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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1015 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MORE EVENT-DRIVEN PUBLIC
FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
MICHIGAN...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 1996
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 5 1996...AT 445 A.M. EASTERN
STANDARD TIME /0945 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE MICHIGAN
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN GRAND RAPIDS /GRR/...NORTH
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN /APN/ AT GAYLORD...AND MARQUETTE /MQT/
WILL SHARE PUBLIC FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING AND ADVISORY
RESPONSIBILITY IN MICHIGAN WITH THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN DETROIT/WHITE LAKE /DTX/. 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 CHANGES TO
CONTINUE RECEIVING THESE PRODUCTS. THIS MEANS THAT NWWS AND FOS
PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR MICHIGAN WILL REMAIN THE SAME...
REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUING OFFICE. THE ISSUING
OFFICE...HOWEVER...WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY THE MASS NEWS
DISSEMINATOR BLOCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRODUCT. MICHIGAN
PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS
NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
MICHIGAN ZONE FORECASTS ARBZFPMI FPUS5 KDTX
MICHIGAN STATE FORECASTS ARBSFPMI FPUS01 KDTX
WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARBWSWDTX WWUS46 KDTX
NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARDS ARBNPWDTX WWUS45 KDTX
WSFO DTX WILL ISSUE THE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT AT
445 A.M. AND 445 P.M....LOCAL STANDARD TIME FOR THE MICHIGAN
ZONES. AS NECESSARY...WSFO DTX WILL ISSUE WINTER WEATHER AND
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES AT THESE
SCHEDULED TIMES FOR THE MICHIGAN ZONES.
AT OTHER TIMES...AS NECESSARY...UPDATED ZONE FORECASTS AND
LONG-FUSE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE
FOLLOWING OFFICES FOR THE ZONES SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW
OFFICE ZONES
WSFO DETROIT/WHITE LAKE
/MI ZONES 47-49...53-55...60-63...
68-70...75...76...82...AND 83/
WSO GRAND RAPIDS /MI ZONES 37-40...43-46...50-52...56-59...
64-67...71-74...77-81/
WSO NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN /GAYLORD/
/MI ZONES 8...15-36...41...AND 42/
WSO MARQUETTE /MI ZONES 1-7...9-14/
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING
DEAN P. GULEZIAN DANIEL G. HOUSER
NWS FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA NWS OFFICE...NOAA
9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD 4899 SOUTH COMPLEX DRIVE S.E.
WHITE LAKE MI 48386-1126 GRAND RAPIDS MI 49512-4034
810-625-3309 616-956-7180
JANE A. HOLLINGSWORTH JOHN F. MACHOWSKI
NWS OFFICE...NOAA NWS OFFICE...NOAA
8800 PASSEMHEIM HILL RD. 112 AIRPORT ROAD
GAYLORD MI 49735-9454 NEGAUNEE MI 49866
517-731-3384 906-475-5782
...NOTE FOR INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY'S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION IN
SMALL CASE LETTERS IS HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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