980522: zones in Neb and KS-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 980522: zones in Neb and KS-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:22:06 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS41 KWBC 221657
PNSWSH
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 1998
 
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   FORECAST RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TWENTY-FOUR /24/ ZONES IN
          SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SIX /6/ ZONES IN NORTH
          CENTRAL KANSAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
          FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS NEBRASKA...EFFECTIVE JULY 7
          1998.
 
     EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 7 1998...AT 12:00 NOON...CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1700 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...  THE NATIONAL
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFSO/ IN HASTINGS...NEBRASKA WILL ASSUME
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY-FOUR /24/ ZONES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SIX /6/ ZONES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
     
     FOR THE AFFECTED ZONES /TABLES 1 AND 2/... USERS OF ZONE
FORECASTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS /TABLE 3/ WILL NEED TO INITIATE
ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE SINCE THERE WILL BE NWWS
PRODUCT IDENTIFIER AND WMO HEADING CHANGES.
 
UGC = UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE  Z=ZONE
 
TABLE 1:  KANSAS ZONE TRANSFERS FROM WSFO TOPEKA KANSAS TO WSFO
HASTINGS: SIX /6/ ZONES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS:
     
     UGC Z              COUNTY ZONE     
     KSZ005-            PHILLIPS
     KSZ006-            SMITH
     KSZ007-            JEWELL
     KSZ017-            ROOKS
     KSZ018-            OSBORNE
     KSZ019-            MITCHELL
 
TABLE 2:  NEBRASKA ZONE TRANSFERS FROM WSFO OMAHA NEBRASKA TO
WSFO HASTINGS:  TWENTY-FOUR /24/ ZONES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA:
 
     UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE      UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE  
     NEZ039- VALLEY           NEZ040- GREELEY 
     NEZ041- NANCE            NEZ046- SHERMAN
     NEZ047- HOWARD           NEZ048- MERRICK
     NEZ049- POLK             NEZ060- DAWSON
     NEZ061- BUFFALO          NEZ062- HALL
     NEZ063- HAMILTON         NEZ064- YORK
     NEZ072- GOSPER           NEZ073- PHELPS
     NEZ074- KEARNEY          NEZ075- ADAMS
     NEZ076- CLAY             NEZ077- FILLMORE
     NEZ082- FURNAS           NEZ083- HARLAN
     NEZ084- FRANKLIN         NEZ085- WEBSTER
     NEZ086- NUCKOLLS         NEZ087- THAYER
       
TABLE 3:  FOR THE ZONES IN TABLES 1 AND 2... THE FOLLOWING WILL
BE THE NEW NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS AND WMO HEADINGS.
 
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION                     NWWS ID     WMO HEADING
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS                   OMAZFPGID   FPUS53 KGID
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING        OMAWSWGRI   WWUS46 KGRI +
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING   OMANPWGRI   WWUS45 GRIF +
FLASH FLOOD WATCH                       OMAFFAGID   WGUS63 KGID
 
+    THESE WMO HEADINGS WILL CHANGE SOMETIME AFTER JULY 7 1998.
     CHECK FUTURE DATA MANAGEMENT MESSAGES - NOXX10 KWBC -  OR
     WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML   
     /LOWER CASE/ FOR UPCOMING WMO HEADING REVISIONS.
     
     IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
 
STEVEN D. SCHURR...MIC                DAVID C. THEOPHILUS...MIC 
6365 OSBORNE DR. WEST                 6707 NORTH 288TH STREET
HASTINGS NE. 68901-9163               P.O. BOX 719
402-462-2127                          OMAHA NE. 68064-0719
                                      402-359-5166
CURTIS S. HOLDERBACH...MIC
1116 NE STRAIT AVENUE
TOPEKA KANSAS 66616-1698
785-232-0814
 
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE  URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
 
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