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NWS Gold Medal Award

#1 Postby Alacane2 » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:34 am

Congrats to NWS Mobile, New Orleans and Lower Mississippi RFC.


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CST WED NOV 8 2006

...U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS GOLD MEDAL TO NWS MOBILE...

ON 8 NOVEMBER 2006, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AWARDED ITS
PRESTIGIOUS GOLD MEDAL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA. THE AWARD WAS GIVEN IN
RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING, LIFE SAVING PERFORMANCE DURING
HURRICANE KATRINA IN AUGUST OF 2005. DURING THE APPROACH AND
LANDFALL, THE STAFF ISSUED HIGH QUALITY, TIMELY, DEFINITIVE WARNINGS
AND PROVIDED DETAILED BRIEFINGS TO OFFICIALS. THESE EFFORTS RESULTED
IN UNPRECEDENTED, LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS. THE STAFF LEFT NO STONE
UN-TURNED WHEN PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION TO EMERGENCY MANAGERS
AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO ASSIST IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE DISASTER. AS
PART OF THEIR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY MISSION...THE STAFF REMAINED ON DUTY
AROUND THE CLOCK ISSUING CRITICAL LIFE SAVING FORECASTS, WARNINGS,
AND BRIEFINGS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
WHILE ENDURING EXTREMELY ADVERSE WORKING AND HOME-LIFE CONDITIONS.

WHEN COMMUNICATIONS FAILED AT NWS NEW ORLEANS, NWS MOBILE PROVIDED
IMMEDIATE BACKUP. THE BACKUP OPERATION LASTED FOR 22 DAYS. AFTER
KATRINA DEPARTED THE U.S. GULF COAST, MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THAT
NWS MOBILE PROVIDED WAS IN SUPPORT OF ROOFTOP RESCUES IN NEW
ORLEANS. ADDITIONALLY, DETAILED SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS OF
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL ALABAMA DURING SEARCH AND RECOVERY,
GENERAL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CLEAN-UP EFFORTS. NWS MOBILE WAS
RECENTLY AWARDED THE NATIONAL WEATHER ASSOCIATION'S (NWA) OPERATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT GROUP AWARD FOR THEIR EFFORTS DURING KATRINA (ALONG WITH
SEVERAL OTHER GULF COAST NWS OFFICES). NWS MOBILE HAS EXPERIENCED
MORE LANDFALLING TROPICAL CYCLONES THAN ANY OTHER U.S. GULF COAST
NWS OFFICE SINCE 1995.


THE FOLLOWING NWS ENTITIES ALSO RECEIVED A GOLD MEDAL: THE NWS
OFFICE AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST CENTER, CO-LOCATED
IN SLIDELL, LA. "THE EFFORTS NOTED IN THESE AWARDS ARE INDICATIVE OF
THE INCREDIBLE DEDICATION DISPLAYED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES AND RIVER
FORECAST CENTERS," SAID RETIRED NAVY VICE ADAM. CONRAD C.
LAUTENBACHER, PH.D., UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND
ATMOSPHERE AND NOAA ADMINISTRATOR. "WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT THE
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HAS CHOSEN OUR WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL TO
RECEIVE THE DEPARTMENT'S HIGHEST AWARD."

AN AGENCY OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION,
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF WEATHER DATA,
FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATES THE MOST ADVANCED WEATHER AND
FLOOD WARNING AND FORECAST SYSTEM IN THE WORLD, HELPING TO PROTECT
LIVES AND PROPERTY AND ENHANCE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY.

ON THE WEB:
NOAA: HTTP://WWW.NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV
WFO MOBILE: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB
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#2 Postby StormScanWx » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:23 pm

I saw this a few days ago as a headline on the NWS Mobile website, and I think that they do a GREAT job issuing timely, accurate warnings for the southwest Alabama, southeast Mississippi, and northwest Florida areas.

CONGRATULATIONS!! :D :D :D
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#3 Postby Aquawind » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:48 pm

Thanks for holding up the fort Mobile! Well Deserved alrighty.. 8-)
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