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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ...CORRECTION...REPEAT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
445 PM EDT WED MAY 6 1998
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS
CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMET SERVICES
SUBJECT: MICHIGAN PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT SEGMENTATION...
EFFECTIVE JUNE 2 1998
...CORRECTED ONLY FOR THE NWSO GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
COUNTY WARNING AREA (OTTAWA COUNTY) WHICH WAS LISTED AS 65
PREVIOUSLY...RATHER THAN 56...ALL OTHER INFORMATION REMAIN
UNCHANGED...
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JUNE 2 1998...AT 4:45 A.M....EASTERN
DAYLIGHT TIME /0945 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE MICHIGAN
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE SEGMENTED INTO FIVE SEPARATE
PRODUCTS FOR FIVE DISTINCT REGIONS OF THE STATE.
THE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS
FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN DETROIT /DTX/ MICHIGAN...IN
COORDINATION WITH WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN MARQUETTE
/MQT/...MICHIGAN...NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN /APX/...GRAND
RAPIDS /GRR/ MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN INDIANA /IWX/.
ALL ZONE FORECASTS FOR MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED
BY THE WSFO DETROIT AT APPROXIMATELY 445 A.M. AND 445 P.M LOCAL
TIME...USING THE FIVE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW...INSTEAD OF THE
SINGLE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...ARBZFPMI...WHICH WILL BE
DISCONTINUED. UPDATES TO THE ZONE FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
ISSUED AS NEEDED BY THE FIVE NWS OFFICES SERVING THEIR REGION OF
MICHIGAN...USING THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCT...AS INDICATED BELOW.
MICHIGAN REGION NWWS ID FOS HEADER UPDATE OFFICE
UPPER PENINSULA /U.P./ ARBZFPMQT FPUS53 KMQT WSO MQT
EXCEPT EXTREME EAST
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ARBZFPAPX FPUS53 KAPX WSO APX
AND EXTREME EAST U.P.
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ARBZFPDTX FPUS53 KDTX WSFO DTX
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ARBZFPGRR FPUS53 KGRR WSO GRR
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHWEST
EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER INDZFPIWX FPUS53 KIWX WSO IWX
MICHIGAN
SEGMENTATION OF THE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECASTS WILL RESULT IN
THE FOLLOWING ZONE ALIGNMENT...WITH THE ZONE /Z/ FORM OF THE
UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ LISTED FOR EACH MICHIGAN ZONE.
U.P. OF MICHIGAN
EXCEPT EXTREME EAST ARBZFPMQT / FPUS53 KMQT
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
MIZ001- KEWEENAW MIZ002- ONTONAGON MIZ003- HOUGHTON
MIZ004- BARAGA MIZ005- MARQUETTE MIZ006- ALGER
MIZ007- LUCE MIZ009- GOGEBIC MIZ010- IRON
MIZ011- DICKINSON MIZ012- MENOMINEE MIZ013- DELTA
MIZ014- SCHOOLCRAFT
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
AND EXTREME EAST U.P. ARBZFPAPX / FPUS53 KAPX:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
MIZ008- CHIPPEWA MIZ015- MACKINAC MIZ016- EMMET
MIZ017- CHEBOYGAN MIZ018- PRESQUE ISLE MIZ019- CHARLEVOIX
MIZ020- LEELANAU MIZ021- ANTRIM MIZ022- OTSEGO
MIZ023- MONTMORENCY MIZ024- ALPENA MIZ025- BENZIE
MIZ026- GRAND TRAVERSE MIZ027- KALKASKA MIZ028- CRAWFORD
MIZ029- OSCODA MIZ030- ALCONA MIZ031- MANISTEE
MIZ032- WEXFORD MIZ033- MISSAUKEE MIZ034- ROSCOMMON
MIZ035- OGEMAW MIZ036- IOSCO MIZ041- GLADWIN
MIZ042- ARENAC
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ARBZFPDTX / FPUS53 KDTX:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
MIZ047- MIDLAND MIZ048- BAY MIZ049- HURON
MIZ053- SAGINAW MIZ054- TUSCOLA MIZ055- SANILAC
MIZ060- SHIAWASSEE MIZ061- GENESEE MIZ062- LAPEER
MIZ063- ST. CLAIR MIZ068- LIVINGSTON MIZ069- OAKLAND
MIZ070- MACOMB MIZ075- WASHTENAW MIZ076- WAYNE
MIZ082- LENAWEE MIZ083- MONROE
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARBZFPGRR / FPUS53 KGRR:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
MIZ037- MASON MIZ038- LAKE MIZ039- OSCEOLA
MIZ040- CLARE MIZ043- OCEANA MIZ044- NEWAYGO
MIZ045- MECOSTA MIZ046- ISABELLA MIZ050- MUSKEGON
MIZ051- MONTCALM MIZ052- GRATIOT MIZ056- OTTAWA
MIZ057- KENT MIZ058- IONIA MIZ059- CLINTON
MIZ064- ALLEGAN MIZ065- BARRY MIZ066- EATON
MIZ067- INGHAM MIZ071- VAN BUREN MIZ072- KALAMAZOO
MIZ073- CALHOUN MIZ074- JACKSON
EXTREME SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN INDZFPIWX / FPUS53 KIWX:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
MIZ077- BERRIEN MIZ078- CASS- MIZ079- ST. JOSEPH
MIZ080- BRANCH MIZ081- HILLSDALE
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES CONTACT THE
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES:
DEAN P. GULEZIAN DANIEL G. HOUSER
NWS NWS
9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD 4899 SOUTH COMPLEX DRIVE S.E.
WHITE LAKE MI 48386-1126 GRAND RAPIDS MI 49512-4034
248-625-3309 X642 616-949-0643 X642
GARY CAMPBELL JOHN F. MACHOWSKI
NWS NWS
8800 PASSEMHEIN ROAD 112 AIRPARK DRIVE SOUTH
GAYLORD MI 49735-9454 NEGAUNEE MI 49866
517-731-1194 X642 906-475-5782 X642
MIKE E. SABONES
NWS
7550 E850N
SYRACUSE IN 46567
219-834-5178 X642
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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