Hou/Galv NWS headquarters relocating...

[Houstonia]

Sorry if this has already been posted. I looked but didn't see anything..

Public Information Statement
Statement as of 3:02 PM CDT on April 4, 2005


... Houston/Galveston National Weather Service office to relocate...

The move will take place from April 8th through April 14th. During
this period... the Houston/Galveston NWS will run backup
forecast operations from the NWS spaceflight meteorology group
facility at NASA/jsc. Part of the staff will stay at the old facility
to answer the telephones and operate the NOAA all hazards radios.

The Houston/Galveston NWS office is expected to resume operations from
the new location on April 15th.

While most NWS programs will continue normally... some NWS services
will be interrupted or partially degraded during the move. Warnings
and forecasts of hazardous weather will not be impacted... except for
NOAA all hazards radio. Nahr will remain in service... but will be
unable to generate automated tone alerts which activate eas and radios
equipped with the same (specific area message encoder) feature.
Telephone traffic to NWS forecasters will be relayed from the old
office to the forecasters at jsc during the backup period... so calls
may take a little longer than usual... please be patient.

The new NWS office will be in the Galveston County emergency facility
at 1353 FM 646 in League City. We will be co-located on the second
floor with the Galveston County office of emergency management. This
new facility will also house the Galveston County communications
district administrative offices and a contingent of the Texas division
of emergency management. The new facility is designed to withstand
the most intense hurricane... thus enabling uninterrupted service from
the National Weather Service and County and state emergency managers
in any weather.

If you have questions... contact

Bill read... meteorologist in charge
281-337-5074x222