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MO-4 (Kansas City at Pleasant Hill) National
Weather Service Located on State Highway 5 north of Pleasant Hill, this National Weather Service Office provides all the weather and flood warnings, daily forecasts, and meteorologic and hydrologic data for 37 counties in the northwest third of Missouri, and seven counties in northeast Kansas serving a population of more than 2,313,000. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other government agencies, the private sector, media, the public and the global community. For further information on Kansas City Weather Forecast Office, please contact: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/ The collocated River Forecast Center provides forecasts of river levels and flooding potential for the entire Missouri River basin. and Missouri Basin River Forecast Center, please contact: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/ MO-6 (Kansas City) National
Weather Service The National Weather Service (NWS) Training Center (NWSTC) provides the majority of the professional and technical training for NWS. Its- curriculum includes 36 different courses in meteorology, hydrology, electronics, computer science, and management. In 1996, over 1,500 NWS employees, from all parts of the country, received training. The NWSTC is responsible for all maintenance training, and its laboratories contain most of the systems that are in operation at field offices, including the WSR-88D-NEXRAD radar and the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), and the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). The training facility also offers summer workshops in meteorology for educators. Each summer, the Center works with the American Meteorological Society and the State University of New York at Brockport to conduct a separate program for pre-college teachers. Participating educators are selected from a national panel of applicants to attend the two-week session. For additional information on the National Weather Service Training Center, please contact: http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov MO-6 (Kansas City) National
Weather Service Part of the National Centers for Environment Prediction, the Aviation Weather Center enhances safety by issuing accurate warnings, forecasts and analysis of hazardous weather for aviation interests. Meteorologists identify existing or imminent weather hazards to aircraft in flight and create warnings for the aviation community. The Center also originates two-day forecasts of weather conditions that will effect domestic and international aviation. For additional information on the Aviation Weather Service, please contact: http://aviationweather.gov MO-6 (Kansas City) National
Weather Service This national center serves as the primary repair depot and inspection station for all National Weather Service equipment. In addition, it serves as a warehouse for new stock, repair equipment, and spare parts. For additional information on the National Weather Service's Maintenance Logistics and Aquisitions Division, please contact: http://www.oso3.nws.noaa.gov/index.htm MO-5 (Kansas City) Office
of Finance and Administration MO-5 (Kansas City) National
Logistics Support Center Part of NOAA's Central Administrative Support Center, the National Logistics Support Center (NLSC) provides nationwide and worldwide logistics support services to agencies within the Departments of Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, and Transportation. To do so, it maintains a multimillion dollar inventory of more than 120-130,000 of those items each year. Its largest customers, the National Weather Service and USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, are directly involved in the preservation of public health, public safety, and the economic viability of the Nation. For additional information on the Central Administrative Support Center, please contact: http://www.casc.noaa.gov/nlsc/nlsc_index.htm MO-7 (Springfield) National
Weather Service Located at the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport, this National Weather Service office provides all the weather and flood warnings, daily forecasts, and meteorologic and hydrologic data for 34 counties in the southwest third of Missouri and three counties in southeast Kansas serving a population of more than 1,188,000. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other government agencies, the private sector, media, the public and the global community. For additional information on the Springfield Weather Forecast Office, please contact: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/sgf MO-9 (St. Louis) National
Weather Service Located at the Missouri Research Park, this National Weather Service office provides all the weather and flood warnings, daily forecasts, and meteorologic and hydrologic data for 30 counties in central and east-central Missouri and 17 counties in western Illinois serving a population of more than 3,154,000. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other government agencies, the private sector, media, the public and the global community. For additional information on the St. Louis Forecast Office, please contact: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/ |