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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
340 PM EST THU DEC 2 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 FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS IN DELAWARE TO BE PRODUCED BY 1
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN THE NWS EASTERN REGION...
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1 2000
EFFECTIVE AT 9 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST)...1400 UNIVERSAL
TIME COORDINATED (UTC)...TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 2000...ALL FIRE WEATHER
PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 4 ZONES IN DELAWARE (TABLE 1) WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE PHILADELPHIA (PHI) NJ.
PLEASE REFER TO LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENTS FOR THE OFFICIAL SPECIFIC START DATE OF PRODUCT
ISSUANCES DURING THE UPCOMING FIRE WEATHER SEASON.
BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PROGRAM TRANSFER...SUBSCRIBERS TO
THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS)
MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2
FOR THESE 4 ZONES USING THE NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FROM THE PHI NWS
OFFICE.
TABLE 1: ZONES IN DELAWARE HANDLED BY THE NWS PHILADELPHIA OFFICE FOR
ALL FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS. UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES (UGC) FOR THESE
ZONES (Z) ARE SHOWN IN THE TABLE.
ZONE NAME UGC Z OFFICE ZONE NAME UGC Z OFFICE
/BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/
DELAWARE BEACHES DEZ004- PHI KENT DEZ002- PHI
INLAND SUSSEX DEZ003- PHI NEW CASTLE DEZ001- PHI
TABLE 2: THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS WILL BE USED TO
DISSEMINATE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCTS TO THESE 4 ZONES IN
DELAWARE.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO ID FOR FOS
DELAWARE PHLFWFPHL FNUS51 KPHI
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING PHLRFWPHL WWUS81 KPHI
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
GARY SZATKOWSKI
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
732 WOODLANE ROAD
MT. HOLLY...NJ 08060
PHONE: 609-261-6602
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ AT:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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