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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-09...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
715 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006
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...USERS OF THE FIRE
WEATHER FORECASTS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: ADDITION OF THREE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES
ISSUED BY WFO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA: EFFECTIVE
FEBRUARY 28 2006
CORRECTED TO RESTRUCTURE NEBRASKA FIRE WEATHER COUNTIES INTO A
SEPARATE ZONE. AS A RESULT THE SUBJECT LINE AND PARAGRAPHS ONE
THROUGH THREE OF THE ORIGINAL SCN06-09 HAVE BEEN MODIFIED...
INCLUDING DELETION OF THE FIRST TABLE.
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...
WFO SIOUX FALLS WILL ADD THREE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO ITS AREA
OF RESPONSIBILITY: ONE IN NEBRASKA AND TWO IN IOWA. THE THREE
NEW ZONE NUMBERS...THEIR DESCRIPTIONS...AND ASSOCIATED COUNTIES
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONEZONE NAMECOUNTIES
NUMBER
NEZ249EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKADIXON AND DAKOTA
IAZ300NORTHERN LOESS HILLSWOODBURY...IDA...
AND FLOYD RIVER BASINPLYMOUTH...SOUTHERN
SIOUX...WESTERN
CHEROKEE AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST OBRIEN
IAZ301IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCKDICKENSON...CLAY...
AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINSOSCEOLA...LYON...BUENA
VISTA...EASTERN
CHEROKEE...NORTHERN AND
EASTERN OBRIEN...AND
NORTHERN SIOUX
NWS CUSTOMERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO
THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ZONE ADDITIONS.
ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THESE NEW ZONE ADDITIONS WERE
REQUESTED BY...AND HAVE BEEN CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL
FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS TO BE READY TO GO WITH THIS
CHANGE ON FEBRUARY 28.
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
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND/OR
PRODUCT ADDITIONS... CONTACT
D. GREG HARMON
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
26 WEATHER LANE
SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA 57104-0198
PHONE 605-330-4247
EMAIL GREG.HARMON@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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