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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST MON JAN 27 1997
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSRCIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT LONG-FUSE WARNING AND FORECAST RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
FOUR /4/ ADDITIONAL ZONES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA
TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHICAGO...EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 1 1997.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY... APRIL 1 1997... AT 4:00 A.M... CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/... THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN CHICAGO /CHI/...
ILLINOIS WILL ASSUME LONG-FUSE WARNING AND FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOUR /4/ ADDITIONAL ZONES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST
INDIANA /TABLE 1/.
WSFO CHI WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
/CHIZFPIL/FPUS53 KLOT/ FOR MUCH OF ILLINOIS AS WELL AS LAKE
COUNTY IN INDIANA AT 4:00 A.M. AND 3:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. AS
ALWAYS...ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE UPDATED AS WEATHER CONDITIONS
DICTATE.
FOR THE AFFECTED ZONES /TABLE 1/... SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ WILL
NEED TO INITIATE ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE. THESE
PROGRAM CHANGES WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CHANGES...
E.G.... INDZFPIN TO CHIZFPIL /SEE TABLE 2/.
TABLE 1: FROM WSFO INDIANAPOLIS /IND/ TO CHI:
FOUR /4/ ZONES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA:
ZONE NUMBER ZONE NAME /BY COUNTY/
INZ002- PORTER
INZ010- NEWTON
INZ011- JASPER
INZ019- BENTON
TABLE 2: FOR THE ZONES IN TABLE 1...THE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE
NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR THIS SERVICE TRANSFER TO WSFO CHI.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO/FOS ID
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS CHIZFPIL FPUS53 KLOT
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CHIWSWCHI WWUS46 KCHI
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CHINPWCHI WWUS45 KCHI
FLASH FLOOD WATCH CHIFFACHI RWUS31 KCHI
THIS NOTICE UPDATES PAGES A-8 AND A-79 OF APPENDIX A TO
WEATHER SERVICE OPERATORS MANUAL CHAPTER C-11...APPENDIX A /ZONE
FORECAST AREA MAPS/.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
PAUL W. DAILEY... METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NOAA
333 W. UNIVERSITY DRIVE
ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
317-856-0360
NOTE: THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE POSTED
AT THIS URL:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM /LOWER CASE/
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