Narrative:

On this day, there was a large area of frontal related thunderstorm activity extending from near st louis to central texas. I was working the southeast sector of the united states with numerous flts being affected by WX related items such as: WX avoidance routings, ATC rertes, unplanned fuel lndgs due to extensive rertes, aircraft mechanical problems en route, significant and changing meteorological conditions, sigmets, etc. Due to a large volume of flts in the air and an overwhelming number of associated problems, I was unable to provide in a timely fashion to several PIC, the significant WX phenomena (sigmets) that existed. Management did not provide an adequate number of dispatchers to comply with far 121.395. Due to excessive workload I failed to comply with far 121.533 and 121.601 in a timely fashion.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISPATCHER FAILED TO PROVIDE FLC WITH UPDATED WX RELATED INFO AS REQUIRED BY THE FARS.

Narrative: ON THIS DAY, THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF FRONTAL RELATED TSTM ACTIVITY EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST LOUIS TO CENTRAL TEXAS. I WAS WORKING THE SE SECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES WITH NUMEROUS FLTS BEING AFFECTED BY WX RELATED ITEMS SUCH AS: WX AVOIDANCE ROUTINGS, ATC RERTES, UNPLANNED FUEL LNDGS DUE TO EXTENSIVE RERTES, ACFT MECHANICAL PROBS ENRTE, SIGNIFICANT AND CHANGING METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SIGMETS, ETC. DUE TO A LARGE VOLUME OF FLTS IN THE AIR AND AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF ASSOCIATED PROBS, I WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE IN A TIMELY FASHION TO SEVERAL PIC, THE SIGNIFICANT WX PHENOMENA (SIGMETS) THAT EXISTED. MGMNT DID NOT PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF DISPATCHERS TO COMPLY WITH FAR 121.395. DUE TO EXCESSIVE WORKLOAD I FAILED TO COMPLY WITH FAR 121.533 AND 121.601 IN A TIMELY FASHION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.