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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EDT FRI MAY 22 1998
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...HYDROMET SERVICES
SUBJECT NEBRASKA/SOUTHWEST IOWA PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
SEGMENTATION...EFFECTIVE JULY 7 1998
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 7 1998...AT 1200 NOON CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1700 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...PUBLIC ZONE
FORECASTS FOR 80 NEBRASKA ZONES AND 8 ZONES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
WILL BE SEGMENTED INTO THREE SEPARATE PRODUCTS...AS INDICATED
BELOW. THE NWWS PRODUCT ID...OMAZFPNE... WHICH CURRENTLY
CONTAINS THESE 88 ZONE FORECASTS...WILL BE REPLACED BY THE THREE
NEW NWWS PRODUCT IDS. THE THREE NWWS IDS AND THREE WMO HEADINGS
ARE INDICATED BELOW. ALL THESE ZONE FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE ISSUED AT APPROXIMATELY 400 A.M. AND 400 P.M. CDT/MDT...WITH
UPDATES AT OTHER TIMES AS NEEDED.
UGC - UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE IN ZONE /Z/
1. ...FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
TO BE ISSUED BY NWS OMAHA /IN COORDINATION WITH NWS NORTH PLATTE/
UNDER WMO HEADING - FPUS53 KLBF - AND NWWS ID OMAZFPLBF.
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
NEZ004- SHRIDAN NEZ005- CHERRY NEZ006- KEYA PAHA
NEZ007- BOYD NEZ008- BROWN NEZ009- ROCK
NEZ010- HOLT NEZ022- GARDEN NEZ023- GRANT
NEZ024- HOOKER NEZ025- THOMAS NEZ026- BLAINE
NEZ027- LOUP NEZ028- GARFIELD NEZ029- WHEELER
NEZ035- ARTHUR NEZ036- MCPHERSON NEZ037- LOGAN
NEZ038- CUSTER NEZ056- DEUEL NEZ057- KEITH
NEZ058- PERKINS NEZ059- LINCOLN NEZ069- CHASE
NEZ070- HAYES NEZ071- FRONTIER
2. ...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
TO BE ISSUED BY NWS HASTINGS NE
UNDER WMO HEADING - FPUS53 KGID - AND NWWS ID OMAZFPGID
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
NEZ039- VALLEY NEZ040- GREELEY NEZ041- NANCE
NEZ046- SHERMAN NEZ047- HOWARD NEZ048- MERRICK
NEZ049- POLK NEZ060- DAWSON NEZ061- BUFFALO
NEZ062- HALL NEZ063- HAMILTON NEZ064- YORK
NEZ072- GOSPER NEZ073- PHELPS NEZ074- KEARNEY
NEZ075- ADAMS NEZ076- CLAY NEZ077- FILLMORE
NEZ082- FURNAS NEZ083- HARLAN NEZ084- FRANKLIN
NEZ085- WEBSTER NEZ086- NUCKOLLS NEZ087- THAYER
3. ...FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
TO BE ISSUED BY NWS OMAHA
UNDER WMO HEADING - FPUS53 KOAX - AND NWWS ID OMAZFPOAX
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
NEZ011- KNOX NEZ012- CEDAR NEZ015- THURSTON
NEZ016- ANTELOPE NEZ017- PIERCE NEZ018- WAYNE
NEZ030- BOONE NEZ031- MADISON NEZ032- STANTON
NEZ033- CUMING NEZ034- BURT NEZ042- PLATTE
NEZ043- COLFAX NEZ044- DODGE NEZ045- WASHINGTON
NEZ050- BUTLER NEZ051- SAUNDERS NEZ052- DOUGLAS
NEZ053- SARPY NEZ065- SEWARD NEZ066- LANCASTER
NEZ067- CASS NEZ068- OTOE NEZ078- SALINE
NEZ088- JEFFERSON NEZ089- GAGE NEZ090- JOHNSON
NEZ091- NEMAHA NEZ092- PAWNEE NEZ093- RICHARDSON
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
IAZ043- MONONA IAZ055- HARRISON IAZ056- SHELBY
IAZ069- POTTAWATTAMIE IAZ079- MILLS IAZ080- MONTGOMERY
IAZ090- FREMONT IAZ091- PAGE
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR THE 13 OTHER NEBRASKA ZONE FORECASTS.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS INDICATED BELOW.
...EXTREME WESTERN NEBRASKA...
UGC Z ISSUING OFFICE WMO HEADING NWWS ID
NEZ001- NEZ002- NEZ003- NWS CHEYENNE WY FPUS55 KCYS CYSZFPWY
NEZ019- NEZ020- NEZ021-
NEZ054- NEZ055-
...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
UGC Z ISSUING OFFICE WMO HEADING NWWS ID
NEZ079- NEZ080- NEZ081- NWS GOODLAND KS FPUS53 KGLD TOPZFPGLD
...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
UGC Z ISSUING OFFICE WMO HEADING NWWS ID
NEZ013- NEZ014- NWS SIOUX FALLS SD FPUS53 KFSD FSDZFPSD
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES CONTACT THE METEOROLOGIST
IN CHARGE AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES:
STEVEN D. SCHURR...MIC DAVID C. THEOPHILUS...MIC
6365 OSBORNE DR. WEST 6707 NORTH 288TH STREET
HASTINGS NE 68901-9163 P.O. BOX 719
402-462-2127 OMAHA NE 68064-0719
402-359-5166
SCOTT A. MENTZER...MIC WILLIAM T. PARKER...MIC
920 ARMORY ROAD 1301 AIRPORT PARKWAY
GOODLAND KS 67735-9273 CHEYENNE WY 82001-1549
785-899-2360 307-772-2468
DAVID A WERT...MIC GREG HARMON...MIC
NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT 26 WEATHER LANE
5250 E. LEE BIRD DRIVE SIOUX FALLS SD 57104-0198
NORTH PLATTE NE 69101-2473 605-330-4247
308-532-4936
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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