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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
435 PM EDT MON SEP 21 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: WYOMING PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
SEGMENTATION...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 27 1998
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...OCTOBER 27 1998...AT 4:30 AM...MOUNTAIN
STANDARD TIME /1130 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE WYOMING
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE SEGMENTED INTO THREE SEPARATE
PRODUCTS FOR THREE DISTINCT REGIONS.
THE WYOMING ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS
FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN CHEYENNE /CYS/ WYOMING...IN
COORDINATION WITH WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN RAPID CITY
/RAP/...SOUTH DAKOTA...AND RIVERTON /RIW/...WYOMING.
ALL ZONE FORECASTS FOR WYOMING AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF
THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY WSFO
CHEYENNE AT APPROXIMATELY 440 A.M. AND 340 P.M. MST...USING THE
THREE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW...IN LIEU OF THE SINGLE PRODUCT
...CYSZFPWY...WHICH WILL BE DISCONTINUED. UPDATES TO THE ZONE
FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED BY THE THREE NWS
OFFICES SERVING THEIR REGION...AS INDICATED BELOW.
REGION NWWS ID FOS HEADER UPDATE OFFICE
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE CYSZFPCYS FPUS55 KCYS CYS
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
WYOMING CYSZFPRIW FPUS55 KRIW RIW
NORTHEAST WYOMING FSDZFPUNR FPUS55 KUNR RAP
TO ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED RECEIPT OF ALL SEGMENTS OF THE WYOMING
ZONE FORECASTS... SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NWWS AND THE FOS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO INITIATE ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CHANGES.
SEGMENTATION OF THE WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ZONE
FORECAST WILL RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING ZONE ALIGNMENT...WITH THE
ZONE /Z/ FORM OF THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ LISTED FOR
EACH WYOMING ZONE.
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
CYSZFPCYS / FPUS55 KCYS
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
WYZ059- CONVERSE WYZ060- NIOBRARA
WYZ061- SOUTHWEST CARBON WYZ062- NORTH CARBON
WYZ063- SNOWY RANGE WYZ064- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE
WYZ065- LARAMIE VALLEY WYZ066- LARAMIE RANGE
WYZ067- PLATTE WYZ068- GOSHEN
WYZ069- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS WYZ070- PINE BLUFFS
NEZ001- SIOUX NEZ002- DAWES
NEZ003- BOX BUTTE NEZ019- SCOTTS BLUFF
NEZ020- BANNER NEZ021- MORRILL
NEZ054- KIMBALL NEZ055- CHEYENNE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN WYOMING
CYSZFPRIW / FPUS55 KRIW:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
WYZ001- YELLOWSTONE N'TNL PARK WYZ002- NORTH ABSAROKAS
WYZ003- SOUTH ABSAROKAS WYZ004- CODY FOOTHILLS
WYZ005- NORTH BIG HORN BASIN WYZ006- TETON/MOUNTAINS
WYZ007- JACKSON VALLEY WYZ008- OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS
WYZ009- SOUTH BIG HORN BASIN WYZ010- DUBOIS
WYZ011- WIND RIVER MTNS EAST WYZ012- LANDER FOOTHILLS
WYZ013- WIND RIVER BASIN WYZ014- GREEN MOUNTAINS
WYZ015- NATRONA WYZ016- STAR VALLEY
WYZ017- SALT RIVER RANGE WYZ018- KEMMERER
WYZ019- WIND RIVER MTNS WEST WYZ020- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN
WYZ022- ROCK SPRINGS/GREEN RIVER
WYZ023- RED DESERT WYZ024- FLAMING GORGE WYZ025- SOUTHEAST
SWEETWATER WYZ026- WESTERN BIG HORN MNTS
WYZ027- SOUTHEAST BIG HORN MNTS WYZ028- EAST JOHNSON
NORTHEAST WYOMING CYSZFPUNR / FPUS55 KUNR:
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
WYZ054- GILLETTE WYZ055- SOUTH CAMPBELL
WYZ056- MOORCROFT WYZ057- WYOMING BLACK HILLS
WYZ058- WESTON
WYOMING ZONE 21/WYZ021- UINTA/ WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE SALT LAKE CITY...UTAH
WYOMING ZONES 98-99/WYZ098- NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS...
WYZ099- SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS/ WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE GREAT FALLS...MONTANA.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES CONTACT THE METEOROLOGIST
IN CHARGE AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES:
WILLIAM T. PARKER VALERIA I. CAPELL
NWS NWS
1301 AIRPORT PARKWAY 12744 WEST U.S. HWY 26
CHEYENNE WY 82001-1549 RIVERTON WY. 82501
307-772-2468 307-857-3898
DAVID M. CARPENTER
NWS
300 EAST SIGNAL DRIVE
RAPID CITY SD. 57701-3800
605-341-9271
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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