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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-42...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT WED SEP 30 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 EFFECTIVE DATE TO OCTOBER 5 2009. ADJUSTMENT OF
CURRENT PUBLIC FORECAST ZONE BOUNDARIES IN WESTERN AND
CENTRAL WYOMING FOR WFO RIVERTON WYOMING EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 5 2009
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHANGE IS DELAYED UNTIL MONDAY OCTOBER
5 2009 AT 200 PM MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME /MDT/...2000 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...DUE TO ONGOING WEATHER IN WFO RIVERTON WY
AREA OF FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY.
THE ORIGINAL NOTICE IS BELOW FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. THERE ARE NO
OTHER CHANGES.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 2009 AT 200 PM MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME
/MDT/...2000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/... THE NWS FORECAST
OFFICE /WFO/ IN RIVERTON WYOMING /RIW/ WILL RECONFIGURE SIX PUBLIC
FORECAST ZONE BOUNDARIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THESE CHANGES IS TO PROPERLY ALIGN WFO RIW
PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES WITH THOSE OF WFO CHEYENNE WYOMING /CYS/. A
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE ANNOUNCING THE WFO CYS CHANGES IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/SCN09-43CYS_PUB_ZONES.TXT
IN ADDITION TWO MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR
TOPOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES NEAR TOGWOTEE PASS AND SOUTH PASS.
THESE CHANGES ARE MINOR...DO NOT AFFECT ANY CLIMATE VERIFICATION
POINTS AND DO NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE CLIMATOLOGY OF THE
RECONFIGURED PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION HEADINGS
OR ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM IDENTIFIERS WITH
THESE CHANGES. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT OF
PRODUCTS FROM RIW.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE RECONFIGURED ZONES IS
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/PUBZONE.HTM
RECONFIGURED PUBLIC ZONE BOUNDARIES FOR WFO RIW PARTNERS AND USERS
AFFECT THE FOLLOWING ZONES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING:
ZONE NAME UGC/Z/ZONE CODE
TETON AND GROS VENTRE RANGES WYZ012
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST WYZ014
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST WYZ015
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE WYZ019
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS WYZ020
CASPER MOUNTAIN WYZ022
A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE RECONFIGURED WFO RIW PUBLIC FORECAST
ZONES IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/RESOURCES/RIW_ZONES.JPG
THE FOLLOWING KEY PRODUCTS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE FOR WFO RIW
PARTNERS AND USERS:
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST FPUS55 KRIW ZFPRIW
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING WWUS75 KRIW NPWRIW
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING WWUS45 KRIW WSWRIW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS85 KRIW SPSRIW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS55 KRIW SVSRIW
SHORT-TERM FORECAST FPUS75 KRIW NOWRIW
FLOOD WARNING WGUS45 KRIW FLWRIW
FLOOD WATCH WGUS65 KRIW FFARIW
FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS85 KRIW FLSRIW
WFO RIW PRODUCTS USED FOR TORNADO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS AND NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE
UNCHANGED SINCE THOSE PRODUCTS USE THE COUNTY /C/ FORM OF THE UGC
CODE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
CHRIS JONES
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
12744 WEST US HIGHWAY 26
RIVERTON WYOMING 82501
307-857-3898 X726
NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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