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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-49
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1125 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 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 EL PASO /EPZ/ WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE ON JULY 15 1999
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JULY 15 1999 AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
TIME /CDT/...1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...FORECAST AND
LONG-FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9 ZONES IN
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO /TABLE 1/ WILL BE TRANSFERRED
TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN EL PASO /EPZ/ TEXAS FROM
THE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO /ABQ/ AND LUBBOCK TEXAS /LUB/ WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICES. THIS SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL
ENABLE THE EL PASO NWS OFFICE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS
INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED LEVEL
OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2 USING THE NEW PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER FROM WFO EPZ.
TABLE 1: ZONES TRANSFERRED TO EPZ. UNIVERSAL CODES /UGC/ FOR
THESE ZONES /Z/ ARE SHOWN IN THE TABLE.
FROM LUBBOCK /LUB/
COUNTY UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE
EL PASO TXZ055
HUDSPETH TXZ056
FROM ALBUQUERQUE /ABQ/
ZONE UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE
SOUTHWEST MTNS/LOWER GILA REGION NMZ022
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NMZ023
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NMZ024
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MTNS NMZ025
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHILL NMZ030
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NMZ031
SOUTHERN DESERT NMZ032
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING FORECAST AND LONG-FUSED
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO EPZ.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
**ZONE FORECAST /NEW/ LBBZFPELP FPUS55 KEPZ
NM /OLD/ ABQZFPNM FPUS55 KABQ
TX /OLD/ LBBZFPTX FPUS54 KLUB
FLASH FLOOD WATCH /NEW/ LBBFFAELP WGUS65 KEPZ
*NM /OLD/ ABQFFAABQ RWUS31 KABQ
*TX /OLD/ LBBFFALBB RWUS31 KLBB
NON-PRECIPITATION /NEW/ LBBNPWELP WWUS75 KEPZ
*NM /OLD/ ABQNPWABQ WWUS45 KABQ
*TX /OLD/ LBBNPWLBB WWUS45 KLBB
CODED CITY /NEW/ LBBCCFELP FPUS45 KEPZ
FORECAST *NM /OLD/ ABQCCFABQ FPUS45 KABQ
*TX /OLD/ LBBCCFLBB FPUS44 KLUB
WINTER WEATHER /NEW/ LBBWSWELP WWUS45 KEPZ
PRODUCTS *NM /OLD/ ABQWSWABQ WWUS45 KABQ
*TX /OLD/ LBBWSWLBB WWUS44 KLUB
* THESE OLD PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST...BUT WILL COVER
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE EPZ COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA.
** CUSTOMERS THAT USE THE ABQZFPNM AND/OR LBBZFPTX FOR AREAS NOT
LISTED IN TABLE 1...THE PRODUCT AFOS/AWIPS IDENTIFIER WILL CHANGE
TO ABQZFPABQ AND LBBZFPLBB RESPECTIVELY. CUSTOMERS OF NWWS
SERVICE MUST MAKE CHANGES TO RECEIVE THIS PRODUCT AFTER JULY 15
1999.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-11...APPENDIX A /ZONE FORECAST BOUNDARIES/.... THIS UPDATES
PAGES A-7...A-61 AND A-69.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:
MAX BLOOD KEN GRAHAM
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7950 AIRPORT ROAD SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
SANTA TERESA NM 88008 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
505-589-4088 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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