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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM 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 PIERCE... CHIEF... HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT FORECAST RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TWENTY-FOUR /24/ ZONES IN
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SIX /6/ ZONES IN NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS NEBRASKA...EFFECTIVE JULY 7
1998.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 7 1998...AT 12:00 NOON...CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1700 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/... THE NATIONAL
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFSO/ IN HASTINGS...NEBRASKA WILL ASSUME
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY-FOUR /24/ ZONES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SIX /6/ ZONES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
FOR THE AFFECTED ZONES /TABLES 1 AND 2/... USERS OF ZONE
FORECASTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS /TABLE 3/ WILL NEED TO INITIATE
ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE SINCE THERE WILL BE NWWS
PRODUCT IDENTIFIER AND WMO HEADING CHANGES.
UGC = UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE Z=ZONE
TABLE 1: KANSAS ZONE TRANSFERS FROM WSFO TOPEKA KANSAS TO WSFO
HASTINGS: SIX /6/ ZONES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
KSZ005- PHILLIPS
KSZ006- SMITH
KSZ007- JEWELL
KSZ017- ROOKS
KSZ018- OSBORNE
KSZ019- MITCHELL
TABLE 2: NEBRASKA ZONE TRANSFERS FROM WSFO OMAHA NEBRASKA TO
WSFO HASTINGS: TWENTY-FOUR /24/ ZONES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA:
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
TABLE 3: FOR THE ZONES IN TABLES 1 AND 2... THE FOLLOWING WILL
BE THE NEW NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS AND WMO HEADINGS.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS OMAZFPGID FPUS53 KGID
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING OMAWSWGRI WWUS46 KGRI +
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING OMANPWGRI WWUS45 GRIF +
FLASH FLOOD WATCH OMAFFAGID WGUS63 KGID
+ THESE WMO HEADINGS WILL CHANGE SOMETIME AFTER JULY 7 1998.
CHECK FUTURE DATA MANAGEMENT MESSAGES - NOXX10 KWBC - OR
WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
/LOWER CASE/ FOR UPCOMING WMO HEADING REVISIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
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
CURTIS S. HOLDERBACH...MIC
1116 NE STRAIT AVENUE
TOPEKA KANSAS 66616-1698
785-232-0814
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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