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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST FRI DEC 8 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...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT EVENT DRIVEN ZONE-FORECASTS FROM THE NWS FORECAST
OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA
EFFECTIVE MONDAY...FEBRUARY 12 1996...AT 4:00 A.M.
...CENTRAL STANDARD TIME /1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ AT SIOUX FALLS
/FSD/...SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BEGIN ISSUING MORE EVENT-DRIVEN PUBLIC
ZONE FORECASTS.
THIS PROGRAM CHANGE MEANS THAT THE SCHEDULED 11 A.M. AND 9
P.M. ZONE FORECASTS FROM WSFO FSD WILL BE REPLACED BY UNSCHEDULED
EVENT-DRIVEN ZONE FORECAST UPDATES...AS NEEDED. WSFO FSD...
HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE SCHEDULED ZONE FORECASTS AT 4
A.M. AND 4 P.M CENTRAL TIME.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FROM WSFO FSD WILL
CONTINUE TO CONSIST OF SOUTH DAKOTA ZONES 1 THROUGH 70...AND
ADJACENT ZONES IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA /MN ZONES 97 AND
98/ AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA /IA ZONES 1 AND 12/.
ALSO...WSFO FSD/S ZONE FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED
UNDER NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCT IDENTIFIER
FSDZFPSD AND FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ PRODUCT HEADER FPUS5 KFSD.
SUBSCRIBERS TO NWWS AND THE FOS DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE ACTION
TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROGRAM CHANGE SINCE THERE IS NO CHANGE IN
THE NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER OR FOS PRODUCT HEADER FOR ANY ZONE.
SOUTH DAKOTA ZONE 71 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY THE WSFO IN DES MOINES /DSM/...IOWA AS
PRESENTLY SCHEDULED ALONG WITH UPDATES AS NEEDED. FOR THIS
ZONE...THE NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER WILL REMAIN DSMZFPIA AND THE
FOS PRODUCT HEADER WILL CONTINUE AS FPUS5 KDSM.
THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES THE ZONES THAT WSFOS FSD AND DSM
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WSFO FSD 70 ZONES IN SOUTH DAKOTA /SD ZONES 1-70/
2 ZONES IN IOWA /IA ZONES 1 AND 12/
2 ZONES IN MINNESOTA /MN ZONES 97 AND 98/
WSFO DSM 1 ZONE IN SOUTH DAKOTA /SD ZONE 71/
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF
THE FOLLOWING
D. GREG HARMON CRAIG M. EDWARDS
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
26 WEATHER LANE 1733 LAKE DRIVE WEST
SIOUX FALLS SD 57104-0198 CHANHASSEN MN 55317
PH. 605-330-4247 PH. 612-361-6670
J. JOHN FELDT
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
9607 NW BEAVER DRIVE
JOHNSTON IA 50131-1908
PH. 515-270-4501
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