970124-

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• Subject: 970124-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:51:39 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST MON JAN 27 1997
 
TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSRCIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
          WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM      THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
          SERVICES
 
SUBJECT   LONG-FUSE WARNING AND FORECAST RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
          FOUR /4/ ADDITIONAL ZONES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA
          TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
          CHICAGO...EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 1 1997.
 
     EFFECTIVE TUESDAY... APRIL 1 1997... AT 4:00 A.M... CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/... THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN CHICAGO /CHI/...
ILLINOIS WILL ASSUME LONG-FUSE WARNING AND FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOUR /4/ ADDITIONAL ZONES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST
INDIANA /TABLE 1/. 
 
     WSFO CHI WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
/CHIZFPIL/FPUS53 KLOT/ FOR MUCH OF ILLINOIS AS WELL AS LAKE
COUNTY IN INDIANA AT 4:00 A.M. AND 3:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.  AS
ALWAYS...ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE UPDATED AS WEATHER CONDITIONS
DICTATE.  
     
     FOR THE AFFECTED ZONES /TABLE 1/... SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ WILL
NEED TO INITIATE ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE.  THESE
PROGRAM CHANGES WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CHANGES...
E.G.... INDZFPIN TO CHIZFPIL /SEE TABLE 2/.
 
TABLE 1:  FROM WSFO INDIANAPOLIS /IND/ TO CHI: 
FOUR /4/ ZONES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA:
 
     ZONE NUMBER        ZONE NAME /BY COUNTY/          
 
     INZ002-            PORTER
     INZ010-            NEWTON
     INZ011-            JASPER
     INZ019-            BENTON
       
TABLE 2:  FOR THE ZONES IN TABLE 1...THE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE
NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR THIS SERVICE TRANSFER TO WSFO CHI.
 
     PRODUCT DESCRIPTION                   NWWS ID     WMO/FOS ID
 
     PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS                 CHIZFPIL   FPUS53 KLOT
     
 
     WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING      CHIWSWCHI  WWUS46 KCHI
 
     NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CHINPWCHI  WWUS45 KCHI
                               
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH                     CHIFFACHI  RWUS31 KCHI 
     
 
     THIS NOTICE UPDATES PAGES A-8 AND A-79 OF APPENDIX A TO
WEATHER SERVICE OPERATORS MANUAL CHAPTER C-11...APPENDIX A /ZONE
FORECAST AREA MAPS/.
 
     IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
 
     PAUL W. DAILEY... METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
     NWS FORECAST OFFICE NOAA
     333 W. UNIVERSITY DRIVE
     ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
     317-856-0360
 
    
NOTE: THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE POSTED
AT THIS URL:
 
  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM     /LOWER CASE/
 
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