[nws-changes] 20130919: public zones and boundary chgs-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:02:42 -0600

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Service Change Notice 13-63
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
243 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 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:  New Public Zones and Boundary Changes for Parts of
          Central and Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington,
          Effective December 3, 2013

Effective Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 1200 Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC), 4:00 AM PST, NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
Pendleton (PDT), OR, will make modifications to some of its public
zones to better represent climatological conditions and to follow
terrain features more closely.

The main change will be to split ORZ042 (North Central Oregon)
into a northern and southern part forming two new zones (ORZ510
and ORZ511). In addition, the metropolitan area of Bend, Oregon,
will be included in the new southernmost zone (ORZ511)  Central
Oregon) and removed from OZ509 (East Slopes of the Oregon
Cascades) because of its lower average annual snowfall.

Minor border adjustments will also be made to

WAZ024 (Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington)
WAZ520 (East Slopes of the Washington Cascades)
WAZ521 (Simcoe Highlands)
ORZ041 (Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon)
ORZ044 (Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon).

A map and detailed explanation of these changes is online at:

 Http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pdt/reference/Zone_Alterations_2013.pdf

These zone changes require partners and users to take appropriate
action to receive products using the Universal Generic Code (UGC)
Zone Code Format (Z) listed in Table 1. Products affected by this
change are listed in Table 2.

Table 1.  Old/New public zone names and UGC(Z) codes.

OLD ZONE NAME   OLD UGC (Z)   NEW ZONE NAME        NEW UGC (Z)
-------------   -----------   -------------        -----------

North Central   ORZ042        North Central        ORZ510
 Oregon                        Oregon (unchanged)

North Central   ORZ042        Central Oregon       ORZ511
 Oregon

Table 2.  Products affected by these changes.

PRODUCT NAME                           AWIPS ID   WMO HEADER
------------                           --------   ----------
Civil Emergency Message                CEMPDT     WOUS41 KPDT
Flash Flood Watch                      FFAPDT     WGUS61 KPDT
Hazardous Weather Outlook              HWOPDT     FLUS41 KPDT
Non-Precipitation Advsy/Watch/Warning  NPWPDT     WWUS71 KPDT
Public Zone Forecast                   ZFPPDT     FPUS51 KPDT
Short-Term Forecast                    NOWPDT     FPUS71 KPDT
Special Weather Statement              SPSPDT     WWUS81 KPDT
Winter Storm Advsy/Watch/Warning       WSWPDT     WWUS41 KPDT
Area Forecast Discussion               AFDPDT     FXUS66 KPDT
Public Information Statement           PNSPDT     NOUS46 KPDT
Hydrologic Outlook                     ESFPDT     FGUS76 KPDT

An updated public zone shapefile is online at:

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

For more information, please contact:

Michael Vescio
Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service
Pendleton OR 97801
541-276-7832

National Service Change Notices are online at:

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

$$