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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
957 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: REMINDER: CHANGES IN PUBLIC ZONES...COUNTY WARNING
AREAS AND COUNTIES /AS USED IN AWIPS/ FOR NWS WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICES AT BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC...
WAKEFIELD VA AND MOUNT HOLLY NJ: EFFECTIVE JULY 15
2009
REFER TO SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-23 ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/SCN09-23AAA_LWX_MARINE_ZONES.TXT
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JULY 15 2009 AT 200 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
/EDT/ OR 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ AT BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC /LWX/ WILL
RECONFIGURE SOME OF ITS MARINE ZONES FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.
MOST OF THE SMALL RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THESE MARINE ZONES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ADJACENT /OR APPROPRIATE/ PUBLIC WEATHER ZONES FOR WFO LWX...WFO WAKEFIELD VA /AKQ/ AND WFO MOUNT HOLLY NJ /PHI/. THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL IMPROVE BOTH PUBLIC AND MARINE WARNINGS...FORECASTS AND SERVICES BY ALLOWING THEM TO BE MORE AREA SPECIFIC. 1. ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE SMALL RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES CURRENTLY IN MARINE ZONES WITH UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ ANZ536 /INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND/ AND ANZ537 /COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT/ WILL BE REMOVED FROM THOSE MARINE ZONES AND INCORPORATED INTO PUBLIC WEATHER ZONES UGC VAZ052 /PRINCE WILLIAM-MANASSAS-MANASSAS PARK/...VAZ055 /STAFFORD/...VAZ057 /KING GEORGE/...MDZ016 /CHARLES/ AND MDZ017 /ST.MARY/S/ FOR WFO LWX AND PUBLIC WEATHER ZONES UGC VAZ075 /WESTMORELAND/ AND VAZ077 /NORTHUMBERLAND/ FOR WFO AKQ.
2. ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE SMALL RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CURRENTLY IN MARINE ZONE ANZ530 /NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND/ WILL STAY IN MARINE ZONE ANZ530 WHILE SMALL RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY CURRENTLY IN MARINE ZONE ANZ530 WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO PUBLIC WEATHER ZONES MDZ008 /CECIL/ AND MDZ012 /KENT/ FOR WFO PHI.
3. ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE SMALL RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES CURRENTLY IN MARINE ZONES ANZ531 /POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT/...ANZ532 /SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH/ AND ANZ533 /NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT/ WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO PUBLIC WEATHER ZONES MDZ011 /SOUTHERN BALTIMORE/...MDZ014 /ANNE ARUNDEL/... MDZ017 /ST. MARY/S/ AND MDZ018 /CALVERT/ FOR WFO LWX AND MDZ012 /KENT/...MDZ015 /QUEEN ANNE/S/AND MDZ019 /TALBOT/ FOR WFO PHI. A MAP DEPICTING THE RECONFIGURED PUBLIC ZONES...COUNTY WARNING AREAS AND COUNTIES /AS USED IN AWIPS/ FOR ALL THREE WFO/S IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/RESOURCES/LWX-PHI.HTMLTABLE 1. WFO BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON PUBLIC WEATHER PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE PUBLIC/MARINE RECONFIGURATION:
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WUUS51 KLWX SVRLWX TORNADO WARNING WFUS51 KLWX TORLWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS51 KLWX SVSLWX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS81 KLWX SPSLWX WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION WWUS61 KLWX WCNLWX ZONE FORECAST FPUS51 KLWX ZFPLWX SHORT TERM FORECAST FPUS71 KLWX NOWLWX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FLUS41 KLWX HWOLWXTHE AFFECTED PRODUCTS...WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS FOR AKQ AND PHI ARE THE SAME AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1 ABOVE EXCEPT SUBSTITUTE AKQ IN PLACE OF LWX FOR WFO AKQ AND SUBSTITUTE PHI IN PLACE OF LWX FOR WFO PHI.
PARTNERS AND USERS MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO CONTINUE CORRECTLY PROCESSING PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS RECONFIGURATION.
UPDATED PUBLIC ZONE...COUNTY WARNING AREA AND COUNTIES /AS USED IN AWIPS/ ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/PUBZONE.HTM
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/CWA.HTM HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/COUNTY/HTML/COUNTY.HTM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: CHRIS STRONG BILL SAMMLER WARNING COORDINATION WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON WFO WAKEFIELD 43858 WEATHER SERVICE ROAD 10009 GENERAL MAHONE HIGHWAY STERLING VA 20166 WAKEFIELD VA 23888 CHRISTOPHER.STRONG@xxxxxxxx WILLIAM.SAMMLER@xxxxxxxx JOE MIKETTA WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY 732 WOODLANE ROAD MOUNT HOLLY NJ 08060 JOSEPH.MIKETTA@xxxxxxxx NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$
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