[nws-changes] 20120807: Fire O& Public fcst zones Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20120807: Fire O& Public fcst zones Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:54:41 -0600

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Service Change Notice 12-28
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1050 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 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: New Fire and Public Forecast Zones and Boundary
         Changes for Southeastern Pennsylvania, effective
         December 4, 2012.

Effective Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 1800 Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC), 100 PM EST, three existing fire and public
forecast zones in southeastern Pennsylvania will be split into
six separate zones. The new zones are shown below in Table 1.
Both fire and public zones are identical to each other in zone
name, zone number and geographic extent.

A graphic depicting these changes is online at:

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/fire/phi_zones.pdf

These zones are being changed to improve forecast accuracy in the
urban versus suburban areas of southeastern Pennsylvania, and to
better represent the differences in climatology associated with
elevation increases from south to north. These changes will
result in more geographically precise forecast, watch and warning
products for the general public and will enhance Web-based
graphical product consistency and appearance.

These zone changes require partners and users to take appropriate
action to receive the new zone products using the Universal
Generic Code (UGC) zone code format (Z) listed in Table 1.
Products affected by this change are listed in Table 2.

TABLE 1.  New Fire and Public Zone Names and Numbers

OLD ZONE NAME    OLD UGC(Z)  NEW ZONE NAME       NEW UGC (Z)
-------------    ----------  -------------       -----------
CHESTER          PAZ067      WESTERN CHESTER     PAZ101
                             EASTERN CHESTER     PAZ102
MONTGOMERY       PAZ068      WESTERN MONTGOMERY  PAZ103
                             EASTERN MONTGOMERY  PAZ104
BUCKS            PAZ069      UPPER BUCKS         PAZ105
                             LOWER BUCKS         PAZ106

TABLE 2.    WFO PHI Products affected by these changes:

PRODUCT NAME                  AWIPS ID           WMO HEADER
------------                  --------           ----------
AREA FORECAST MATRICES        AFMPHI             FOUS51 KPHI
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE        CFWPHI             WHUS41 KPHI
DAILY RIVER SUMMARY           RVDPHI             FGUS51 KPHI
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK            ESFPHI             FGUS71 KPHI
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY            RVAPHI             SRUS41 KPHI
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT          RVSPHI             FGUS81 KPHI
FIRE WEATHER FORECAST         FWFPHI             FNUS51 KPHI
FLASH FLOOD WAT               FFAPHI             WGUS61 KPHI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK     HWOPHI             FLUS41 KPHI
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT     HLSPHI             WTUS81 KPHI
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVISORY/
WATCH/WARNING                 NPWPHI             WWUS71 KPHI
POINT FORECAST MATRICES       PFMPHI             FOUS51 KPHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  PNSPHI             NOUS41 KPHI
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST          ZFPPHI             FPUS51 KPHI
RED FLAG WARNING              RFWPHI             WWUS81 KPHI
SHORT-TERM FORECAST           NOWPHI             FPUS71 KPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     SPSPHI             WWUS81 KPHI
TABULAR STATE FORECAST        SFTPHI             FPUS61 KPHI
WINTER STORM ADVISORY/
WATCH/WARNING                 WSWPHI             WWUS41 KPHI
AIR QUALITY ALERT             AQAPHI             AEUS71 KPHI
AIR QUALITY FORECAST          AQIPHI             AEUS71 KPHI

An updated public zone shapefile is online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm

An updated fire zone shapefile is online at:

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

If you have any questions, please contact:

  Gary S. Szatkowski, Meteorologist-in-Charge
  Joe Miketta, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
  National Weather Service
  Mount Holly, NJ 08060
  609-261-6602

National Service Change Notices are online at:

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

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