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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-03
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EST MON NOV 29 1999
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...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT ZONE NAME CHANGES IN THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG /GSP/
SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE...EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 3 2000.
ON MONDAY JANUARY 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG /GSP/ SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MAKE A MINOR
CHANGE IN ITS ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT. BEGINNING WITH THE 400 AM EST
/0900 UTC/ ISSUANCE...SIX ZONES WILL BE RENAMED.
THE CHANGES INCLUDE:
ZONE NUMBER OLD ZONE NAME NEW ZONE NAME
SCZ001 NORTHERN OCONEE OCONEE MOUNTAINS
SCZ002 NORTHERN PICKENS PICKENS MOUNTAINS
SCZ003 NORTHERN GREENVILLE GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS
SCZ004 SOUTHERN OCONEE GREATER OCONEE
SCZ005 SOUTHERN PICKENS GREATER PICKENS
SCZ006 SOUTHERN GREENVILLE GREATER GREENVILLE
THE NORTHERN ZONES WERE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE
FORECASTS FOR THE MOUNTAINS GENERALLY NORTH OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY
11. THIS NEW WORDING IS MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THESE AREAS.
NO COMMUNICATIONS CHANGES ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THE
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT. NWWS AND FAMILY OF
SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS SHOULD USE THE SAME CODES AS THEY HAVE IN THE
PAST. ONLY THE ZONE NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER
C-11...APPENDIX A /ZONE FORECAST AREA MAPS/... THIS NOTICE UPDATES
PAGE A-38.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
VINCE DICARLO
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NWS FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT
1549 GSP DRIVE
GREER SC 29651
PHONE 864-848-9970 EXTENSION 223
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