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Service Change Notice 12-04
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1025 AM EST Thu Feb 2 2012
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 in Fire Weather Forecast Zones for Middle and
East Tennessee Effective March 6, 2012
Effective Tuesday March 6, 2012 at 7:00 AM Eastern Standard
Time, 1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), NWS Weather
Forecast Offices (WFO) in Morristown (MRX) and Nashville (OHX),
Tennessee, will reconfigure their fire weather forecast zones
with respect to Moore County, TN. Specifically, Moore County,
TN, will become part of WFO OHX, renamed TNZ502, Highland Rim
District South (old zone name Tennessee Forest District 5
South). Currently this zone is part of WFO MRX, named TNZ300,
Cumberland District South (old zone name Tennessee Forest
District 3).
After this zone change, all fire weather forecasts and products
for Moore County, TN, will be contained in the standard suite of
fire weather products issued by WFO OHX. In addition, the
following Tennessee Forest (TF) District names will become
effective on March 6, 2012:
Zone Code Old Zone Name New Zone Name
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TNZ150 TF District 1 East Tennessee DistrictEast
TNZ200 TF District 2 East Tennessee DistrictWest
TNZ300 TF District 3 Cumberland District-South
TNZ400 TF District 4 Cumberland District-North
TNZ501 TF District 5 North Highland Rim DistrictNorth
TNZ502 TF District 5 South Highland Rim DistrictSouth
These changes have been requested by the Tennessee Division of
Forestry (TN DOF) and are reflected in its current policy.
Partners and users of WFO MRX and OHX fire weather products will
need to update their system(s) to continue receiving correct
fire weather forecasts/products.
An updated fire weather zone map shapefile containing the new
zones is online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/firezone.htm
If you have any questions or comments about this reconfiguration
of fire weather zones or the TN Fire District name changes
please contact:
George Mathews Larry Vannozzi
Meteorologist-in-Charge Meteorologist-in-Charge
WFO Morristown WFO Nashville
George.Mathews@xxxxxxxx Larry.Vannozzi@xxxxxxxx
Or Or
David Gaffin John Cohen
Fire Weather Program Leader Fire Weather Program
Leader
WFO Morristown WFO Nashville
David.Gaffin@xxxxxxxx John.M.Cohen@xxxxxxxx
NWS Forecast Office NWS Forecast Office
5974 Commerce Street 500 Weather Station
Road
Morristown, TN 37814 Old Hickory, TN 37138-1145
423-586-3771 615-754-8500
Or
Paul Witsaman
NWS Southern Region
Fire Weather Program Manager
819 Taylor Street
Room 10A46
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-978-1100 ext.116
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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