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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MORE EVENT DRIVEN PUBLIC
FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
COLORADO...EFFECTIVE MARCH 6 1996.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...MARCH 6 1996...AT 430 A.M. MOUNTAIN
STANDARD TIME /1130 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICES /WSO/ IN PUEBLO /PUB/...COLORADO AND GOODLAND /GLD/...KANSAS
WILL SHARE PUBLIC FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING AND ADVISORY
RESPONSIBILITY IN COLORADO WITH THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
/WSFO/ IN DENVER /DEN/...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
COLORADO WILL REMAIN THE SAME...REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUING OFFICE. THE
ISSUING OFFICE...HOWEVER...WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY THE MASS NEWS
DISSEMINATOR BLOCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRODUCT. COLORADO PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS
NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
COLORADO ZONE FORECASTS DENZFPCO FPUS5 KDEN
WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS DENWSWDEN WWUS46 KDEN
NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARDS DENNPWDEN WWUS45 KDEN
FOR HIGH WIND...FROST/FREEZES
...RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY
...AND HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
WSFO DEN WILL ISSUE THE COLORADO ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT AT 430
A.M. AND 330 P.M....MOUNTAIN TIME FOR ALL COLORADO ZONES. AS
NECESSARY...WSFO DEN ALSO WILL ISSUE WINTER WEATHER AND NON-
PRECIPITATION WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES AT THESE SCHEDULED
TIMES FOR ANY OR ALL ZONES WITHIN THEIR STATE.
AT OTHER TIMES...AS NECESSARY...UPDATED ZONE FORECASTS AND LONG-
FUSE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE FOLLOWING OFFICES
FOR THE ZONES SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW.
OFFICE ZONES
WSFO DENVER CO 41 ZONES IN NORTHEAST AND WESTERN COLORADO
/CO ZONES 1-12...14-15...17-23...30 AND 32-50/
WSO PUEBLO CO 22 ZONES IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO
/CO ZONES 60-81/
WSO GOODLAND KS 3 ZONES IN EAST-CENTRAL COLORADO
/CO ZONES 90-92/
WITH THIS MORE EVENT DRIVEN ZONE FORECAST PROGRAM...SCHEDULED
ZONE FORECASTS FOR COLORADO WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED AT 1030 AM AND
900 PM MOUNTAIN TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING
LARRY E. MOONEY WILLIAM F. FORTUNE
10230 SMITH ROAD 3 EATON WAY
DENVER CO 80239-3238 PUEBLO CO 81001-4856
303-361-0661 719-948-9429
SCOTT MENTZER
920 ARMORY ROAD
GOODLAND KS 67735-9273
913-899-2360
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