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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
515 PM EST THU APR 18 2002
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: FORECAST ZONE CONFIGURATION IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
RECONFIGURATION OF BURLINGTON COUNTY INTO TWO SEPARATE
FORECAST ZONES...EFFECTIVE JUNE 5 2002
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 2002 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...200 PM EDT...THERE WILL BE A REALIGNMENT OF FORECAST
ZONE BOUNDARIES IN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE
PHILADELPHIA NWS FORECAST OFFICE WILL DIVIDE BURLINGTON COUNTY
INTO TWO NWS ZONES...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY...TO HELP IMPROVE FORECAST
SERVICES. THE BOUNDARY ESTABLISHING THESE TWO ZONES IS
APPROXIMATED BY A LINE RUNNING FROM ROUTE 534 WHERE IT ENTERS THE
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY...TO ROUTE 206...TO ROUTE
70 WHERE IT EXITS THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY.
THE SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY ZONE WILL BE ASSIGNED A NEW
ZONE /Z/ FORM OF THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/...NJZ027...AND
WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIPS: BASS RIVER...SHAMONG...
TABERNACLE...WASHINGTON...AND WOODLAND. NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON
COUNTY WILL CONTAIN ALL OTHER TOWNSHIPS LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY...AND WILL KEEP THE ORIGINAL UGC /Z/ CODE OF NJZ019.
THE DIVISION OF BURLINGTON COUNTY INTO TWO SEPARATE FORECAST
ZONES WILL ENABLE FORECASTERS TO ISSUE FORECASTS WHICH BETTER
REFLECT THE NATURALLY OCCURRING CLIMATIC DIFFERENCES WHICH EXIST
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WITH THIS
REALIGNMENT AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT OF
PRODUCTS FROM WFO PHILADELPHIA.
THESE ZONE CHANGES REQUIRE CERTAIN USERS...PRIMARILY CABLE TV
OUTLETS...TO BE AWARE OF THE CHANGES...AND TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTIONS TO RECEIVE THE ZONES USING THE Z FORM OF UGCS LISTED IN
TABLE 1. PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHOWING THE RECONFIGURED ZONES WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE BY MAY 3 2002
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://ISL715.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MAPDATA/NEWCAT/WSOM/C11-ZONE.HTM
TABLE 1. NEW ZONE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFIERS
NEW ZONE NAME UGC /Z/ OLD ZONE NAME UGC /Z/
----------------------- -------- -------------- -----
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJZ019 BURLINGTON NJZ019
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJZ027 N/A N/A
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS
CHANGE:
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADER AWIPS ID
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST FPUS51 KPHI ZFPPHI
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FGUS61 KPHI FFAPHI
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING WWUS71 KPHI NPWPHI
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING WWUS41 KPHI WSWPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS81 KPHI SPSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS51 KPHI SVSPHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NOUS41 KPHI PNSPHI
SHORT-TERM FORECAST FPUS71 KPHI NOWPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS71 KPHI FFSPHI
RIVER FLOOD WARNING WGUS41 KPHI FLWPHI
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COUNTY CODES USED FOR TORNADO...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...AS WELL AS CIVIL
EMERGENCY MESSAGES...REMAIN UNCHANGED SINCE THOSE PRODUCTS
UTILIZE THE COUNTY FORM OF THE UGC CODE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:
GARY SZATKOWSKI...METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE. -OR-
JOE MIKETTA...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
732 WOODLANE ROAD
MOUNT HOLLY NJ 08060
PHONE 609-261-6600
GARY.SZATKOWSKI@xxxxxxxx
JOSEPH.MIKETTA@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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