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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PUBLIC FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN KANSAS...COLORADO...AND
MISSOURI...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 6 1995.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...SEPTEMBER 6 1995...AT 400 A.M....CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /0900 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...SELECTED WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN KANSAS...NEBRASKA AND MISSOURI WILL SHARE
PUBLIC FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING AND ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITY WITH
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES /WSFO/ IN TOPEKA KANSAS...ST. LOUIS
MISSOURI...AND DENVER COLORADO. THESE CHANGES WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED
SERVICES THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVELY COORDINATED LONG- AND SHORT-FUSE
WARNINGS AND FORECASTS.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ WILL NOT HAVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING
THESE PRODUCTS. THIS MEANS THAT NWWS AND FOS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR
EACH STATE WILL REMAIN THE SAME...REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUING OFFICE.
THE ISSUING OFFICE...HOWEVER...WILL BE INDICATED IN THE MASS NEWS
DISSEMINATOR BLOCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRODUCT. PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER CATEGORIES FOR NWWS/FOS ARE -- ZFP/FPUS5 FOR PUBLIC ZONE
FORECASTS...WSW/WWUS46 FOR WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS...AND NPW/WWUS45 FOR
NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARDS SUCH AS HIGH WIND...FROST/FREEZES...
RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY AND HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
WSFO TOPEKA WILL ISSUE THE KANSAS ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /TOPZFPKS
/FPUS5 KTOP/ AT 4 A.M. AND 4 P.M. CENTRAL TIME FOR ALL KANSAS ZONES.
WSFO ST. LOUIS WILL ISSUE THE MISSOURI ZONE PRODUCT /STLZFPMO/FPUS5
KSTL/ FOR ALL MISSOURI ZONES ALSO AT 4 A.M. AND 4 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
WSFO DENVER WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE FORECASTS FOR ALL COLORADO ZONES
/DENZFPCO/FPUS5 KDEN/ AT 430 A.M....1030 A.M....430 P.M....AND 930
P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME. AS NECESSARY...THESE WSFOS ALSO WILL ISSUE WINTER
WEATHER AND NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES AT THESE
SCHEDULED TIMES FOR ANY OR ALL ZONES WITHIN THEIR STATE.
AT OTHER TIMES...AS NECESSARY...ZONE FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE FOLLOWING OFFICES FOR
THE ZONES SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW.
NWS OFFICE ZONES
WSFO TOPEKA KS 26 ZONES IN NORTHEAST AND EASTERN KANSAS
/KS ZONES 8-12...20-24...26...34-40...54-56...
58-59...73...97...101/
WSO WICHITA KS 26 ZONES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
/KS ZONES 32-33...47-53...67-72...82-83...91-96...
98-100/
WSO DODGE CITY KS 27 ZONES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS
/KS ZONES 30-31...43-46...61-66...74-81...84-90/
WSO GOODLAND KS 13 ZONES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND 3
ZONES IN EASTERN COLORADO:
/KS ZONES 1-4...13-16...27-29...41-42/
/CO ZONES 90-92/
WSFO DENVER CO REMAINING COLORADO ZONES
/CO ZONES 1-89/
WSO HASTINGS NE 6 ZONES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS:
/KS ZONES 5-7...17-19/
WSO KANSAS CITY/ 7 COUNTIES IN EASTERN KANSAS AND 37 COUNTIES
PLEASANT HILL MO IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
/KS ZONES 25...57...60...102-105/
MO ZONES 1-8...11-17...20-25...28-33...37-40...
43-46...53-54/
WSFO ST. LOUIS MO THE REST OF MO ZONES
/MO ZONES 9-10...18-19...26-27...34-36...41-42...
47-52...55-115/
NOTE-- WSFOS TOPEKA...ST. LOUIS AND DENVER WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE
ALL LONG-FUSE WATCHES AT ANY TIME...AS NECESSARY...FOR ANY OR ALL
ZONES WITHIN THEIR STATE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING
CURTIS S. HOLDERBACH RICHARD H. ELDER LARRY E. MOONEY
1116 NE STRAIT AVENUE 2142 S. TYLER ROAD 10230 SMITH ROAD
TOPEKA KS 66616-1698 WICHITA KS 67209-3016 DENVER CO 80239-3238
913-232-0814 316-942-8483 303-361-0661
LARRY J. RUTHI SCOTT A. MENTZER
104 AIRPORT ROAD 920 ARMORY ROAD
DODGE CITY KS 67801-9351 GOODLAND KS 67735-9142
316-227-7140 913-899-2360
STEVEN D. SCHURR LYNN P. MAXIMUK
6405 WEST OSBORNE DRIVE 1803 N. 7 HIGHWAY
HASTINGS NE 68901-9120 PLEASANT HILL MO 64080-9421
402-462-2127 816-540-5147
STEVEN D. THOMAS DAVID C. THEOPHILUS PH. 402-359-5166
12 RESEARCH PARK DRIVE P.O. BOX 719
ST. CHARLES MO 63304-5686 6707 N. 288TH STREET
314-447-1876 VALLEY NE 68064-0719
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