From: NWS | Date: 6/30/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 58 | Downloads: 0

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Fire Weather Products and Services Available From the National Weather Service 1. Rangeland Fire Danger Index: This product is issued once daily and updated as needed. Forecasts are generated for each of the six Kansas Fire Weather Divisions – Northwest, North Central, Northeast, Southeast, South Central, and Southwest. Index values are: Low, Moder ...  more>>

From: WeatherService | Date: 7/25/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 60 | Downloads: 1

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2008 Severe Weather Fact Sheet National Weather Service Lincoln, IL Hazardous Weather Impacts • The most storm-related fatalities in the United States, over the past 30 years, have been attributed to floods (average of 99 each year); followed by lightning (62), and tornadoes (54). • Tornadoes in Illinois have killed 202 people, and injured nearly 4 ...  more>>

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Implementing and evaluating the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model at NWS WFO Jacksonville, Florida P. Welsh, A. Wildman NOAA National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, Jacksonville, Florida (WFO JAX) B. Shaw, J. Smart, J. McGinley, J. Mahoney, M. Kay NOAA Research-Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), Boulder, Colorado 1. INTRODUCTIO ...  more>>

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FLOOD FORECAST OPERATIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE James Noel 1/ and Jeffrey C. Dobur 2/ AUTHORS: 1/Service Hydrologist 2/Hydrometeorologist. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service Forecast Office. 4 Falcon Drive. Peachtree City, GA 30269 REFERENCE: Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Reso ...  more>>

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National Weather Service and changes to the Emergency Alert System (EAS) August 19, 2002 # The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26, 2002, issued a Report and Order (R&O) amending the Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules. The R&O became effective May 16, 2002. The FCC adopted a critical provision permitting broadcasters to preselec ...  more>>

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National Weather Service and changes to the Emergency Alert System (EAS) August 19, 2002 # The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26, 2002, issued a Report and Order (R&O) amending the Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules. The R&O became effective May 16, 2002. The FCC adopted a critical provision permitting broadcasters to preselec ...  more>>

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AMBER Alerts and the National Weather Service # Non-weather emergencies, including AMBER alerts, may be relayed over NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) by the NWS at the request of local and/or state officials. The NWS does not initiate the contact nor the message. AMBER alerts are issued where AMBER plans are in place. AMBER plans are voluntary partnership ...  more>>

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National Weather Service Warnings Using Geographic Information Systems Product Description Document Experimental Review Period: Oct. 1, 2005 – Sep. 30, 2006 Part 1 – Mission Connection a. Product Description – NWS-issued short-fused warnings are added to a real-time database and Geographic Information System (GIS) shapefiles are generated from thi ...  more>>

From: WeatherService | Date: 7/25/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 24 | Downloads: 0

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National Weather Service Attends Prescribed Burn On May 8, 2007, National Weather Service (NWS) forecaster and former Incident Meteorologist Mike Fowle attended a prescribed burn conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. A prescribed burn is a planned, controlled burn scheduled to accomplish a cert ...  more>>

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National Weather Service Great Falls, Montana Chronology of the National Weather Service and observations in Montana. 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition take weather observations along their journey through present-day Montana. 1807-1820 - Occasional weather observations from Fort Manuel (Ramon) near the mouth of the Bighorn River in Treasure county ...  more>>

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"America's Weather Enterprise: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and Your Way of Life" NOAA's National Weather Service Be A Citizen Scientist Weather.gov NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) depends on support from the general public in two key programs: SKYWARN Spotters and Cooperative Observers. In both these programs, volunteers provide vital, r ...  more>>

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"America's Weather Enterprise: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and Your Way of Life" NOAA's National Weather Service Be A Citizen Scientist Weather.gov NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) depends on support from the general public in two key programs: SKYWARN Spotters and Cooperative Observers. In both these programs, volunteers provide vital, r ...  more>>

From: WeatherService | Date: 7/25/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 55 | Downloads: 0

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The Great Plains Gazette National Weather Service Hastings, Nebraska Vol. 1 Issue 3 Greetings from the Meteorologist-in-charge This is the welcome back issue of the NOAA – National Weather Service – Hastings newsletter. It’s an appropriate time to be resurrecting the newsletter as it coincides with one of my favorite seasons; Fall. With the Fall c ...  more>>