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Service Change Notice 13-45
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
300 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2013
To: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch
Eli Jacks
Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch
Subject: Transfer of Some Small Marine Areas in Lower Chesapeake
Bay Area from Marine Zones to Fire and Public Zones, or
to other Marine Zones, effective August 15, 2013
Effective Thursday, August 15, 2013, at 2 PM Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT), 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the NWS
Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Wakefield, VA (AKQ), will
transfer some small marine areas in the lower Chesapeake Bay area
from marine zones to fire and public zones, or to other marine
zones. These changes are graphically shown at:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/akq/news/AKQMZ.html
and summarized below. These are graphic changes only. There are
no changes to any zone names or Universal Geographic Codes (UGC).
ANZ631 - Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort,
VA and ANZ635 - Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill
Point. A portion of ANZ631 will be broken off from Deltaville,
VA westward and combined into Rappahannock River Zone ANZ635
(Marine zone immediately to its west).
ANZ637 - James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge.
The Hampton River marine area was incorrectly added to ANZ637.
It will be removed from marine zone ANZ637 and added to fire zone
VAZ094-Newport News/Hampton and public zone VAZ094-Newport
News/Hampton.
ANZ638 - James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads
Bridge - Tunnel. The southwest portion of Back River will be
removed from marine zone ANZ638 and added to fire zone VAZ094-
Newport News/Hampton and public zone VAZ094- Newport
News/Hampton.
ANZ632 - Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek
VA. A very small fragment of this marine area (New Mill Creek)
was incorrectly added to ANZ632 and will be added back to fire
zone VAZ095-Norfolk/Portsmouth and public zone VAZ095-
Norfolk/Portsmouth.
ANZ630 - Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA.
The Pocomoke River was incorrectly added as part of ANZ630 and
will be added back to fire zones VAZ099-Accomack, MDZ023-
Somerset, and MDZ024-Inland Worcester; and public zones VAZ099-
Accomack, MDZ023-Somerset, and MDZ024-Inland Worcester.
The modified zones are listed in Tables 1 and 2 below. WFO AKQ
will continue to issue forecasts and warnings for the modified
zones in Tables 1 and 2 via the products in Table 3.
Table 1. Marine zone being modified. The zone name and
Universal Geographic Codes (UGCs) will not change.
Marine Zone Name UGC(Z) Comment
------------------------- --- -------
Chesapeake Bay from ANZ631 Removes marine area
Windmill Point to New Point Deltaville westward
Comfort VA
Rappahannock River from ANZ635 Now includes marine
Urbanna to Windmill Point area east to Deltaville
James River from Jamestown ANZ637 Removes Hampton River
to the James River Bridge marine area
James River from James River ANZ638 Removes southwest
Bridge to Hampton Roads portion of Back River
Bridge - Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay from New Point ANZ632 Removes small marine
Comfort to Little Creek VA. Area (New Mill Creek)
Chesapeake Bay from Smith ANZ630 Removes the Pocomoke
Point to Windmill Point VA River
Table 2. Fire and Public zones being modified. The zone names
and UGCs will not change.
Fire Zone Name UGC(Z) Comment
----------------------- --- -------
Newport News/Hampton VAZ094 Now includes Hampton
River marine area
Newport News/Hampton VAZ094 Now includes southwest
portion of Back River
Norfolk/Portsmouth VAZ095 Now includes small
marine area (New Mill
Creek)
Accomack VAZ099 Now includes the Pocomoke
Somerset MDZ023 River
Inland Worcester MDZ024
Public Zone Name UGC(Z) Comment
------------------------- --- ------
Newport News/Hampton VAZ094 Now includes Hampton
River marine area
Newport News/Hampton VAZ094 Now includes southwest
portion of Back River
Norfolk/Portsmouth VAZ095 Now includes small
marine area (New Mill
Creek)
Accomack VAZ099 Now includes the Pocomoke
Somerset MDZ023 River
Inland Worcester MDZ024
This change also affects WFO AKQs county and County Warning Area
(CWA) shapefiles.
Partners and users providing NWS forecasts must download updated
map shapefiles to correctly provide forecasts for the marine,
fire and public forecast areas near Hampton, available online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/firezone.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/cwa.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/county/html/county.htm
Table 3. NWS text products affected by the WFO AKQ transfer of
small marine areas in the lower Chesapeake Bay area from marine
zones to fire and public zones, or to other marine zones.
Product Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
------------ ----------- --------
Coastal Waters Forecast FZUS51 KAKQ CWFAKQ
Marine Weather Message WHUS71 KAKQ MWWAKQ
Special Marine Warning WHUS51 KAKQ SMWAKQ
Marine Weather Statement FZUS71 KAKQ MWSAKQ
Hurricane Local Statement WTUS81 KAKQ HLSAKQ
Hazardous Weather Outlook FLUS41 KAKQ HWOAKQ
Watch County Notification WWUS61 KAKQ WCNAKQ
Coastal Hazard Message WHUS41 KAKQ CFWAKQ
Severe Thunderstorm Warning WUUS51 KAKQ SVRAKQ
Tornado Warning WFUS51 KAKQ TORAKQ
Severe Weather Statement WWUS51 KAKQ SVSAKQ
Special Weather Statement WWUS81 KAKQ SPSAKQ
Zone Forecast FPUS51 KAKQ ZFPAKQ
Short Term Forecast FPUS71 KAKQ NOWAKQ
Tsunami Message WEXX20 PAAQ TSUAT1
Fire Weather Forecast FNUS51 KAKQ FWFAKQ
Red Flag Watch/Warning WWUS81 KAKQ RFWAKQ
Watch Outline Update WOUS64 KWNS WOUn (n=1-9)
Surf Zone Forecast FZUS51 KAKQ SRFAKQ
Partners and users do not have to take any action to continue
receiving these text products.
If you have any questions or comments about this transfer of
small marine area near Hampton, VA, from a marine to fire and
public zones, or to other marine zones, please contact:
Michael Montefusco
Marine Program Leader
WFO Wakefield,VA
Wakefield, VA 23888
757-899-4200
michael.montefusco@xxxxxxxx
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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