[nws-changes] 20130806; Chgs Coastal Fire & Public Wx Svs Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20130806; Chgs Coastal Fire & Public Wx Svs Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
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• Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:56:55 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 061945
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Service Change Notice 13-49
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
345 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2013

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: Changes in Coastal Fire and Public Weather Forecast
         Zones for NWS Weather Forecast Office Tampa Bay, FL,
         Across Portions of West and Southwest Florida, Effective
         December 3, 2013.

Effective Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard
Time (EST), 2000 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), most coastal
fire and public weather forecast zones for NWS Weather Forecast
Office (WFO) Tampa Bay (TBW), FL, will be split into two zones, a
coastal zone and an inland zone.  The only coastal zone exception
is for Pinellas County (FZZ050), which is on a peninsula, has
minimal inland extent, and will remain unchanged.

These changes will provide increased flexibility and improved
accuracy of forecast and various watches, warnings and advisories
in the public and fire weather programs.

Table 1:  Current WFO TBW coastal fire and public weather
forecast zones:

Current Fire/Public     Current UGC (Z)
 Zone Name
---------------         ---------------
Levy                    FLZ039
Citrus                  FLZ042
Hernando                FLZ048
Pasco                   FLZ049
Hillsborough            FLZ051
Manatee                 FLZ055
Sarasota                FLZ060
Charlotte               FLZ062
Lee                     FLZ065
Pinellas                FLZ050

Table 2:  New WFO TBW coastal and inland fire and public weather
forecast zones:

New Fire/Public         New UGC (Z)
 Zone Name
---------------         -----------
Inland Levy             FLZ239
Coastal Levy            FLZ139
Inland Citrus           FLZ242
Coastal Citrus          FLZ142
Inland Hernando         FLZ248
Coastal Hernando        FLZ148
Inland Pasco            FLZ249
Coastal Pasco           FLZ149
Inland Hillsborough     FLZ251
Coastal Hillsborough    FLZ151
Inland Manatee          FLZ255
Coastal Manatee         FLZ155
Inland Sarasota         FLZ260
Coastal Sarasota        FLZ160
Inland Charlotte        FLZ262
Coastal Charlotte       FLZ162
Inland Lee              FLZ265
Coastal Lee             FLZ165
Pinellas (unchanged)    FLZ050 (UGC Unchanged)

Table 3:  WFO Tampa Bay products affected by the changes in
coastal fire and public weather forecast zones:

Product Name                     WMO Heading      AWIPS ID
------------                     -----------      --------
Hazardous Weather Outlook        FLUS42 KTBW      HWOTBW
Hurricane Local Statement        WTUS82 KTBW      HLSTBW
Tropical Cyclone Watch/Warning   WTNT81 KNHC      TCVAT1-5
Coastal Hazard Message           WHUS42 KTBW      CFWTBW
Surf Zone Forecast               FZUS52 KTBW      SRFTBW
Fire Weather Forecast            FNUS52 KTBW      FWFTBW
Fire Weather Message             WWUS82 KTBW      RFWTBW
Fire Danger Statement            FNUS62 KTBW      RFDTBW
Dispersion Forecast Update       FNUS72 KTBW      SMFTBW
Zone Forecast                    FPUS52 KTBW      ZFPTBW
Short Term Forecast              FPUS72 KTBW      NOWTBW
Point Forecast Matrices          FOUS52 KTBW      PFMTBW
Tabular State Forecast           FPUS62 KTBW      SFTTBW
Tsunami Message                  WEXX20 PAAQ      TSUAT1
Public Information Statement     NOUS42 KTBW      PNSTBW
Non-Precipitation Warnings       WWUS72 KTBW      NPWTBW
Flood Watch                      WGUS62 KTBW      FFATBW
Special Weather Statement        WWUS82 KTBW      SPSTBW
Winter Weather Message           WWUS42 KTBW      WSWTBW
Area Forecast Discussion         FXUS62 KTBW      AFDTBW
Hydrologic Outlook               FGUS72 KTBW      ESFTBW

Please take the appropriate action to ensure systems recognize
the new fire and public weather forecast names, numbers (UGC  Z)
and geographic extents.  These changes do not affect products
using county (C) UGC.

Updated fire and public zone map shapefiles are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm

  http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/firezone.htm

A graphical depiction of WFO TBWs new fire and public Weather
forecast zones is online:

  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rtimages/tbw/TopNews/TBWzonechanges.pdf

For more information, please contact:

  Brian LaMarre                 Melinda Bailey
  Meteorologist-In-Charge       Public/Marine Meteorologist
  National Weather Service      NWS Southern Region Headquarters
  Ruskin, FL 33570              Ft. Worth, TX 76102
  813-645-4111 x222 817-978-1109 x107
  Brian.Lamarre@xxxxxxxx        Melinda.Bailey@xxxxxxxx

National Service Change Notices are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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