951208: PNS for SD Zone forecasts (fwd)

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• Subject: 951208: PNS for SD Zone forecasts (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 20:30:01 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST FRI DEC 8 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...CUSTOMER SERVICE

SUBJECT   EVENT DRIVEN ZONE-FORECASTS FROM THE NWS FORECAST
          OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA
      
     EFFECTIVE MONDAY...FEBRUARY 12 1996...AT 4:00 A.M.
...CENTRAL STANDARD TIME /1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ AT SIOUX FALLS
/FSD/...SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BEGIN ISSUING MORE EVENT-DRIVEN PUBLIC
ZONE FORECASTS.
 
     THIS PROGRAM CHANGE MEANS THAT THE SCHEDULED 11 A.M. AND 9
P.M. ZONE FORECASTS FROM WSFO FSD WILL BE REPLACED BY UNSCHEDULED
EVENT-DRIVEN ZONE FORECAST UPDATES...AS NEEDED.  WSFO FSD...
HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE SCHEDULED ZONE FORECASTS AT 4
A.M. AND 4 P.M CENTRAL TIME.

     THE SOUTH DAKOTA ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FROM WSFO FSD WILL
CONTINUE TO CONSIST OF SOUTH DAKOTA ZONES 1 THROUGH 70...AND
ADJACENT ZONES IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA /MN ZONES 97 AND
98/ AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA /IA ZONES 1 AND 12/.  

     ALSO...WSFO FSD/S ZONE FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED
UNDER NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCT IDENTIFIER
FSDZFPSD AND FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ PRODUCT HEADER FPUS5 KFSD. 

     SUBSCRIBERS TO NWWS AND THE FOS DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE ACTION
TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROGRAM CHANGE SINCE THERE IS NO CHANGE IN
THE NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER OR FOS PRODUCT HEADER FOR ANY ZONE. 

     SOUTH DAKOTA ZONE 71 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY THE WSFO IN DES MOINES /DSM/...IOWA AS
PRESENTLY SCHEDULED ALONG WITH UPDATES AS NEEDED.  FOR THIS
ZONE...THE NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER WILL REMAIN DSMZFPIA AND THE
FOS PRODUCT HEADER WILL CONTINUE AS FPUS5 KDSM. 

     THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES THE ZONES THAT WSFOS FSD AND DSM
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

WSFO FSD           70 ZONES IN SOUTH DAKOTA /SD ZONES 1-70/
                    2 ZONES IN IOWA /IA ZONES 1 AND 12/
                    2 ZONES IN MINNESOTA /MN ZONES 97 AND 98/

WSFO DSM            1 ZONE IN SOUTH DAKOTA /SD ZONE 71/ 

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

     D. GREG HARMON                         CRAIG M. EDWARDS
     NWS FORECAST OFFICE                    NWS FORECAST OFFICE
     26 WEATHER LANE                        1733 LAKE DRIVE WEST
     SIOUX FALLS SD 57104-0198              CHANHASSEN MN 55317
     PH. 605-330-4247                       PH. 612-361-6670

     J. JOHN FELDT
     NWS FORECAST OFFICE
     9607 NW BEAVER DRIVE
     JOHNSTON IA 50131-1908
     PH. 515-270-4501

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