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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1205 PM EST THU NOV 12 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-SIX /26/ COUNTIES
IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TRANSFERRED TO
THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE
NEBRASKA...EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JANUARY 5 1999.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JANUARY 5 1999...AT NOON...CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME /1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA /LBF/ WILL ASSUME
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY-SIX /26/ COUNTIES IN WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. FOR THESE AFFECTED ZONES /TABLE
1/... CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO USE THE APPROPRIATE WMO HEADINGS OR
NWWS IDENTIFIERS...AS INDICTAED IN TABLE 2.
TABLE 1: FROM WFO OMAHA NEBRASKA /OMA/ TO LBF...
TWENTY-SIX /26/ COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NEZ004-SHERIDAN 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
TABLE 2: FOR THE ZONES IN TABLE 1... THE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE
NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR THIS SERVICE TRANSFER TO WFO LBF...
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS OMAZFPLBF FPUS53 KLBF+
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING OMAWSWLBF WWUS43 KLBF
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING
WARNING OMANPWLBF WWUS73 KLBF
FLASH FLOOD WATCH OMAFFALBF WGUS63 KLBF
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY OMAAWSLBF AWUS43 KLBF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION OMAAFDLBF FXUS63 KLBF++
SELECTED CITIES FORECAST OMACCFLBF FPUS43 KLBF
+ PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
BEGAN TO BE TRANSMITTED UNDER THE RESPECTIVE NWWS ID AND
WMO HEADING ON JULY 7 1998. NO CHANGES ARE REQUIRED FOR
THOSE VENDORS WHO ARE ALREADY RECEIVING THESE FORECASTS.
++ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA BEGAN TO BE TRANSMITTED UNDER THE RESPECTIVE NWWS
ID AND WMO HEADING ON AUGUST 1 1996. NO CHANGES ARE
REQUIRED FOR THOSE ALREADY RECEIVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS PRESENTLY ISSUED BY WFO OMA WILL CHANGE TO
BECOME CONSISTENT WITH PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO NORTH PLATTE AND
WFO HASTINGS /GID/ NEBRASKA. AFFECTED PRODUCTS INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY OMAAWSOMA AWUS43 KOAX
REPLACES: REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY OMARWSOMA ABUS31 KOMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION OMAAFDOMA FXUS63 KOAX
REPLACES: STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION OMASFDOMA FXUS73 KOAX
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING...
DAVID A. WERT DAVID C. THEOPHILUS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT NWS FORECAST OFFICE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE, NOAA 6707 N. 288TH ST.
5250 E. LEE BIRD DR. P. O. BOX 719
NORTH PLATTE NE 69101-2473 VALLEY NE 68064-0719
308-532-4936 402-359-5166
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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