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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
115 PM EDT MON OCT 5 1998
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS
CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMET SERVICES
SUBJECT WYOMING PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT/LONG-FUSE
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCT SEGMENTATION...
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1 1998
...THIS STATEMENT IS UPDATED TO DELAY USE OF NEW ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT IDS FROM OCT 27 TO DEC 1...AND TO INTRODUCE /ON DEC 1/
NEW HEADINGS/IDS FOR WINTER STORM AND NON-PRECIPITATION EVENTS...
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 1998...AT 4:30 A.M....MOUNTAIN
STANDARD TIME /1130 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE WYOMING
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY
PRODUCTS WILL ALL BE SEGMENTED INTO THREE SEPARATE PRODUCTS FOR
THREE DISTINCT REGIONS /TABLE 1/. THE ZONE FOR THESE REGIONS ARE
LISTED IN TABLE 2.
THE WYOMING ZONE FORECASTS AND LONG-FUSE
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS
FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN CHEYENNE /CYS/ WYOMING...IN
COORDINATION WITH WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN RAPID CITY
/UNR/...SOUTH DAKOTA...AND RIVERTON /RIW/...WYOMING.
ALL ZONE FORECASTS FOR WYOMING/EXCEPT WY ZONES 21...98...AND 99/
AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY THE WSFO CHEYENNE AT APPROXIMATELY 440
A.M. AND 340 P.M. MST...USING THE THREE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS
LISTED IN TABLE 1...IN LIEU OF THE SINGLE NWWS PRODUCT ID
...CYSZFPWY...WHICH WILL BE DISCONTINUED AFTER DEC 1.
...IMPORTANT NOTE: THE LATER DEC 1 REPLACEMENT DATE OF CYSZFPWY
BY THE THREE NEW ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT IDS SUPERSEDES AN EARLIER
REPLACEMENT DATE OF OCT 27...WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN A PREVIOUS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT OF SEP 21...
UPDATES TO THE ZONE FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS
NEEDED BY THE THREE NWS OFFICES SERVING THEIR REGION...AS
INDICATED IN THE TABLES BELOW.
LIKEWISE... LONG-FUSE WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED BY THE CHEYENNE...WYOMING FORECAST OFFICE USING THE THREE
SEPARATE PRODUCT IDS/HEADINGS AS INDICATED IN THE TABLE 1 BELOW.
TABLE 1
REGION/PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO HEADING UPDATE
OFFICE
A. SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT CYSZFPCYS FPUS55 KCYS CYS
WINTER WEA. WATCH/WARNING/ADVRY CYSWSWCYS WWUS45 KCYS CYS
NON-PRECIP. WATCH/WARNING/ADVRY CYSNPWCYS WWUS75 KCYS CYS
B. CENTRAL AND WESTERN WYOMING
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT CYSZFPRIW FPUS55 KRIW RIW
WINTER WEA. WATCH/WARNING/ADVRY CYSWSWRIW WWUS45 KRIW RIW
NON-PRECIP. WATCH/WARNING/ADVRY CYSNPWRIW WWUS75 KRIW RIW
C. NORTHEAST WYOMING
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /ZFP/ FSDZFPUNR FPUS53 KUNR UNR
WINTER WEA. WATCH/WARNING/ADVRY FSDWSWRAP WWUS43 KUNR UNR
NON-PRECIP. WATCH/WARNING/ADVRY FSDNPWRAP WWUS73 KUNR UNR
SEGMENTATION OF THE WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ZONE
FORECASTS AND LONG FUSE WATCH/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES WILL RESULT IN
THE FOLLOWING REGIONAL ZONE ALIGNMENTS...WITH THE ZONE /Z/ FORM
OF THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ LISTED FOR EACH WYOMING
ZONE.
TABLE 2
A. SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
WYZ059- CONVERSE WYZ060- NIOBRARA
WYZ061- SOUTHWEST CARBON WYZ062- NORTH CARBON
WYZ063- SNOWY RANGE WYZ064- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE
WYZ065- LARAMIE VALLEY WYZ066- LARAMIE RANGE
WYZ067- PLATTE WYZ068- GOSHEN
WYZ069- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS WYZ070- PINE BLUFFS
NEZ001- SIOUX NEZ002- DAWES
NEZ003- BOX BUTTE NEZ019- SCOTTS BLUFF
NEZ020- BANNER NEZ021- MORRILL
NEZ054- KIMBALL NEZ055- CHEYENNE
B. CENTRAL AND WESTERN WYOMING
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
WYZ001- YELLOWSTONE NTNL PARK WYZ002- NORTH ABSAROKAS
WYZ003- SOUTH ABSAROKAS WYZ004- CODY FOOTHILLS
WYZ005- NORTH BIG HORN BASIN WYZ006- TETON/MOUNTAINS
WYZ007- JACKSON VALLEY WYZ008- OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS
WYZ009- SOUTH BIG HORN BASIN WYZ010- DUBOIS
WYZ011- WIND RIVER MTNS EAST WYZ012- LANDER FOOTHILLS
WYZ013- WIND RIVER BASIN WYZ014- GREEN MOUNTAINS
WYZ015- NATRONA WYZ016- STAR VALLEY
WYZ017- SALT RIVER RANGE WYZ018- KEMMERER
WYZ019- WIND RIVER MTNS WEST WYZ020- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN
WYZ022- ROCK SPRINGS/GREEN RIVER
WYZ023- RED DESERT WYZ024- FLAMING GORGE
WYZ025- SOUTHEAST SWEETWATER WYZ026- WESTERN BIG HORN MTNS
WYZ027- SOUTHEAST BIG HORN MTNS WYZ028- EAST JOHNSON
C. NORTHEAST WYOMING
UGC Z COUNTY ZONE UGC Z COUNTY ZONE
WYZ054- GILLETTE WYZ055- SOUTH CAMPBELL
WYZ056- MOORCROFT WYZ057- WYOMING BLACK HILLS
WYZ058- WESTON
NOTE: WYOMING ZONES 21...98..AND 99 ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THESE
CHANGES.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES...CONTACT THE METEOROLOGIST
IN CHARGE AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES:
WILLIAM T. PARKER VALERIA I. CAPELL
NWS NWS
1301 AIRPORT PARKWAY 12744 WEST U.S. HWY 26
CHEYENNE WY 82001-1549 RIVERTON WY. 82501
307-772-2468 307-857-3898
DAVID M. CARPENTER
NWS
300 EAST SIGNAL DRIVE
RAPID CITY SD. 57701-3800
605-341-9271
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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