2007-10 · NASA ASRS report 756154
ZJX CTLR DESCRIBED BUSY/COMPLEX TFC PERIOD WHEN SUPVR DECISION TO RELEASE DEP THROUGH WX HOLE RESULTED IN TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER.
I WAS WORKING SECTOR 57; WHEN WX HAD THE MICKEY AND WORMS DEP CORRIDOR CLOSED; ACFT WERE BEING LAUNCHED OUT THE BITHO ARR CORRIDOR AND THE ARRS WERE MOVED E TO ACCOMMODATE MY DEPS. THERE WAS EXTREME CELLS OVER THE MICKEY AND WORMS DTA. THEN SOMEONE IN MGMNT DECIDED TO START DEPARTING THE ACFT THROUGH A 3 MI WIDE HOLE IN THE EXTREME PRECIP; BTWN THE MICKEY AND WORMS DTA; THAT I WAS DISPLAYING ON MY SCOPE. THEREFORE; I STOPPED TAKING HDOFS UNTIL THE PRECIP WAS ON THE TAIL OF THE RADAR RETURN; BECAUSE AT THE TIME I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CALL THE WX TO THE ACFT THAT WERE DEPARTING. WHEN I ACCEPTED THE HDOF OF THE ACFT; THE HOLE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CLOSED; I WAS EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY AND DID NOT HEAR ANY CALL FROM HIM UNTIL HE INFORMED ME HE WAS RECEIVING SEVERE TURB. IT WAS THE FIRST RPT OF ANY CHOP OR TURB RPTED IN THE AREA. I IMMEDIATELY INFORMED ORL APCH; THEN INFORMED MY SUPVR. AFTER THE EVENT I WAS STILL ON POS FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE 20 MINS BEFORE BEING RELIEVED. I WAS VISIBLY AGITATED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED WORKING TFC. THIS IS CONSISTENTLY A STANDARD OP PROC FROM FLOW CTL TO PUSH THESE ACFT THROUGH SMALL HOLES IN EXTREME PRECIP INSTEAD OF STOPPING DEPS OR ROUTING THEM WELL CLR OUT OTHER SIDES OF THE APCH CTL.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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