NATIONAL HURRICANE OPERATIONS PLAN

FCM-P12-2004


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CHANGE AND REVIEW LOG, FOREWORD, and TABLE OF CONTENTS (392K)

CHAPTER 1     INTRODUCTION (120K)
1.1.    General
1.2.    Scope
CHAPTER 2     RESPONSIBILITIES OF COOPERATING FEDERAL AGENCIES (941K)
2.1.    General
2.2.    DOC Responsibilities
2.3.    DOD Responsibilities
2.4.    DOT/DHS Responsibilities
2.5.    Annual Liaison with Other Nations
2.6.    Air Traffic Control/Flight Operations Coordination
CHAPTER 3      GENERAL OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURRICANE CENTERS (187K)
3.1.    General
3.2.    Products
3.3.    Designation of Tropical and Subtropical Cyclones
3.4.    Transfer of Warning Responsibility
3.5.    Alternate Warning Responsibilities
3.6.    Abbreviated Communications Headings
3.7.    Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT)
CHAPTER 4      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (116K)
4.1.    General
4.2.    Observations
4.3.    Tropical Cyclone Forecast/Advisories
CHAPTER 5     AIRCRAFT RECONNAISSANCE (1.5M)
5.1.    General
5.2.    Responsibilities
5.3.    Control of Aircraft
5.4.    Reconnaissance Requirements
5.5.    Reconnaissance Planning and Flight Notification
5.6.    Reconnaissance Effectiveness Criteria
5.7.    Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Encoding, Reporting, and Coordination
5.8.    Operational Flight Patterns
5.9.    Aircraft Reconnaissance Communications
CHAPTER 6     SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CYCLONES (210K)
6.1.    Satellites
6.2.    National Weather Service (NWS) Support
6.3.    NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB)
6.4.    Air Force Support and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
6.5.    Satellites and Satellite Data Availability for the Current Hurricane Season
6.6.    Current Intensity and Tropical Classification Number
CHAPTER 7     SURFACE RADAR REPORTING (99K)
7.1.    General
7.2.    The WSR-88D
7.3.    Procedures
CHAPTER 8     NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER REPORTING STATIONS (180K)
8.1.    General
8.2.    Requests for Drifting Buoy Deployment
8.3.    Communications
CHAPTER 9     MARINE WEATHER BROADCASTS (90K)
9.1.    General
9.2.    Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
9.3.    Coastal Marine Safety Broadcasts
9.4.    High Seas Broadcasts
9.5.    Additional Information
CHAPTER 10    PUBLICITY (61K)
10.1.    News Media Releases
10.2.    Distribution

APPENDIX A     LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICE PRODUCTS (170K)

APPENDIX B     DEFINING POINTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHS/ WARNINGS (187K)

APPENDIX C     JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER (JTWC) BULLETINS (54K)

APPENDIX D     FORMAT FOR NHOP/NWSOP FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC NOTAM ISSUANCE (78K)

APPENDIX E     SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE (57K)

APPENDIX F     OFFICIAL INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS (691K)

APPENDIX G     RECCO, HDOB, MINOB, AND TEMP DROP CODES, TABLES AND REGULATIONS (240K)

APPENDIX H     WSR-88D OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS (67K)

APPENDIX I     TELEPHONE AND TELETYPE LISTING (84K)

APPENDIX J     PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION LISTING (56K)

APPENDIX K     ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS (85K)

APPENDIX L     GLOSSARY (115K)

APPENDIX M     DISTRIBUTION (67K)


Link to FCM-P12-2003 National Hurricane Operations Plan, May 2003

Link to FCM-P12-2002 National Hurricane Operations Plan, May 2002

Link to FCM-P12-2001 National Hurricane Operations Plan, May 2001

Link to FCM-P12-2000 National Hurricane Operations Plan, May 2000

Link to FCM-P12-1999 National Hurricane Operations Plan, May 1999

Link to FCM-P12-1998 National Hurricane Operations Plan, May 1998

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