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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-03
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EST THU FEB 17 2005
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER
INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS
FROM: THERESE PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGE OF RESPONSIBILITY OF MARINE SERVICE IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN...AND NEW MARINE PRODUCT IDS:
EFFECTIVE AT 1200 UTC ON TUESDAY APRIL 5 2005
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY... APRIL 5 2005 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/... THE NWS OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA /IWX/ ASSUMES MARINE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR A PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.
MARINE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AREA CURRENTLY IS SHARED BETWEEN THE
NWS CHICAGO... IL /LOT/ AND GRAND RAPIDS... MI /GRR/. ALL USERS MUST
ADD THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TO
RECEIVE THE NEW PRODUCTS:
MARINE PRODUCTWMO HEADINGAWIPS ID
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NEARSHORE FORECASTFZUS53 KIWXNSHIWX
SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGWHUS53 KIWXSMWIWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTFZUS73 KIWXMWSIWX
LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING/
WATCH/ADVISORY STATEMENTWHUS43 KIWXCFWIWX
OTHER MARINE REPORTSXUS83 KIWXOMRIWX
THIS ASSUMPTION OF MARINE RESPONSIBILITY WILL NECESSITATE THE
FOLLOWING CHANGES OF MARINE ZONES.
TABLE 1.
OLD MARINE ZONENEW MARINE ZONE
LMZ746LMZ046
MICHIGAN CITY INMICHIGAN CITY IN
TO NEW BUFFALO MI TO NEW BUFFALO MI
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE
CHICAGO FORECAST OFFICE NORTHERN INDIANA FORECAST OFFICE
TABLE 2.
OLD MARINE ZONENEW MARINE ZONE
LMZ843LMZ043
NEW BUFFALO MI NEW BUFFALO MI
TO ST. JOSEPH MI TO ST. JOSEPH MI
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWSPRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWS
GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICE
TABLE 3.
OLD OPEN LAKE MARINE ZONESNEW OPEN LAKE MARINE ZONE
LMZ867LMZ061
LAKE MICHIGAN NEW BUFFALOLAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN
TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM TO ST.JOSEPH MI TO 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE OF LAKEOFFSHORE TO MID-LINE OF LAKE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING ANDSPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND
SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH
ISSUED BY GRAND RAPIDS ISSUED BY NORTHERN
FORECAST OFFICE INDIANA FORECAST OFFICE
LMZ766
LAKE MICHIGAN WINTHROP HARBOR IL
EASTWARD TO THE MIDPOINT
OF THE LAKE AND SOUTHWARD TO
NEW BUFFALO MI
TO 5 NM OFFSHORE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND
SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH
ISSUED BY CHICAGO
FORECAST OFFICE
PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BE DESIGNATED
LMZ061 AND WILL BE UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NORTHERN
INDIANA FORECAST OFFICE FOR SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS AND SEVERE
LOCAL STORM WATCHES.
THE CREATION OF THE NEW OPEN LAKE LMZ061 DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL
NECCESSITATE CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES OF PRESENT OPEN LAKE ZONES
LMZ766 AND LMZ867...WHICH WILL RETAIN THESE DESIGNATIONS.
AN UPDATED MARINE ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE CHANGES TO
THE MARINE ZONES WILL BE AVAILABLE BY TUESDAY APRIL 5 2005 FOR
DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
TO IMPLEMENT MARINE RESPONSIBILITY AT IWX AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
NEAR SHORE FORECAST SEASON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...
THE NOTIFICATION PERIOD FOR THESE CHANGES IS LESS THAN 120 DAYS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND/OR
PRODUCT ADDITIONS... CONTACT:
MR. MICHAEL SABONES
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
7506 EAST 850 NORTH
SYRACUSE INDIANA 46567
PHONE 574-834-1104
EMAIL MIKE.SABONES@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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