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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
756 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES.
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF MARINE ZONE COVERAGE FOR INLAND
SABINE LAKE...CALCASIEU LAKE...AND VERMILION BAY:
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2008
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 2008 AT 1030 AM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME /CDT/...1130 AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME...OR 1530 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA WILL ISSUE FORECASTS FOR ITS MAJOR INLAND LAKES AND BAYS AS SEPARATE MARINE ZONES.
THE FIRST CHANGE SPLITS SABINE LAKE FROM MARINE ZONE GMZ450... WHICH EXTENDS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX...OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES. THIS SPLIT WILL OCCUR AT THE MOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER AT SABINE TX. THE SECOND CHANGE IS TO ADD CALCASIEU LAKE AND LOWER CALCASIEU RIVER TO THE MARINE ZONES...AND PERFORM A SPLIT FROM MARINE ZONE GMZ450...WHICH EXTENDS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX...OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES. THIS SPLIT WILL OCCUR AT THE MOUTH OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER AT CAMERON LA.
THE THIRD CHANGE IS TO SPLIT VERMILION BAY FROM MARINE ZONE GMZ455...WHICH EXTENDS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES. THIS SPLIT WILL OCCUR AT THE WESTERN END OF MARSH ISLAND NEAR LIGHTHOUSE POINT...AND FROM THE EASTERN END OF MARSH ISLAND NEAR LAKE POINT TO MARONE POINT ACROSS EASTERN VERMILION BAY.
TO VIEW GRAPHICAL IMAGES OF THESE CHANGES...GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LCH/MARINE/NEWMARINEZONES2008.PHPTABLE 1 LISTS ALL OF THE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO LAKE CHARLES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES OCTOBER 1 2008. TABLE 2 LISTS ALL THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S FOR WFO LAKE CHARLES. TABLE 3 LISTS ALL THE MARINE ZONES AND UGCS FOR WHICH WFO LAKE CHARLES WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS OCTOBER 1 2008.
TABLE 1: WFO LAKE CHARLES PRODUCTS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2008
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID COASTAL WATERS FORECAST CWFLCH FZUS54 KLCH MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE MWWLCH WHUS74 KLCH SPECIAL MARINE WARNING SMWLCH WHUS54 KLCH MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT MWSLCH FZUS74 KLCH HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT HLSLCH WTUS84 KLCH HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HWOLCH FLUS44 KLCH SHORT TERM FORECAST NOWLCH FPUS74 KLCH WEATHER WATCH CLEARANCE WCNLCH WWUS64 KLCH NOTIFICATIONTABLE 2: CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGCS FOR WHICH WFO LAKE CHARLES ISSUES FORECASTS AND WARNINGS
CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA GMZ455 RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER GMZ475 TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO GMZ452 CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO GMZ472 CAMERON LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO GMZ450HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX GMZ470 EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NMTABLE 3: MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGCS FOR WHICH WFO LAKE CHARLES WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2008.
MARINE ZONE NAME UGC
SABINE LAKE GMZ430 /NEW UGC/ CALCASIEU LAKE GMZ432 /NEW UGC/ VERMILION BAY GMZ435 /NEW UGC/ COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA GMZ455 RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER GMZ475 TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY GMZ452 TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO GMZ472 CAMERON LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO GMZ450HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND GMZ470 TX EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NMBECAUSE OF THESE ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO MARINE ZONES TAKING EFFECT OCTOBER 1 2008 AND SHOWN IN TABLE 3...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CONTINUE CORRECTLY PROCESSING THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 1. AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE CHANGES TO THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: ANDY PATRICK MELINDA BAILEY METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS 500 AIRPORT BLVD, #115 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11 LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607 FORT WORTH TX 76102 337-477-5285 817-978-1100 X107NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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