950706: NOUS41 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950706: NOUS41 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 11:30:57 -0600 (MDT)

NOUS41 KWBC 061324
PNSWSH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT THU JUL 6 1995

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
          WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM      DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH

SUBJECT   SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PUBLIC FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE
          WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN KANSAS...COLORADO...AND
          MISSOURI...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 6 1995.
 
     EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...SEPTEMBER 6 1995...AT 400 A.M....CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /0900 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...SELECTED WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN KANSAS...NEBRASKA AND MISSOURI WILL SHARE
PUBLIC FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING AND ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITY WITH
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES /WSFO/ IN TOPEKA KANSAS...ST. LOUIS
MISSOURI...AND DENVER COLORADO.  THESE CHANGES WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED
SERVICES THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVELY COORDINATED LONG- AND SHORT-FUSE
WARNINGS AND FORECASTS.

    SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ WILL NOT HAVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING
THESE PRODUCTS.  THIS MEANS THAT NWWS AND FOS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR
EACH STATE WILL REMAIN THE SAME...REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUING OFFICE. 
THE ISSUING OFFICE...HOWEVER...WILL BE INDICATED IN THE MASS NEWS
DISSEMINATOR BLOCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRODUCT.  PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER CATEGORIES FOR NWWS/FOS ARE -- ZFP/FPUS5 FOR PUBLIC ZONE
FORECASTS...WSW/WWUS46 FOR WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS...AND NPW/WWUS45 FOR
NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARDS SUCH AS HIGH WIND...FROST/FREEZES...
RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY AND HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

     WSFO TOPEKA WILL ISSUE THE KANSAS ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /TOPZFPKS
/FPUS5 KTOP/  AT 4 A.M. AND 4 P.M. CENTRAL TIME FOR ALL KANSAS ZONES. 
WSFO ST. LOUIS WILL ISSUE THE MISSOURI ZONE PRODUCT /STLZFPMO/FPUS5
KSTL/ FOR ALL MISSOURI ZONES ALSO AT 4 A.M. AND 4 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. 
WSFO DENVER WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE FORECASTS FOR ALL COLORADO ZONES
/DENZFPCO/FPUS5 KDEN/ AT 430 A.M....1030 A.M....430 P.M....AND 930
P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME.  AS NECESSARY...THESE WSFOS ALSO WILL ISSUE WINTER
WEATHER AND NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES AT THESE
SCHEDULED TIMES FOR ANY OR ALL ZONES WITHIN THEIR STATE. 

     AT OTHER TIMES...AS NECESSARY...ZONE FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE FOLLOWING OFFICES FOR
THE ZONES SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW.

NWS OFFICE          ZONES 
                                   
WSFO TOPEKA KS      26 ZONES IN NORTHEAST AND EASTERN KANSAS
                    /KS ZONES 8-12...20-24...26...34-40...54-56...
                    58-59...73...97...101/ 

WSO WICHITA KS      26 ZONES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
                    /KS ZONES 32-33...47-53...67-72...82-83...91-96...
                    98-100/

WSO DODGE CITY KS   27 ZONES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS
                    /KS ZONES 30-31...43-46...61-66...74-81...84-90/


WSO GOODLAND KS     13 ZONES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND 3                 
                    ZONES IN EASTERN COLORADO:
                    /KS ZONES 1-4...13-16...27-29...41-42/
                    /CO ZONES 90-92/
  
WSFO DENVER CO      REMAINING COLORADO ZONES
                    /CO ZONES 1-89/  

WSO HASTINGS NE     6 ZONES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS:
                    /KS ZONES 5-7...17-19/

WSO KANSAS CITY/    7 COUNTIES IN EASTERN KANSAS AND 37 COUNTIES
PLEASANT HILL MO    IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
                    /KS ZONES 25...57...60...102-105/  
                    MO ZONES 1-8...11-17...20-25...28-33...37-40...
                    43-46...53-54/
                   
WSFO ST. LOUIS MO   THE REST OF MO ZONES
                    /MO ZONES 9-10...18-19...26-27...34-36...41-42... 
                    47-52...55-115/  

     NOTE-- WSFOS TOPEKA...ST. LOUIS AND DENVER WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE
ALL LONG-FUSE WATCHES AT ANY TIME...AS NECESSARY...FOR ANY OR ALL
ZONES WITHIN THEIR STATE.

     IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING

CURTIS S. HOLDERBACH   RICHARD H. ELDER        LARRY E. MOONEY
1116 NE STRAIT AVENUE  2142 S. TYLER ROAD      10230 SMITH ROAD
TOPEKA KS 66616-1698   WICHITA KS 67209-3016   DENVER CO 80239-3238
913-232-0814           316-942-8483            303-361-0661

LARRY J. RUTHI                     SCOTT A. MENTZER
104 AIRPORT ROAD                   920 ARMORY ROAD
DODGE CITY KS 67801-9351           GOODLAND KS 67735-9142
316-227-7140                       913-899-2360

STEVEN D. SCHURR                   LYNN P. MAXIMUK
6405 WEST OSBORNE DRIVE            1803 N. 7 HIGHWAY
HASTINGS NE 68901-9120             PLEASANT HILL MO 64080-9421
402-462-2127                       816-540-5147
                                   
STEVEN D. THOMAS              DAVID C. THEOPHILUS  PH. 402-359-5166
12 RESEARCH PARK DRIVE        P.O. BOX 719
ST. CHARLES MO 63304-5686     6707 N. 288TH STREET
314-447-1876                  VALLEY NE 68064-0719 
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