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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY 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: IMPLEMENTATION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO
ABERDEEN... SD: EFFECTIVE MARCH 30 2006
THE CURRENT FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST PRODUCT /FWF/ ISSUED
BY WFO ABERDEEN IS COMPOSED OF SEPARATE...WHOLE COUNTIES.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY MARCH 30 2006 AT 0001Z COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/... THE PRODUCT WILL BE COMPOSED OF FIRE WEATHER
ZONES. EACH FIRE WEATHER ZONE WILL BE COMPOSED OF COUNTIES AND
PORTIONS OF COUNTIES.
EACH NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBER...ITS DESCRIPTION...AND THE
COUNTIES...OR PORTIONS OF COUNTIES IN EACH...WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONE ZONE NAMECOUNTIES
NUMBER
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SDZ268 UPPER CHEYENNECORSON AND DEWEY COUNTIES
SDZ267LOWER BAD RIVERSTANLEY...JONES...AND LYMAN
COUNTIES
SDZ269UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU CAMBELL...WALWORTH...
POTTER...WESTERN TWO-THIRDS
MCPHERSON...WESTERN
EDMUNDS...WESTERN FAULK
COUNTIES
SDZ270MISSOURI COTEAUSULLY...HUGHES...HYDE...
BUFFALO...WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN HAND COUNTIES
SDZ271UPPER JAMES RIVEREASTERN THIRD OF MCPHERSON...
EASTERN EDMUNDS...EASTERN
FAULK...BROWN...SPINK...
WESTERN MARSHALL...EXTREME
WESTERN DAY...SOUTHWEST
CLARK...EASTERN HAND COUNTIES
SDZ272PRAIRIE COTEAUSOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN DAY...
NORTHEAST CLARK...
CODINGTON...HAMLIN...
SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS...
WESTERN GRANT...CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST DEUEL
SDZ273RED RIVER VALLEYEXTREME NORTHEAST MARSHALL...
NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS...
EASTERN GRANT...EXTREME
NORTHEAST DEUEL
MNZ039TRAVERSE COUNTY
MNZ046BIG STONE COUNTY
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
ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW ZONE ADDITIONS PROPOSED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION WERE REQUESTED BY...AND HAVE BEEN CLOSELY
COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS TO
BE READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON MARCH 30.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND/OR
PRODUCT ADDITIONS...CONTACT:
KENNETH HARDING
ACTING METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
824 BROWN COUNTY 14 SOUTH
ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA 57401-9311
PHONE: 605-225-0519
EMAIL: KENNETH.HARDING@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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