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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
340 PM EST MON NOV 9 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NEWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NEWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE
IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/
FOR CROSSVILLE MEMORIAL AIRPORT /KCSV/ IN TENNESSEE...
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13 1998
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
ON NOVEMBER 13 1998 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...
THE NEWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TAF FOR
CROSSVILLE MEMORIAL AIRPORT /KCSV/ IN CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE FROM
THE NEWS OFFICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TENNESSEE TO THE NWSO IN
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. THIS CHANGE WILL OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH
A CORRESPONDING TRANSFER OF COUNTY WARNING AREA RESPONSIBILITY
SCHEDULED TO BECOME EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1 1998.
THIS CHANGE WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS INCLUDING
AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS. NONE OF
THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE BEING CHANGED. THE CROSSVILLE
MEMORIAL AIRPORT TAF WILL CONTINUE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
FOLLOWING COLLECTIVES...UNDER THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS:
WMO HEADERS AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMERS:
FTUS80 KWBC NON-FAA DOMESTIC AND FAMILY OF SERVICES
FTUS90 KWBC FAA WEATHER MESSAGE SWITCHING CENTER AND FAA
FACILITIES
FTUS52 KWBC GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM CUSTOMERS
WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO NASHVILLE...NEWS FORECAST OFFICE
IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE TAF
FOR CROSSVILLE MEMORIAL AIRPORT.
HOLDERS OF NEWS OPERATIONS MANUAL D-31 /AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS/ SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDICES A AND B
OF D-31...WHICH LIST AIRPORTS FOR WHICH THE NEWS PREPARES TAFS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF THE CROSSVILLE
MEMORIAL TAF FROM NWSO KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TO NWSO
NASHVILLE...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. JERRY MCDUFFIE MR. DERREL MARTIN
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
5974 COMMERCE BLVD. 500 WEATHER STATION ROAD
MORRISTOWN TN 37814 OLD HICKORY TN 37138-1145
PHONE: 423-586-3771 PHONE: 615-754-4633
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