20060214: fire wx-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:48:17 -0700

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NOUS41 KWBC 141620
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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-09
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1120 AM EST TUE FEB 14 2006

TO:  FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMRGENCY MANAGERS
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...USERS OF THE FIRE
         WEATHER FORECASTS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

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

SUBJECT:  CHANGE OF ONE FIRE WEATHER ZONE AND ADDITION OF TWO NEW
         FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH
         DAKOTA: EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28 2006


THE PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBER SDZ258...LOWER JAMES RIVER
TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY...IS COMPRISED OF HUTCHINSON...
TURNER...LINCOLN...UNION...CLAY...YANKTON...AND NORTHERN AND
EASTERN BON HOMME COUNTIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...
SDZ258 WILL INCLUDE DIXON AND DAKOTA COUNTIES...BOTH IN
NEBRASKA... IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES
LISTED ABOVE. THE NEW NAME FOR THE ZONE WILL BE EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.
TABLE 1 BELOW DESCRIBES THE CHANGES TO FIRE WEATHER ZONE SDZ258.

TABLE 1:PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE SDZ258 AND CHANGED ZONE...
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28:

ZONE NAMECOUNTIES INCLUDED

CURRENTLOWER JAMES RIVER TOHUTCHINSON...TURNER...
LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVERLINCOLN...UNION...CLAY...
VALLEYYANKTON...AND NORTHERN AND
EASTERN BON HOMME

NEWEXTREME SOUTHEASTERNSD: HUTCHINSON...TURNER...
SOUTH DAKOTA AND LINCOLN...UNION...CLAY...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERNYANKTON...NORTHERN AND
NEBRASKAEASTERN BON HOMME...AND
NE: DIXON AND DAKOTA

ALSO EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28 AT 0001 UTC...WFO SIOUX FALLS WILL ADD
TWO NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO ITS SUITE OF PRODUCTS. THE TWO NEW
ZONE NUMBERS...THEIR DESCRIPTIONS...AND THEIR COUNTIES WILL BE AS
FOLLOWS:

TABLE 2:NEW IOWA FIRE WEATHER ZONE IN WFO SIOUX FALLS AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28:

ZONEZONE NAMECOUNTIES
NUMBER

IAZ300NORTHERN LOESS HILLS WOODBURY...IDA...PLYMOUTH...
AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN SOUTHERN SIOUX...WESTERN
CHEROKEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
OBRIEN COUNTIES

IAZ301IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK DICKENSON...CLAY...OSCEOLA...
AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS LYON...BUENA VISTA...EASTERN
CHEROKEE...NORTHERN AND
EASTERN OBRIEN...AND NORTHERN
SIOUX COUNTIES

NWS CUSTOMERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO
THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ZONE CHANGES AND
ADDITIONS.

ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE ZONE BOUNDARY CHANGES AND NEW
ZONE ADDITIONS PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WERE REQUESTED
BY...AND HAVE BEEN CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL FIRE WEATHER
PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS TO BE READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON
FEBRUARY 28.

A SHAPEFILE OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND/OR
PRODUCT ADDITIONS...CONTACT:

    D. GREG HARMON
    METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
    26 WEATHER LANE
    SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA 57104-0198
    PHONE: 605-330-4247
    EMAIL: GREG.HARMON@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

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

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