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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1135 AM EDT THU SEP 5 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 MORE EVENT DRIVEN ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC FORECASTS IN 21
ADDITIONAL STATES...PUERTO RICO/VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
MARIANAS ISLANDS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 1996
...NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SERVICE CHANGE DOES NOT REQUIRE CUSTOMERS
TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCT
IDENTIFIERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ HEADER CODES...OR
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES FOR ZONES.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 5 1996...AT 0900 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /4 A.M....EST...3 A.M CST...ETC/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL BEGIN ISSUING MORE EVENT-DRIVEN PUBLIC
ZONE FORECASTS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
KENTUCKY...INDIANA...ILLINOIS...IOWA...WISCONSIN...
MINNESOTA...NORTH DAKOTA...NEW MEXICO...GEORGIA...
ALABAMA... MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS...TENNESSEE...
FLORIDA...LOUISIANA...PUERTO RICO/VIRGIN ISLANDS...
MARIANAS ISLANDS...MONTANA...NEVADA... CALIFORNIA...
ARIZONA...
AND...
THE REST OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA WHERE THIS CHANGE HAS
NOT ALREADY OCCURRED.
FOR THESE STATES...THIS PROGRAM CHANGE MEANS THAT THE
SCHEDULED PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS ISSUED AROUND 11 A.M....AND 9
P.M. LOCAL TIME WILL BE REPLACED BY UNSCHEDULED EVENT-DRIVEN ZONE
FORECAST UPDATES...AS NEEDED. AS NECESSARY...THE FORECASTS WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINTER WEATHER AND NON-PRECIPITATION
WATCHES...WARNING AND ADVISORIES.
THE PRODUCT CATEGORIES REFERRED TO IN THE CHANGES DESCRIBED
IN THIS MESSAGE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
PRODUCT NWWS/FOS
ZONE FORECASTS ZFP/FPUS5 /CONTIGUOUS U.S./
ZFP/FPCA5 /PUERTO RICO/VI -ENGLISH/
ZFP/FPCA07/PUERTO RICO/VI- SPANISH/
ZFP/FPMY20/MARIANAS ISLANDS/
WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS WSW/WWUS46
NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARDS NPW/WWUS45
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FFA/RWUS31
THIS CHANGE TO MORE EVENT DRIVEN ISSUANCES HAS ALREADY BEEN
IMPLEMENTED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
SOUTH DAKOTA...NEBRASKA...KANSAS...MISSOURI...
COLORADO... WYOMING...MICHIGAN...IDAHO...ALASKA...
OKLAHOMA EXCEPT THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST...
WEST TEXAS EXCEPT THE PANHANDLE...WICHITA FALLS TX AND
VICINITY
KY - 502-969-8842 IN - 317-856-0361
IL - 815-834-0600 IA - 515-270-4501
WI - 414-297-3243 MN - 612-725-3741
ND - 701-250-4224 NM - 505-243-0702
GA - 770-486-1333 AL - 205-664-3010
MS - 601-936-2189 LA - 504-522-7330
AR - 501-834-0308 TN - 901-757-6400
FL - 305-229-4502 PUERTO RICO/VIRGIN IS. 809-253-4586
NORTH TX - 817-429-2631 TX/OK PANHANDLES - 806-335-1121
SOUTH TX - 210-606-3617 NORTHEAST OK - 918-832-4115
N/CENT. CA - 408-656-1725 NV - 702-673-8100
S. CA - 805-988-6610 AZ - 602-379-4611
MT - 406-453-2081 MARIANAS IS. - 671-472-7397
/COUNTRY CODE 011/
NOTE FOR INTERNET USERS: THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE
CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE ON THE WEB AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
/SMALL CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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