...HARRISON...MILLS...MONTGOMERY...PAGE...POTTAWATTAMIE AND
SHELBY
THE DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT /DGT/ 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 GREATEST NEED. THE DGT WILL REPLACE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
/ESF/ AND PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT /PNS/ FOR THIS INFORMATION.
THE DGT ESTABLISHES A NEW IDENTIFIER SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PRODUCT.
THE GENERIC WMO HEADING AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER FOR THE DGT PRODUCT
FROM WFO OMAHA/VALLEY...
WMO HEADING AXUS73 KOAX AWIPS ID OMADGTOAX
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AWIPS ID AND WMO HEADINGS FOR THIS
PRODUCT FROM OTHER NWS OFFICES...GO TO...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DM-CGI-BIN/CHGSHOW.PL?FN=DM03-08.10.TXT
ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT THE 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.
THE DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL INCLUDE THE SAME DROUGHT
INTENSITIES AS INDICATED IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...
HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML ALL LOWER CASE
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR WILL BE THE PRIMARY...BUT NOT NECESSARILY
THE ONLY...CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE WHEN A DGT IS ISSUED. A DGT
WILL BE ISSUED WHEN...
1. THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATES A DROUGHT SEVERITY AT THE D2
LEVEL OR WORSE IN ANY PORTION OF THE WFO COUNTY WARNING AND
FORECAST AREA...OR
2. A LESS SEVERE CRITERIA IS MET BASED ON THE NEEDS OF LOCAL
PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS.
ONCE AN INITIAL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED...
FOLLOW-UP STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH...AND MORE
FREQUENTLY WHEN CONDITIONS CHANGE OR LOCAL NEEDS DICTATE AN UPDATE.
THE NORMAL 120 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE
CHANGE NOTICE INTRODUCING NEW NWS PRODUCTS WAS WAIVED IN THE
INTEREST OR 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
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01012001CURR.PDF
ALL LOWER CASE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT...
BARBARA MAYES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
6707 N 288TH ST
VALLEY NE 68064
BARBARA.MAYES@NOAA.GOV
402-359-5166
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
MAYES
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