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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
340 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2002
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: RENAMING OF ARIZONA ZONE IN PINAL COUNTY...
EFFECTIVE APRIL 8 2002
EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...APRIL 8 2002...AT 345 AM MOUNTAIN STANDARD
TIME /1045 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ZONE FOR PINAL COUNTY ARIZONA /AZZ028/ WILL BE RENAMED
FROM CENTRAL DESERTS TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY.
SEE TABLE 1 BELOW FOR THE NEW ZONE NAME AND CODE. THIS CHANGE
AFFECTS PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WFO/ IN PHOENIX ARIZONA /PSR/...LISTED IN TABLE 2.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WITH THIS
RENAMING AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT OF
PRODUCTS FROM WFO PHOENIX.
USERS WHO SELECT INFORMATION FOR SPECIFIC ZONES NEED TO TAKE THE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SO YOUR SYSTEM/S/ RECOGNIZE THE NEW ZONE /Z/
NAME. THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ DOES NOT CHANGE WITH
THE NAME CHANGE...IT REMAINS AZZ028.
THIS NAME CHANGE DOES NOT AFFECT PRODUCTS USING THE COUNTY /C/
FORM OF UGC.
TABLE 1. UGC CODE AND NEW AND OLD ZONE NAMES
UGC /Z/ NEW ZONE NAME OLD ZONE NAME
AZZ028 NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL CENTRAL DESERTS
PINAL COUNTY
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE NAME
CHANGE FOR AZZ028...EFFECTIVE APRIL 8 2002.
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST FPUS55 KPSR ZFPPSR
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WGUS65 KPSR FFAPSR
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING WWUS45 KPHX NPWPHX
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING WWUS45 KPSR WSWPHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS35 KPHX SPSPHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS34 KPHX SVSPHX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE MMUS40 KPHX CEMPHX
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FGUS75 KPSR ESFPSR
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ABUS34 KPHX PNSPHX
SHORT-TERM FORECAST FPUS75 KPSR NOWPHX
FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS85 KPSR FLSPHX
RIVER FLOOD WARNING WGUS45 KPSR FLWPHX
RIVER STATEMENT FGUS85 KPSR RVSPSR
LOCAL STORM REPORT WWUS30 KPHX LSRPHX
RECORD REPORT SXUS99 KPHX RERPHX
AN UPDATED ZONE TABLE SHOWING THE NEW ZONE NAME WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE BY APRIL 8 2002 /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WSOM.NWS.NOAA.GOV/
...CLICK ON PART C...THEN CLICK ON FILE NC110105...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
ANTON F. HAFFER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
STATE LIAISON AND NWS FORECAST OFFICE
P.O. BOX 52025 PAB 500
PHOENIX ARZIONA 85072-2025
PHONE: 602-275-0073
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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