TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMRGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND USERS OF THE FIRE
WEATHER FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: CHANGE OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO
DETROIT... MICHIGAN: EFFECTIVE JULY 5 2005
CORRECTED TO INCLUDE FIRE WEATHER ZONE MIZ055 IN THE SECOND TABLE.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 5 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...1901 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME /CDT/...THE NWS WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN DETROIT... MICHIGAN /DTX/ WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO USE THE ONE COUNTY...ONE
ZONE CONCEPT.
THE PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONE NUMBERZONE DESCRIPTION
MIZ047 MIDLAND...BAY...SAGINAW...SHIAWASSEE...GENESEE
COUNTIES
MIZ049HURON...TUSCOLA...SANILAC...LAPEER COUNTIES
MIZ063ST CLAIR...LIVINGSTON...OAKLAND...MACOMB...
WASHTENAW...WAYNE...LENAWEE...MONROE COUNTIES
THE NEW FIRE WEATHER COUNTY/ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF
EACH WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONE NUMBERZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION
MIZ047MIDLAND
MIZ048BAY
MIZ049HURON
MIZ053SAGINAW
MIZ054TUSCOLA
MIZ055SANILAC
MIZ060HIAWASSEE
MIZ061GENESEE
MIZ062LAPEER
MIZ063ST CLAIR
MIN068LIVINGSTON
MIZ069OAKLAND
MIZ070MACOMB
MIZ075WASHTENAW
MIZ076WAYNE
MIZ082LENAWEE
MIZ083MONROE
A SHAPEFILE OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM
THE REASON FOR THE SHORT ADVANCE LEAD TIME IS BECAUSE
THESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF VTEC/GHG. THEREFORE...IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE FIRE WEATHER
ZONE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WFO
DETROIT...WHICH IS PARTICIPATING IN THE BETA TEST OF VTEC/GHG...
CAN TEST THE CHANGES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND/OR
PRODUCT ADDITIONS...CONTACT:
RICHARD WAGENMAKER
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD
WHITE LAKE... MI 48386-1126
PHONE: 248-625-3309
EMAIL: RICHARD.WAGENMAKER@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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