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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICL
SERVICES
SUBJECT CREATION OF TWO NEW FORECAST ZONES - THE ASHTABULA
COUNTY OHIO LAKESHORE ZONE AND THE ASHTABULA COUNTY
OHIO INLAND ZONE...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 1996.
EFFECTIVE AT 4 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME /0900 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME/ TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 5 1996...TWO NEW ZONES WILL
BE CREATED IN NORTHEAST OHIO. ASHTABULA COUNTY WILL BE SPLIT
INTO TWO PORTIONS AS LISTED IN TABLE 1... A LAKESHORE PORTION
FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD AND AN INLAND PORTION SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. THE I-90 BREAKPOINT LINE BETWEEN THE TWO ZONES IS
AS FOLLOWS
41 DEG 45 MIN 39 SEC NORTH / 81 DEG 00 MIN 03 SEC WEST TO
41 DEG 55 MIN 30 SEC NORTH / 80 DEG 31 MIN 15 SEC WEST
THIS ZONE CHANGE WILL ALLOW FORECASTS IN ASHTABULA COUNTY TO BE
MORE SPECIFIC.
MANY PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ FOR THESE ZONES /NOT JUST ZONE
FORECASTS/ WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SPLITTING OF ASHTABULA COUNTY
INTO TWO NEW ZONES. THIS IS BECAUSE THE Z /ZONE/ FORM OF THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/ USED IN THESE PRODUCTS CONTAIN THE
ZONE NUMBERS TO FURTHER IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS. THE CATEGORIES
OF AFFECTED PRODUCTS THAT USE THE Z FORM OF THE UGC ARE LISTED IN
TABLE 2 WITH THEIR NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ IDENTIFIERS. USERS WHO NORMALLY GET INFORMATION
ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ZONES WILL NEED TO USE THE NEW UGCS FOR THE
ZONES WITHIN ASHTABULA COUNTY.
TABLE 1. NEW ZONE IDENTIFIERS FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY...OHIO.
ZONE NAME UGC /Z/ CODE UGC /C/ COUNTY CODE
/UNCHANGED/
ASHTABULA /LAKESHORE/ OHZ089- OHC007-
ASHTABULA /INLAND/ OHZ014- OHC007-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CLEVELAND /CLE/ THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY THIS ZONE CHANGE.
AFOS/ WMO ID
NWWS ID FOR FOS
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST CLEZFPOH FPUS41 KCLE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH CLEFFACLE RWUS31 KCLE
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CLENPWCLE WWUS45 KCLE
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CLEWSWCLE WWUS46 KCLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CLESPSCLE WWUS35 KCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT CLESVSCLE WWUS34 KCLE
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE CLECEMCLE MMUS40 KCLE
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT CLEPNSCLE ABUS34 KCLE
SHORT-TERM FORECAST CLENOWCLE FXUS21 KCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT CLEFFSCLE RWUS32 KCLE
LOCAL STORM REPORT CLELSRCLE WWUS30 KCLE
FOR HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-11...ZONE AND
LOCAL FORECASTS...APPENDIX A /ZONE FORECAST MAPS/...THIS ZONE
CHANGE UPDATES PAGES A-31 AND A-32.
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
/MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE /WCM/ WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROLOGIST/
WILLIAM COMEAUX...MIC...OR LARRY GABRIC...WCM
FEDERAL FACILITIES BUILDING
CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT
CLEVELAND...OHIO 44135
PHONE 216-265-2372
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION IN
SMALL CASE IS
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
...NOTES FOR INTERNET USERS...
STATE ZONE MAPS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEB AT THE
FOLLOWING ADDRESS /SMALL CASE/...BUT USE ONLY IF A MAP WAS
MODIFIED ON OR AFTER AUGUST 20 1996.
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MODERNIZE/ST-MAPS/MAPS.HTM
FOR A HARD COPY OHIO ZONE MAP...CALL OR WRITE THE
FOLLOWING
NWS/OM12 - 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY - SILVER SPRING MD 20910
PH. 301-713-1726 EXT 109 OR 149.
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