20010514: Zone Fcst-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20010514: Zone Fcst-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:56:56 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1150 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2001

TO:         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
            SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
            /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS

FROM:       JAMES E. LEE
            CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:    IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CATALINA ISLAND ZONE FORECAST
            /CAZ087/...EFFECTIVE JUNE 20 2001

EFFECTIVE JUNE 20 2001 AT 330 AM PDT /1130 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW
ZONE FORECAST FOR CATALINA ISLAND IN CALIFORNIA.  THE CATALINA
ISLAND ZONE FORECAST WILL COVER THE ENTIRE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE
HEAVY TOURIST AREA OF AVALON CALIFORNIA.  THE NEW UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODE FOR THE NEW ZONE IS CAZ087.  CATALINA ISLAND IS
CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN ZONE 041 /CAZ041/.

THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE FORECAST WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /PIL IDENTIFIER
LAXZFPLOX/ TRANSMITTED BY WFO LOS ANGELES/OXNARD.  THE ZONE
NUMBER IDENTIFIER FOR THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE WILL BE CALIFORNIA
ZONE 087...SEE THE ZONE DESCRIPTION BELOW:

     UGC       DESCRIPTION

     CAZ087    CATALINA ISLAND

PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE 087
ADDITION ARE INDICATED BELOW IN TABLE 1.

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHOWING THE NEW CATALINA ISLAND ZONE WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE BY MAY 21 2001
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://ISL715.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MAPDATA/NEWCAT/WSOM/C11-ZONE.HTM

TABLE 1: PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE ADDITION.

PRODUCT                       WMO HEADER     AWIPS ID  PIL ID

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT         FPUS56 KLOX    ZFPLOX    LAXZFPLOX
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/         WWUS46 KLOX    WSWLAX    LAXWSWLAX
  WARNING/ADVISORY
NON-PRECIPITATION/WATCH/      WWUS45 KLAX    NPWLAX    LAXNPWLAX
  WARNING/ADVISORY
FLASH FLOOD WATCH             RWUS31 KLAX    FFALAX    LAXFFALAX
SHORT TERM FORECAST           FPUS76 KLOX    NOWLAX    LAXNOWLAX
STATE FORECAST PRODUCT        FPUS66 KLOX    SFPCA     LAXSFPCA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      WWUS34 KLAX    SVSLAX    LAXSVSLAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     WWUS35 KLAX    SPSLAX    LAXSPSLAX
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT   RWUS42 KLAX    FLSLAX    LAXFLSLAX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  ABUS34 KLAX    PNSLAX    LAXPNSLAX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       MMUS40 KLAX    CEMLAX    LAXCEMLAX
LOCAL STORM REPORT            WWUS30 KLAX    LSRLAX    LAXLSRLAX
STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP         ASUS46 KLAX    SWRCA     LAXSWRCA

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO WFO LOS
ANGELES/OXNARD METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE TODD MORRIS AT:
805-988-6615.

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

        HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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