20070316: fire wx-Texas: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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NOUS41 KWBC 161159
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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
800 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007

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...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     ELI JACKS
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AND FIRE WEATHER
          WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE FAR WEST TEXAS COUNTIES OF 
          EL PASO AND HUDSPETH: EFFECTIVE APRIL 17 2007

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 17 2007 AT 1:00 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT 
TIME /CDT/...1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE EL PASO 
AREA /EPZ/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ WILL BEGIN PROVIDING 
FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AND FIRE WEATHER WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE 
TEXAS COUNTIES OF EL PASO AND HUDSPETH.  THIS SERVICE IS BEING 
PROVIDED AT THE REQUEST OF LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND REQUIRES THE ADDITION OF TWO FIRE 
WEATHER ZONES /TXZ055 AND TXZ056/ DESCRIBED BELOW IN TABLE 1.

TABLE 1: FAR WEST TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE ADDITIONS FOR THE WFO 
EL PASO AREA: EFFECTIVE APRIL 17 2007.

FUTURE FIRE       FUTURE FIRE
ZONE NUMBER       ZONE NAME

TXZ055            FAR WEST TEXAS - EL PASO COUNTY

TXZ056            FAR WEST TEXAS - HUDSPETH COUNTY

THESE NEW FIRE ZONES EXACTLY MIMIC THE PUBLIC ZONES FOR THESE 
AREAS.

NWS CUSTOMERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO 
THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW FIRE WEATHER 
ZONE /Z/ UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/ AND ALIGNMENTS FOR 
THESE TWO COUNTIES. THESE CHANGES AFFECT THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN 
TABLE 2 BELOW AND DO NOT INVOLVE PRODUCTS USING COUNTY /C/ UGC.

TABLE 2: FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT CATEGORIES INVOLVED IN THIS SERVICE 
ENHANCEMENT.

PRODUCT                                  AWIPS / WMO IDS

FIRE WEATHER FORECAST                    FWF / FNUS54 KEPZ
FIRE WEATHER WATCH/RED FLAG WARNING      RFW / WWUS84 KEPZ

ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS 
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW CONFIGURATION PROPOSED FOR 
IMPLEMENTATION WAS REQUESTED BY...AND HAS BEEN CLOSELY 
COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND USERS TO BE 
READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON APRIL 17 2007.

THE UPDATED ZONE MAP IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING 
WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:

WILLIAM ALEXANDER           PAUL WITSAMAN
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE     FIRE WEATHER/AVIATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7955 AIRPORT ROAD           SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
SANTA TERESA NM 88008       819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
505-589-4161 X222           FORT WORTH TX 76102
BILL.ALEXANDER at NOAA.GOV     817-978-1100 X114
                            PAUL.WITSAMAN at NOAA.GOV

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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