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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EST THU JAN 9 1997
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT: NWS OFFICES GAIN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR FORECAST
AND LONG-FUSE WATCHES/ WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16 1997
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY...JANUARY 16 1997...AT 4:00 A.M...CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...SELECTED NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES IN KANSAS WILL ASSUME ADDITIONAL
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY. KANSAS NWS OFFICES INCLUDE TOPEKA /TOP/...
WICHITA /ICT/...GOODLAND /GLD/...AND DODGE CITY /DDC/.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY
OF SERVICES /FOS/ NEED NOT INITIATE ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THESE
ENHANCEMENTS. THESE PROGRAM CHANGES WILL NOT REQUIRE PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER CHANGES E.G. TOPZFPKS. HOWEVER...THIS PROGRAM CHANGE WILL
RESULT IN THE TRANSMISSION BY MULTIPLE NWS OFFICES OF ADDITIONAL
VERSIONS OF THE SAME PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS. THE NWS OFFICE ORIGINATING
EACH PRODUCT ISSUANCE WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN THE MASS NEWS
DISSEMINATOR HEADING OF THE PRODUCT. THIS REALIGNMENT OF FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITY AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS:
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT - WINTER WEATHER/NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARD
PRODUCTS - FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT
BEGINNING JANUARY 16 1997...THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...WINTER
WEATHER/NON-PRECIPITATION HAZARD PRODUCTS...AND THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH PRODUCT WILL BE ALIGNED WITH THE COUNTY WARNING AREA
/CWA/ OF EACH RESPONSIBLE OFFICE. THIS ENHANCEMENT
DECENTRALIZES THE FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FROM A STATEWIDE
CONCEPT TO A LOCAL LEVEL...ALLOWING RAPID RESPONSE TO CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS YOU WILL
RECEIVE ALL ZONE FORECASTS AND ALL WARNINGS FOR A GIVEN COUNTY
FROM THE SAME NWS OFFICE.
BELOW IS A LIST OF THE KANSAS NWS OFFICES AND THE PUBLIC PRODUCT
HEADERS EACH WILL BE USING THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS SERVICE
ENHANCEMENT:
DODGE CITY /DDC/
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO/FOS ID AFTER 1800
UTC 1/22/97
ZONE FORECAST TOPZFPKS FPUS5 KTOP FPUS53 KTOP
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING TOPWSWTOP WWUS46 KTOP
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING TOPNPWTOP WWUS45 KTOP
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TOPFFATOP RWUS31 KTOP
GOODLAND /GLD/
FOR KANSAS PORTION OF CWA:
ZONE FORECAST TOPZFPKS FPUS5 KTOP FPUS53 KTOP
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING TOPWSWTOP WWUS46 KTOP
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING TOPNPWTOP WWUS45 KTOP
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TOPFFATOP RWUS31 KTOP
FOR COLORADO PORTION OF CWA:
ZONE FORECAST DENZFPCO FPUS45 KBOU
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING DENWSWDEN WWUS46 KDEN
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING DENNPWDEN WWUS45 KDEN
FLASH FLOOD WATCH DENFFADEN RWUS31 KDEN
FOR NEBRASKA PORTION OF CWA:
ZONE FORECAST OMAZFPNE FPUS5 KOMA FPUS53 KOAX
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING OMAWSWOMA WWUS46 KOMA
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING OMANPWOMA WWUS45 KOMA
FLASH FLOOD WATCH OMAFFAOMA RWUS31 KOMA
TOPEKA /TOP/
ZONE FORECAST TOPZFPKS FPUS5 KTOP FPUS53 KTOP
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING TOPWSWTOP WWUS46 KTOP
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING TOPNPWTOP WWUS45 KTOP
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TOPFFATOP RWUS31 KTOP
WICHITA /ICT/
ZONE FORECAST TOPZFPKS FPUS5 KTOP FPUS53 KTOP
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING TOPWSWTOP WWUS46 KTOP
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING TOPNPWTOP WWUS45 KTOP
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TOPFFATOP RWUS31 KTOP
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES...CONTACT THE METEOROLOGIST IN
CHARGE /MIC/ AT THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR COUNTY
CURTIS S. HOLDERBACH...MIC RICHARD H. ELDER...MIC
1116 NE STRAIT AVENUE 2142 S. TYLER ROAD
TOPEKA KS 66616-1698 WICHITA KS 67209-3016
913-232-1493 316-942-8483
SCOTT A. MENTZER...MIC LARRY J. RUTHI...MIC
920 ARMORY ROAD 104 AIRPORT ROAD
GOODLAND KS 67735-9273 DODGE CITY KS 67801-9351
913-899-2360 316-227-7140
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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