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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
810 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007
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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: REALIGNMENT OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO CORRESPOND TO EXISTING PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES FOR WFO GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG /GSP/ NC AND WFO LOS ANGELES/OXNARD /LOX/ CA EFFECTIVE APRIL 17 2007
REFER TO: SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 06-01 /CORRECTED/ ZONE FORECAST BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS: EFFECTIVE MAY 9 2006
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 17 2007 AT 1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...0200 PM EDT...WFO GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG /GSP/ WILL REALIGN ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES /NCZ 034...054...055...066 AND 067/ TO CORRESPOND WITH ITS PUBLIC WEATHER ZONES /NCZ 501 THROUGH 510/ AS THE PUBLIC ZONES WERE PREVIOUSLY REALIGNED. THESE WFO GSP FIRE ZONES WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THEIR PUBLIC ZONES IN ZONE NAME AND ZONE NUMBER. PLEASE REFER TO SCN 06-01 /CORRECTED/ ZONE FORECAST BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EFFECTIVE MAY 9 2006 FOR DETAILS. IN ADDITION EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 17 2007 AT 1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...1100 AM PDT...WFO LOS ANGELES/OXNARD /LOX/ WILL CORRECT ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES AS THEY PERTAIN TO SEVERAL NEAR SHORE ISLANDS (EXCEPT FOR SANTA CATALINA ISLAND WHICH WILL REMAIN IN ZONE CAZ287) TO CORRESPOND WITH ITS PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES. SPECIFICALLY:
CAZ239 WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE SANTA ROSA...SANTA CRUZ...SAN MIGUEL...AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS.
CAZ240 WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE SAN NICHOLAS AND ANACAPA ISLANDS. CAZ241 WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND.WFO LOX DOES NOT HAVE EITHER FIRE WEATHER OR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ISLANDS.
NWS CUSTOMERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE CHANGES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE OF THE REALIGNED BOUNDARIES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTMALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW CONFIGURATION PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WAS REQUESTED BY...AND HAS BEEN CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND USERS TO BE READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON APRIL 17 2007.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:LARRY GABRIC: METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE -OR- VINCE DICARLO: WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT 1549 GSP DRIVE GREER SC 29651 PHONE: 864-848-9970 OR ERIC BOLDT...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO LOS ANGELES/OXNARD 520 N ELEVAR ST OXNARD CA 93030-5870 PH: (805)988-6615THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM. $$ NNNN -- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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