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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-76
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT FORECAST AND LONG-FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY
RESPONSIBILITY TRANSFER TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA /TBW/
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 15 1999
EFFECTIVE MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT 12 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD
TIME /EST/...1100 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME /CST/... 1700
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/... MARINE AND PUBLIC FORECAST
AND LONG-FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR 15
COUNTY ZONES AND 7 MARINE ZONES IN FLORIDA WILL CHANGE. THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE FORECASTS IN THE ZONES LISTED IN /TABLE
1/ WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN
RUSKIN FLORIDA /TBW/ FROM THE MIAMI FLORIDA /MIA/ WFO.
BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS... CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2 USING THE NEW
PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FROM WFO TBW.
TABLE 1: FLORIDA ZONES TRANSFERRED FROM MIA TO TBW. UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ FOR THESE ZONES /Z/ ARE SHOWN.
FROM WFO MIAMI /MIA/
COUNTY UGC ZONE /Z/ COUNTY UGC ZONE /Z/
LEVY FLZ039 CITRUS FLZ042
SUMTER FLZ043 HERNANDO FLZ048
PASCO FLZ049 PINELLAS FLZ050
HILLSBOROUGH FLZ051 POLK FLZ052
MANATEE FLZ055 HARDEE FLZ056
HIGHLANDS FLZ057 SARASOTA FLZ060
DE SOTO FLZ061 CHARLOTTE FLZ062
LEE FLZ065
MARINE ZONES FROM MIAMI /MIA/
ZONE DESCRIPTION UGC ZONE /GMZ/
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM GMZ856
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ876
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM GMZ853
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ873
TAMPA BAY GMZ830
TARPON SPRINGS TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM GMZ850
TARPON SPRINGS TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ870
OUTLOOK FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER
OUT 50 NM GMZ890
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING FORECAST AND LONG-FUSED
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM WFO MIA
TO WFO TBW.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
**ZONE FORECAST /NEW/ MIAZFPTBW FPUS52 KTBW
MIA /OLD/ MIAZFPFL FPUS52 KMFL
COASTAL WATERS /NEW/ MIACWFTBW FZUS52 KTBW
FORECAST *MIA /OLD/ MIACWFMIA FZUS52 KMFL
FLASH FLOOD WATCH /NEW/ MIAFFATBW WGUS62 KTBW
*MIA /OLD/ MIAFFAMIA RWUS31 KMIA
NON-PRECIPITATION /NEW/ MIANPWTBW WWUS72 KTBW
PRODUCTS *MIA /OLD/ MIANPWMIA WWUS45 KMIA
CODED CITIES /NEW/ MIACCFTBW FPUS42 KTBW
FORECAST *MIA /OLD/ MIACCFMIA FPUS42 KMFL
WINTER WEATHER /NEW/ MIAWSWTBW WWUS42 KTBW
PRODUCTS *MIA /OLD/ MIAWSWMIA WWUS42 KMIA
* THESE OLD PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST...BUT WILL COVER
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE TAMPA BAY COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA.
** THE AFOS/AWIPS IDENTIFIER MIAZFPFL WILL CHANGE TO MIAZFPMIA ON
NOVEMBER 15. CUSTOMERS OF NWWS SERVICE MUST MAKE CHANGES TO
RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS AFTER NOVEMBER 15 1999. THE WMO HEADERS
FOR THESE PRODUCTS WILL NOT CHANGE.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-11...APPENDIX A /ZONE FORECAST BOUNDARIES/.... THIS UPDATES
PAGES A-47 AND A-53. THIS ALSO CHANGES WSOM CHAPTER D-51
APPENDIX A... PAGES A-3 AND A-4.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:
IRA BRENNER KEN GRAHAM
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2525 14TH AVENUE S.E. SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
RUSKIN FL 32310 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
813-645-2323 FORT WORTH TX 76102
817-978-2652 EX107
..NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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