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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
750 AM EDT THU APR 1 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO WFO CHEYENNE WY FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE MAY 1 2010
EFFECTIVE SATURDAY MAY 1 2010 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/ THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN CHEYENNE WYOMING
/CYS/ WILL MODIFY SEVERAL OF ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONE BOUNDARIES IN
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THESE
CHANGES WILL BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES AND IMPROVE FIRE WEATHER SUPPORT...INCLUDING IMPROVED
WATCH...WARNING AND FORECAST PRODUCTS.
WFO CYS HAS FIRE WEATHER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. BASED ON
CLIMATOLOGY AND IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR PRIMARY FIRE WEATHER
PARTNERS...CHANGES TO ALL OF THE FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WERE AGREED UPON.
ALL OF THE FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL HAVE AT
LEAST MINOR ADJUSTMENTS...WITH FIRE WEATHER ZONES WYZ292 THROUGH
WYZ296 UNDERGOING THE GREATEST CHANGES TO BETTER INCORPORATE THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST. ALSO NEBRASKA
FIRE WEATHER ZONE NEZ200 WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO NEW ZONES. THE
NEW NORTHERN ZONE WILL INCLUDE THE OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLAND AND
THE PINE RIDGE AREA INCLUDING THE ENTIRE NEBRASKA NATIONAL
FOREST.
SINCE CLIMATOLOGY WILL BE DIFFERENT... ALL OF THESE FIRE ZONES
WILL BE RENAMED AND RENUMBERED AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
TABLE 1. COMPARISON OF NEW/OLD FIRE WEATHER ZONE/Z/ FORM OF THE
UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ NAMES/NUMBERS FOR WFO CYS USERS:
NEW ZONE NAME NEW ZONE OLD ZONE NAME OLD
ZONE
NUMBER NUMBER
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NIOBRARA/LOWER WYZ301 EAST-CENTRAL WYOMING WYZ291
ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE AND
CONVERSE/THUNDER NIOBRARA COUNTIES
BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/ WYZ302 LARAMIE MOUNTAIN WYZ294
MEDICINE BOW NF RANGE NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WYZ303 NORTH AND SOUTHWEST WYZ293
CARBON/FERRIS- CARBON COUNTY
SEMINOE-SHIRLEY
MOUNTAINS
SOUTHWEST CARBON WYZ304 NORTH AND SOUTHWEST WYZ293
COUNTY CARBON COUNTY
SIERRA MADRE RANGE/ WYZ305 MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL WYZ296
MEDICINE BOW NF FOREST IN THE
MEDICINE BOW
MOUNTAINS
UPPER NORTH PLATTE WYZ306 NORTH AND SOUTHWEST WYZ293
RIVER BASIN CARBON COUNTY
SNOWY RANGE/ WYZ307 MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL WYZ296
MEDICINE BOW NF FOREST IN THE
MEDICINE BOW
MOUNTAINS
LARAMIE VALLEY/ WYZ308 LARAMIE VALLEY WYZ292
SHIRLEY BASIN
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/ WYZ309 LARAMIE MOUNTAIN WYZ295
MEDICINE BOW NF RANGE SOUTH
PLATTE/GOSHEN/ WYZ310 SOUTHEAST WYOMING WYZ290
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS INCLUDING
LARAMIE PINE BLUFFS/CHEYENNE
FOOTHILLS/PLATTE
COUNTY/GOSHEN COUNTY
PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NEZ311 NEBRASKA NATIONAL NEZ200
NATIONAL FOREST/ FOREST AND THE
OGLALA NATIONAL OGALLALA NATIONAL
GRASSLANDS GRASSLANDS
BOX BUTTE/SOUTH NEZ312 NEBRASKA NATIONAL NEZ200
SIOUX FOREST AND THE
OGALLALA NATIONAL
GRASSLANDS
SCOTTS BLUFF NEZ313 SCOTTSBLUFF NATIONAL NEZ202
NATIONAL MONUMENT/ MONUMENT AND THE
WILDCAT HILLS WILDCAT HILLS OF
WESTERN NEBRASKA
AFFECTED WFO CYS FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WARNING AND FORECAST
PRODUCTS ARE:
PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH WWUS83 KCYS RFWCYS
RED FLAG WARNING WWUS83 KCYS RFWCYS
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FNUS53 KCYS FWFCYS
FORECAST
A MAP OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES IS ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/IMAGES/CYS_NEW.JPG
SHAPEFILES OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER FORECAST ZONES ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM
NWS PARTNERS AND USERS SHOULD MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO
THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CHANGES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
JOHN GRIFFITH
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1301 AIRPORT PARKWAY
CHEYENNE WY 82001
307-772-2468
JOHN.GRIFFITH@xxxxxxxx
NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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