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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT UBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: RECONFIGURATION OF SOME PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES ISSUED BY
WFO PENDLETON OREGON...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 15 2005
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 15 AT 2200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...1400 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME /PST/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN
PENDLETON...OREGON /PDT/ WILL RECONFIGURE FOUR OF ITS PUBLIC
FORECAST ZONES IN ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IN OREGON AND ONE
ZONE IN WASHINGTON TO CREATE EIGHT NEW FORECAST ZONES. THE
CURRENT ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. THE EIGHT NEW WASHINGTON AND
OREGON ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2.
NWS CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO PROPERLY RECEIVE WFO
PENDLETON PUBLIC FORECAST AND WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
RECONFIGURED ZONES.
TABLE 1: CURRENT PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES THAT WILL BE RECONFIGURED
AS OUTLINED IN TABLE 2.
ZONE NUMBER/ZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION
UGC CODE
WAZ025EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES
ORZ045FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
ORZ046BLUE MOUNTAINS
ORZ047JOHN DAY BASIN
ORZ048OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
THE CURRENT WASHINGTON ZONE 25 /EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN
CASCADES/ WILL BE SPLIT AT 46.5 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE FORMING
TWO NEW EAST SLOPE ZONES /WASHINGTON 501 AND 502/.
THE CURRENT OREGON ZONE 46 /BLUE MOUNTAINS/ WILL BE SPLIT ALONG
MCKAY CREEK WITH THE BORDER THEN RUNNING ROUGHLY PARALLEL BUT
JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 84 TO THE CURRENT OREGON ZONE 49 BORDER.
THIS WILL CREATE TWO NEW BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON ZONES /OREGON
502 AND 503/.
THE NORTHERN WHEELER/SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES ZONE /504/ WILL
BE CREATED BY MERGING THE GILLIAM COUNTY PORTION OF THE CURRENT
OREGON ZONE 45 /FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON/ WITH
THE WHEELER COUNTY PORTION OF THE CURRENT OREGON ZONE 47 /JOHN
DAY BASIN/ NORTH OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER. THE REMAINING ZONES 45
AND 47 WILL RETAIN THEIR NAMES BUT THE ZONE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE
TO 501 AND 505...RESPECTIVELY.
THE CURRENT OREGON ZONE 48 /OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS/ WILL BE
EXTENDED NORTHWARD IN WHEELER COUNTY TO THE JOHN DAY RIVER. THE
ZONE NAME WILL REMAIN THE SAME BUT THE NUMBER WILL CHANGE TO 506.
TABLE 2: NEW RECONFIGURED WFO PENDLETON ZONES...EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER 15 2005.
ZONE NUMBER/ZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION
UGC CODE
WAZ501EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES
WAZ502EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES
ORZ501FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
ORZ502 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
ORZ503SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
ORZ504NORTHERN WHEELER/SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES
ORZ505JOHN DAY BASIN
ORZ506OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/PUBZONE.HTM
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHANGE IS SOONER THAN SPECIFIED BY NWS
INSTRUCTION 10-1805. THE REDUCTION OF THE NORMAL ADVANCE LEAD
TIME WAS APPROVED SO THE CHANGE COULD TAKE EFFECT BEFORE THE
START OF WINTER WEATHER SEASON.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE... CONTACT:
MIKE VESCIO
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2001 NW 56 DRIVE
PENDLETON OR 97801
PHONE: 541-276-7832
EMAIL: MICHAEL.VESCIO@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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