[nws-changes] 20120202: Fire wx fcst zones Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:51:54 -0700

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Service Change Notice 12-04
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1025 AM EST Thu Feb 2 2012

To:       Subscribers:
          -Family of Services
          -NOAA Weather Wire Service
          -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
          -NOAAPORT
          Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees

From:     Eli Jacks
          Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch

Subject:  Changes in Fire Weather Forecast Zones for Middle and
          East Tennessee Effective March 6, 2012

Effective Tuesday March 6, 2012 at 7:00 AM Eastern Standard
Time, 1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), NWS Weather
Forecast Offices (WFO) in Morristown (MRX) and Nashville (OHX),
Tennessee, will reconfigure their fire weather forecast zones
with respect to Moore County, TN.  Specifically, Moore County,
TN, will become part of WFO OHX, renamed TNZ502, Highland Rim
District  South (old zone name Tennessee Forest District 5
South). Currently this zone is part of WFO MRX, named TNZ300,
Cumberland District  South (old zone name Tennessee Forest
District 3).

After this zone change, all fire weather forecasts and products
for Moore County, TN, will be contained in the standard suite of
fire weather products issued by WFO OHX. In addition, the
following Tennessee Forest (TF) District names will become
effective on March 6, 2012:

Zone Code    Old Zone Name          New Zone Name
---------------------------------------------------------------
TNZ150       TF District 1          East Tennessee DistrictEast
TNZ200       TF District 2          East Tennessee DistrictWest
TNZ300       TF District 3          Cumberland District-South
TNZ400       TF District 4          Cumberland District-North
TNZ501       TF District 5 North    Highland Rim DistrictNorth
TNZ502       TF District 5 South    Highland Rim DistrictSouth

These changes have been requested by the Tennessee Division of
Forestry (TN DOF) and are reflected in its current policy.

Partners and users of WFO MRX and OHX fire weather products will
need to update their system(s) to continue receiving correct
fire weather forecasts/products.

An updated fire weather zone map shapefile containing the new
zones is online at:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/firezone.htm

If you have any questions or comments about this reconfiguration
of fire weather zones or the TN Fire District name changes
please contact:

George Mathews                        Larry Vannozzi
Meteorologist-in-Charge               Meteorologist-in-Charge
WFO Morristown                        WFO Nashville
George.Mathews@xxxxxxxx               Larry.Vannozzi@xxxxxxxx

Or                                    Or

David Gaffin                          John Cohen
Fire Weather Program Leader           Fire Weather Program
Leader
WFO Morristown                        WFO Nashville
David.Gaffin@xxxxxxxx                 John.M.Cohen@xxxxxxxx
NWS Forecast Office                   NWS Forecast Office
5974 Commerce Street                  500 Weather Station
Road
Morristown, TN 37814                  Old Hickory, TN 37138-1145
423-586-3771                          615-754-8500

Or

Paul Witsaman
NWS  Southern Region
Fire Weather Program Manager
819 Taylor Street
Room 10A46
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-978-1100 ext.116

National Service Change Notices are online at:

http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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