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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
440 PM EST MON MAR 3 1997
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT CHANGES TO NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC FORECASTS EFFECTIVE... 400
A.M. CST APR 1 1997.
A...FORT WORTH/DALLAS METROPOLITAN FORECAST TO BE
REPLACED BY TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES ZONE FORECASTS
...AND...WACO AND VICINITY FORECAST TO BE REPLACED BY
MC LENNAN COUNTY ZONE FORECAST...
B...3- TO 5-DAY EXTENDED FORECAST TO BE ADDED TO ALL
NORTH TEXAS ZONE FORECASTS
ON TUESDAY...APRIL 1 1997 AT 400 AM CST...TWO CHANGES WILL BE MADE
REGARDING THE FORECAST PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE FORT WORTH/DALLAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FORECAST OFFICE FOR NORTH TEXAS.
A. ONE CHANGE WILL BE THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE FORT WORTH/
DALLAS AND WACO LOCAL FORECASTS. BACK ON OCTOBER 1 1993...THE NWS
DESIGNATED EACH COUNTY IN TEXAS AS A SEPARATE ZONE AND ASSIGNED
EACH NEW SMALLER AREA A ZONE FORECAST NUMBER. PREVIOUSLY EACH
FORECAST ZONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPRISED OF 3 TO 8 COUNTIES. THIS
CHANGE GIVES THE NWS GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN ITS ZONE FORECAST
PROGRAM TO IMPROVE FORECAST ACCURACY FOR BENEFIT OF ALL USERS.
SINCE THE FORT WORTH/DALLAS METROPOLITAN FORECAST IS ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME AS THE TEXAS ZONE FORECAST NUMBERS 118 AND 119 /TARRANT
AND DALLAS COUNTIES/ ...CURRENT USERS OF THE FORT WORTH/DALLAS
METROPOLITAN FORECAST CAN REFER TO THESE ZONE FORECASTS.
SIMILARLY...THE WACO AND VICINITY FORECAST IS THE SAME AS THE TEXAS
ZONE FORECAST NUMBER 159 /MC LENNAN COUNTY/...AND THEREFORE USERS
SHOULD REFER TO THIS ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT. SEE TABLE A BELOW FOR
HEADER IDENTIFIER INFORMATION. FOR THOSE WHO USE THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/...THE TEXAS ZONE FORECAST USES THE /Z/ FORM OF
THE CODE...WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE USED IN SHORT-TERM FORECASTS.
TO ENSURE RECEIPT OF THIS FORECAST INFORMATION...IT WILL BE
NECESSARY FOR WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS TO CONTACT GTE/CONTEL AND
HAVE THE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER...FTWZFPTX...ADDED TO YOUR PERMANENT
DOWNLOAD FILE. BECAUSE OF FREQUENT UPDATES...WE RECOMMEND THAT
USERS TO STORE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THE FTWZFPTX TO HELP ASSURE
THAT THE DESIRED ZONE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE WHEN REQUESTED.
TABLE 1..... DISCONTINUED ID BUT FORECASTS ARE
FORECAST AS OF APR 1 ALREADY UNDER
FORT WORTH/DALLAS NWWS ID FTWLFPFTW NWWS ID FTWZFPTX
METROPOLITAN FOS ID FLUS44 KFTW FOS ID FPUS54 KFWD
FORECAST UGC TXZ118-119-
/TX ZONES 118 AND 119/
WACO AND NWWS ID FTWLFPACT NWWS ID FTWZFPTX
VICINITY FORECAST FOS ID FQUS1 KACT FOS FPUS54 KFWD
UGC TXZ159-
/TX ZONE 159/
B. THE SECOND CHANGE TAKING PLACE ON APRIL 1 1997 WILL BE THE
INCLUSION OF THE 3- TO 5-DAY FORECAST FOR ALL NORTH TEXAS ZONE
FORECASTS UNDER NWWS ID OF FTWZFPTX AND FOS ID FPUS54 KFWD.
....................
NOAA WEATHER RADIO NOTE: THE FORECAST FOR THE RADIO LISTENING
AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE BROADCASTED ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE AREA AND FREQUENCY SPECIFIED IN TABLE 2 BELOW.
TABLE 2 NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENCY
DALLAS ** 162.400 MHZ
FORT WORTH ** 162.550 MHZ
WACO 162.475 MHZ
** THE FORT WORTH/DALLAS NOAA WEATHER RADIOS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
CONSOLIDATED AND OPERATE ON ONLY THE 162.400 MHZ FREQUENCY BY
EARLY MARCH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. GIFFORD F. ELY OR MR. JIM STEFKOVICH
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
3401 NORTHERN CROSS BLVD.
FORT WORTH TX 76137-3610
PHONE: /817/ 429-2631 /M-F 800 AM - 400 PM/
ALL NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AT THE FOLLOWING URL
/SMALL CASE LETTERS/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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