970602: Correction-zone forecast product-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 970602: Correction-zone forecast product-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:22:15 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997
 
TO         FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAA WEATHER
           WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL
           WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM       THERESE Z. PIERCE... CHIEF... HYDROMET. SERVICES
 
SUBJECT    RECONFIGURATION OF PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES IN WASHINGTON
           STATE... EFFECTIVE JULY 1 1997
 
...CORRECTED WMO/FOS HEADER FOR ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT IN TABLE 2
SECTION A.  ALL OTHER INFORMATION REMAINS THE SAME...
 
THE NWS WILL RECONFIGURE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST AREAS IN WASHINGTON
STATE ON JULY 1 1997... AT 1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/... 4 A.M. PDT... 5 A.M. MST.  THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL
HELP PROVIDE BETTER SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTS BY AFFORDING
FORECASTERS THE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY TO GROUP NEW SMALLER ZONES
TOGETHER OR SEPARATE THEM OUT TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT ONGOING
AND PREDICTED WEATHER.
 
TABLE 1 LISTS THE NEW ZONES.  A ZONE WILL BE NAMED EITHER BY
COUNTY OR COUNTIES OR OTHER RECOGNIZABLE GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.  
 
MANY PRODUCTS ISSUED /NOT JUST ZONE FORECASTS/ WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS.  THIS IS BECAUSE THE Z /ZONE/
FORM OF THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/ USED IN THESE PRODUCTS
CONTAIN ZONE NUMBERS TO FURTHER IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS BY ZONE
WITHIN THE STATE.  THE CATEGORIES OF AFFECTED PRODUCTS THAT USE
THE Z FORM OF THE UGC ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2 WITH THEIR NWWS AND
FOS IDENTIFIERS.  USERS WHO SELECT INFORMATION FOR SPECIFIC ZONES
WILL NEED TO USE THE CORRECT UGCS FOR THE RECONFIGURED ZONES.
 
TABLE 1. NEW ZONES EFFECTIVE JULY 1 1997 AT 1100 UTC.
             
UGC Z      WASHINGTON ZONE NAME
 
WAZ002-    WESTERN WHATCOM
WAZ003-    NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS
WAZ004-    CENTRAL CASCADES FOOTHILLS
WAZ011-    SOUTHWEST INTERIOR
WAZ017-    WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES
WAZ018-    WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES
WAZ019-    WEST SLOPES SOUTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES
WAZ022-    LOWER COLUMBIA
WAZ024-    EAST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
WAZ027-    YAKIMA VALLEY
WAZ028-    LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
 
 
THE FOLLOWING ZONE WILL DELETED AT THE SAME TIME:
 
WAZ020-    SOUTHWEST INTERIOR
 
TABLE 2. PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY ZONE RECONFIGURATION.
 
A.    PRODUCTS ISSUED BY ZONE FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN SEATTLE /SEA/...WASHINGTON.
 
PRODUCT                                     NWWS      WMO/FOS IDS
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT                      SEAZFPWA  +FPUS56 KSEW
                                                     +/CORRECTED/
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY      SEAWSWSEA  WWUS46 KSEA
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY   SEANPWSEA  WWUS45 KSEA
FLASH FLOOD WATCH                          SEAFFASEA  RWUS31 KSEA
STATE FORECAST PRODUCT                     SEASFPWA   FPUS1 KSEA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT                  SEASPSSEA  WWUS35 KSEA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT                      SEAFFSSEA  RWUS32 KSEA
STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP                      SEASWRWA   ASUS56 KSEA
 
B.    OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY ZONE FROM EITHER WSFO SEA... WSFO
PORTLAND /PDX/ OREGON...OR THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN
PENDLETON /PDT/...OREGON...DEPENDING ON THE COUNTY WARNING AREA
OF RESPONSIBILITY /SEE NOTES ++++/
 
PRODUCT                                    NWWS       WMO/FOS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT                   ---SVS---  WWUS34 K---
SHORT TERM FORECAST                        ---NOW---  FPUS75 K---
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT                  ---SPS---  WWUS35 K---
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT                      ---FFS---  RWUS32 K---
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT               ---PNS---  ABUS34 K---
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE                    ---CEM---  MMUS40 K---
LOCAL STORM REPORT                         ---LSR---  WWUS30 K---
 
++++                                       NWWS       WMO/FOS
WA ZONES 2 3 4 11 17 18    WSFO SEA        SEA---SEA  ------ KSEA
WA ZONES 19 22             WSFO PDX        PDX---PDX  ------ KPDX
WA ZONES 24 27 28          WSO PDT         PDX---PDT  ------ KPDT
 
THESE ZONE CHANGES UPDATE PAGES A-121 AND 122 OF NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-11... ZONE AND LOCAL
FORECASTS... APPENDIX A - ZONE FORECAST MAPS. UPDATED ZONE MAPS
CAN BE DOWNLOADED OFF THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /IN ALL LOWER CASE/:
      
          HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MODERNIZE/ST-MAPS/MAPS.HTM
      
HARD COPIES OF ZONE MAPS CAN BE      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL
REQUESTED FROM:                      OR WRITE
 
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