ZJX CTLR CHRONICLES INTRAFAC COORD FAILURE WHEN SUPVR DID NOT INFORM ALL NECESSARY SECTORS OF WX BALLOON ACTIVITY.

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W AREA ZJX CTLRS WERE INFORMED FROM AN ACFT TRANSITING FROM R73 ALLENDALE SECTOR; A SECTOR IN THE ZJX N AREA; THAT THE PLT WAS 'LOOKING FOR BALLOONS.' SINCE THE CTLR WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT THE PLT WAS TALKING ABOUT; HE INQUIRED TO THE PLT'S COMMENT AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PREVIOUS CTLR (R73) ADVISED THE PLT OF MULTIPLE WX BALLOON RELEASES ALONG HIS RTE OF FLT. THE CTLR WORKING R79 BAXLEY/WAYCROSS SECTORS CALLED THE R73 ALLENDALE CTLR AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE WX BALLOON RPTS. THE R73 CTLR SAID HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE WX BALLOON RELEASES SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT 4 HRS AND THAT THE BALLOONS WERE TO BE RELEASED FROM PZD200035 UP TO FL400. THIS RELEASE POINT IS LOCATED IN THE R12 ALBANY SECTOR; WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE W AREA OF ZJX. AS WELL; AT THE TIME WINDS WERE OUT OF THE N AND WOULD MOST LIKELY BLOW THE BALLOONS S FROM THE R12/R13 SECTOR INTO THE W AREA R28 TALLAHASSEE SECTOR. THE R79 CTLR; UNAWARE OF ANY WX BALLOON ACTIVITY; QUESTIONED THE W AREA SUPVR (WHO ALSO WAS UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION). THE INFO HAD BEEN PASSED TO THE W AREA VIA A GI MESSAGE AND WAS SITTING IN THE FLT STRIP PRINTER BIN. THE SUPVR FOUND THE STRIP AND PASSED IT ALONG TO THE R79 CTLR; BUT FAILED TO INFORM THE R12/R13 ALBANY/ASHBURN SECTOR CTLR OR THE R28 TALLAHASSEE SECTOR CTLR OF THE INFO. THESE CTLRS WERE NOT INFORMED UNTIL THE R79 CTLR QUESTIONED THEM IF THEY WERE ALSO AWARE OF THE BALLOON ACTIVITY THAT WOULD BE IMPACTING THEIR AIRSPACE. THIS SITUATION WAS A TOTAL LACK OF POSITIVE COM FROM THE TOP DOWN. THE SECTOR CTLRS SHOULD BE AWARE OF WX BALLOON ACTIVITY IN THEIR AIRSPACE AT ALL TIMES! SOMETHING OF SUCH IMPORTANCE SHOULD HAVE TO BE VERBALLY PASSED INSTEAD OF SENT TO THE AREA VIA A GI MESSAGE ON A FLT STRIP.