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> > 330 > NOUS41 KWBC 141229 COR > PNSWSH > > PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...CORRECTION...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-29 > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC > 730 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2000 > > ...THE UGC CODE FOR NEW GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ZONE IN TABLE 1 IS > TXZ258 AND NOT TXZ257. ALL OTHER INFORMATION REMAINS THE SAME... > > TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER > WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND EMWIN CUSTOMERS...OTHER > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS > EMPLOYEES > > FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES > > SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED ZONE COVERAGE FOR THE > GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AREA...DAVIS > MOUNTAINS...AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...EFFECTIVE > FEBRUARY 28 2000 > > EFFECTIVE MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 2000 AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD > TIME /CST/...1200 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME...OR 1700 UNIVERSAL > COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...ZONE FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE WEATHER > FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND TEXAS WILL BE IMPROVED TO ACCOUNT FOR > TOPOGRAPHY. THIS CHANGE INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING THREE > IMPROVEMENTS. > > THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND VAN HORN AREA WILL BECOME SEPARATE > ZONES. THE NEW GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ZONE WILL ENCOMPASS THE NORTH > PORTION OF CURRENT ZONE TXZ057 AND THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION > OF CURRENT ZONE TXZ058. THIS SEPARATION CAN BE FURTHER DESCRIBED > USING TIME ZONES. THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ZONE WILL BE THE > MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE PORTION OF CULBERSON COUNTY. /TABLE 1/. > > THE SECOND CHANGE IS THE EXPANSION OF ZONE TXZ074 TO INCLUDE THE > HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ZONES TXZ057 AND > TXZ058. THE EXPANSION OF ZONE TXZ074 WILL INCLUDE BORACHO... > KENT... AND THE INTERSECTION OF I-10 AND I-20. /TABLE 1/ > > THE THIRD CHANGE WILL BE DIVIDING LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO INTO > THREE PARTS. SINCE LEA COUNTY IS 110 MILES LONG...THIS CHANGE > WILL IMPROVE SERVICE TO RESIDENTS. LEA COUNTY WILL BE DIVIDED > INTO NORTHERN LEA /TATUM AND CROSSROADS/...CENTRAL LEA /LOVINGTON > AND HOBBS/...AND SOUTHERN LEA /JAL AND EUNICE/. CENTRAL LEA > COUNTY WILL BE BOUNDED BY 33 DEGREES 0 MINUTES TO THE NORTH AND > 32 DEGREES 30 MINUTES TO THE SOUTH. /TABLE 1/ > > BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION > TO RECEIVE ALL PRODUCTS WHICH USE UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE. THIS CHANGE > DOES NOT EFFECT PRODUCTS USING UGC COUNTY /C/ CODE. > > > TABLE 1: ZONE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE WFO MIDLAND FORECAST AREA. UGC > ZONE /Z/ CODES ARE SHOWN IN THE TABLE. > > ZONE UGC ZONE /Z/ > GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TXZ258 /NEW UGC/ --CORRECTED > VAN HORN AND HWY 54 CORRIDOR TXZ057 > REEVES COUNTY/UPPER TRANS PECOS TXZ058 > DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TXZ074 > > NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NMZ029 > CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NMZ033 /NEW UGC/ > SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NMZ034 /NEW UGC/ > > TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO > FGF THAT WILL CONTAIN INFORMATION FOR THESE RECONFIGURED ZONES. > > NWWS ID WMO HEADING > > PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST LBBZFPMAF FPUS54 KMAF > FLASH FLOOD WATCH LBBFFAMAF WGUS64 KMAF > NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING LBBNPWMAF WWUS74 KMAF > WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING LBBWSWMAF WWUS44 KMAF > SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT LBBSPSMAF WWUS84 KMAF > SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT LBBSVSMAF WWUS54 KMAF > CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE LBBCEMMAF WOUS44 KMAF > PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT LBBPNSMAF NOUS44 KMAF > SHORT-TERM FORECAST LBBNOWMAF FPUS74 KMAF > FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT LBBFFSMAF WGUS74 KMAF > LOCAL STORM REPORT LBBLSRMAF WWUS54 KMAF > > FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER > C-11...APPENDIX A /ZONE FORECAST BOUNDARIES/....THIS UPDATES > PAGES A-61...A-62...A-71...AND A-72. > > IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT: > > RAY FAGEN KEN GRAHAM > METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE > 2500 CHALLENGER DRIVE SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS > MIDLAND TX 79706-2606 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11 > 915-563-5006 X222 FORT WORTH TX 76102 > 817-978-2652 X107 > > ...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS... > THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE > LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM > > END > > > ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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