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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-40...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
720 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: AMENDED: IMPLEMENTATION TIME CHANGED TO 2 PM MDT.
CREATION OF NEW PUBLIC FORECAST ZONE AND MINOR
RECONFIGURATIONS OF OTHER PUBLIC FORECAST ZONE
BOUNDARIES IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST OREGON
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2009
AMENDED EFFECTIVE TIME OF THIS CHANGE TO BE 200 PM MOUNTAIN
DAYLIGHT TIME OR 2000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. THE ORIGINAL
NOTICE IS BELOW FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. THERE WERE NO OTHER CHANGES.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 2009 AT 12 NOON MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT
TIME /MDT/ OR 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN BOISE ID /BOI/ WILL RECONFIGURE
SOME OF ITS PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES FOR AREAS IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO AND
SOUTHEAST OREGON.
THIS CHANGE WILL ADD A NEW IDAHO ZONE...IDZ033 /UPPER WEISER
VALLEY/ FOR WFO BOI. THIS NEW ZONE WAS CREATED BY COMBINING
CLIMATOLOGICALLY SIMILAR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF
IDZ011 /WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/ AND THE NORTH PORTION OF IDZ012
/LOWER TREASURE VALLEY/. THESE ZONE PORTIONS ARE NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CLIMATOLOGY OF THEIR PARENT ZONES AND THEY
DO NOT CONTAIN ANY CLIMATE VERIFICATION POINTS. THE CLIMATOLOGY
OF THEIR PARENT ZONES /IDZ011 AND IDZ012/ WILL NOT CHANGE
SIGNIFICANTLY AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE.
NEW WFO BOISE ID PUBLIC FORECAST ZONE:
IDZ033 UPPER WEISER RIVER
DESCRIPTION: MID ELEVATIONS OF THE WEISER RIVER VALLEY ABOVE THE
TOWN OF WEISER NORTH TO INCLUDE THE AREA AROUND COUNCIL. IN THE
SOUTHEAST THIS ZONE IS ALONG THE WEISER/PAYETTE COUNTY BORDER. IN
THE SOUTHWEST THE ZONE BEGINS NEAR THE MANN CREEK RESERVOIR. THE
ZONE EXTENDS NORTH SURROUNDING THE UPPER WEISER RIVER VALLEY AT
ROUGHLY THE 4800 FOOT ELEVATION LEVEL.
REPRESENTATIVE CITES: MIDVALE...CAMBRIDGE...COUNCIL...FRUITVALE
...INDIAN VALLEY.
IN ADDITION THIS CHANGE WILL MODIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
FOLLOWING WFO BOI PUBLIC ZONES IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST
OREGON. THESE CHANGES ARE MINOR IN NATURE...DO NOT AFFECT ANY
CLIMATE VERIFICATION POINTS AND DO NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE
CLIMATOLOGY OF THE ZONES.
IDZ011 WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
DESCRIPTION: MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER VALLEYS OF WEST CENTRAL IDAHO.
THIS ZONE SITS BETWEEN THE SNAKE RIVER ON THE WEST AND THE MIDDLE
FORK OF THE SALMON RIVER ON THE EAST. THE NORTH END OF THE ZONE IS
THE NORTHERN BORDER OF VALLEY AND ADAMS COUNTIES WITH THE SOUTH
BORDER BOUNDED BY THE VALLEY/BOISE COUNTY BORDER ON THE EAST AND
ROUGHLY BY THE 4800 FOOT CONTOUR SURROUNDING THE WEISER RIVER
VALLEY IN THE SOUTHWEST.
REPRESENTATIVE CITIES: MCCALL...NEW MEADOWS...BEAR...CASCADE...
SMITHS FERRY...YELLOW PINE.
IDZ012 LOWER TREASURE VALLEY
DESCRIPTION: LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN IN WESTERN
IDAHO INCLUDING THE BOISE...PAYETTE...AND WEISER RIVER VALLEYS.
THIS ZONE STRETCHES FROM THE OREGON BORDER ON THE WEST TO THE
CANYON/ADA COUNTY LINE ON THE EAST. THE NORTHERN AREA INCLUDES THE
TOWN OF WEISER WITH THE SOUTH END OF THE ZONE EXTENDING ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER IN OWYHEE COUNTY.
REPRESENTATIVE CITIES:
WEISER...PAYETTE...CALDWELL...NAMPA...HOMEDALE...MARSING...MURPHY.
IDZ013 BOISE MOUNTAINS
DESCRIPTION: MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS EAST AND NORTHEAST OF BOISE.
THIS INCLUDES ALL OF BOISE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
CAMAS COUNTY ABOVE 6000 FOOT ELEVATION. REPRESENTATIVE CITIES: LOWMAN...IDAHO CITY...HORSESHOE BEND... PINE...ATLANTA. IDZ014 UPPER TREASURE VALLEY DESCRIPTION: THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN IN WESTERN IDAHO. THIS AREA STRETCHES FROM THE CANYON/ADA COUNTY BORDER IN THE WEST TO THE ELMORE/GOODING COUNTY BORDER IN THE EAST. THE NORTH END RUNS ROUGHLY ALONG THE 3000 FOOT ELEVATION WITH THE SOUTH END ROUGHLY 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER. REPRESENTATIVE CITIES: BOISE...EAGLE...MERIDIAN...MOUNTAIN HOME ...GLENNS FERRY...GRAND VIEW...BRUNEAU...HOT SPRINGS. IDZ028 CAMAS PRAIRIE DESCRIPTION: THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CAMAS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CAMAS COUNTY FROM THE CAMAS/GOODING COUNTY BORDER NORTH TO ROUGHLY THE 6000 FOOT ELEVATION CONTOUR. THIS ZONE ALSO INCLUDES THE PORTION OF BOISE COUNTY FROM HILL CITY EAST THAT SITS IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. REPRESENTATIVE CITIES: FAIRVIEW...HILL CITY. ORZ063 MALHEUR COUNTY DESCRIPTION: ALL OF MALHEUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OREGON OUTSIDE OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR ONTARIO...VALE...AND JAMIESON. REPRESENTATIVE CITIES: JORDAN VALLEY...ROME...HARPER...JUNTURA. ORZ064 OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY DESCRIPTION: THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST MALHEUR COUNTY ALONG THE IDAHO BORDER. THIS INCLUDES THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE OWYHEE AND MALHEUR RIVER VALLEYS AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF WILLOW CREEK. REPRESENTATIVE CITIES: ONTARIO...VALE...NYSSA...ADRIAN...JAMIESON...BROGAN. A MAP DEPICTING THE RECONFIGURED PUBLIC ZONES IS ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/RESOURCES/BOISEZONES.PNG WFO BOISE PUBLIC WEATHER PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS RECONFIGURATION OF PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES: PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS85 KBOI SPSBOI ZONE FORECAST FPUS55 KBOI ZFPBOI SHORT TERM FORECAST FPUS75 KBOI NOWBOI HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FLUS45 KBOI HWOBOI WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS WWUS45 KBOI WSWBOI NON PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS WWUS75 KBOI NPWBOI PARTNERS AND USERS MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO CONTINUE CORRECTLY PROCESSING PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS RECONFIGURATION. UPDATED PUBLIC ZONE SHAPEFILES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/PUBZONE.HTM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHANGE IS SOONER THAN SPECIFIED BY NWS POLICY /NWS INSTRUCTION 10-1805/. THE REDUCTION OF THE NORMAL ADVANCE LEAD TIME WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THE CHANGE TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE ONSET OF WINTER WEATHER. PARTNERS AND USERS WILL NOT HAVE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: PAUL FLATT WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO BOISE IDAHO 3833 S DEVELOPMENT AVE BOISE ID 83705 PAUL.FLATT@xxxxxxxx NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN -
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