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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-79
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1230 PM EDT MON SEP 20 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM X. WILLIAM PROENZA, SOUTHERN REGION DIRECTOR
SUBJECT FORECAST AND LONG-FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY
RESPONSIBILITY TRANSFER TO THE KEY WEST /EYW/ WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 15 1999
EFFECTIVE MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT 1200 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 3 ZONES
AND 10 MARINE ZONES IN FLORIDA KEYS /TABLE 1/ WILL BE TRANSFERRED
TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN KEY WEST FLORIDA /EYW/
FROM THE MIAMI FLORIDA 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 EYW.
TABLE 1: ZONES TRANSFERRED TO FROM WFO MIA TO EYW. UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ FOR THESE ZONES /Z/ ARE SHOWN IN THE TABLE.
FROM MIAMI /MIA/
MONROE COUNTY ZONE UGC ZONE /Z/
UPPER KEYS FLZ076
MIDDLE KEYS FLZ077
LOWER KEYS FLZ078
MARINE ZONES FROM MIAMI /MIA/
ZONE DESCRIPTION UGC ZONE /GMZ/
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM GMZ052
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ072
FLORIDA BAY GMZ031
GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM GMZ032
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE
OUT 20 NM GMZ053
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ073
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST
OUT 20 NM GMZ054
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ074
GULF WATERS FROM KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF
DRY TORTUGAS. NORTH 20 NM AND SOUTH 50 NM
FROM DRY TORTUGAS GMZ075
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO
CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ033
OUTLOOK FROM OCEAN REEF TO DRY TORTUGAS
OUT 50 NM INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY GMZ095
OUTLOOK FROM KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS. NORTH 20 NM AND SOUTH 50 NM
FROM DRY TORTUGAS GMZ096
OUTLOOK FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ097
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING FORECAST AND LONG-FUSED
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO EYW.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
**ZONE FORECAST /NEW/ MIAZFPEYW FPUS52 KEYW
MIA /OLD/ MIAZFPFL FPUS52 KMFL
COASTAL WATERS /NEW/ MIACWFEYW FZUS52 KEYW
FORECAST *MIA /OLD/ MIACWFMIA FZUS52 KMFL
FLASH FLOOD WATCH /NEW/ MIAFFAEYW WGUS62 KEYW
*MIA /OLD/ MIAFFAMIA RWUS31 KMIA
NON-PRECIPITATION /NEW/ MIANPWEYW WWUS72 KEYW
PRODUCTS *MIA /OLD/ MIANPWMIA WWUS45 KMIA
CODED CITIES /NEW/ MIACCFEYW FPUS42 KEYW
FORECAST *MIA /OLD/ MIACCFMIA FPUS42 KMFL
WINTER WEATHER /NEW/ MIAWSWEYW WWUS42 KEYW
PRODUCTS *MIA /OLD/ MIAWSWMIA WWUS44 KMIA
* THESE OLD PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST...BUT WILL COVER
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE KEY WEST COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA.
** THE AFOS/AWIPS IDENTIFIER MIAZFPFL WILL CHANGE TO MIAZFPMIA.
CUSTOMERS OF NWWS SERVICE MUST MAKE CHANGES TO RECEIVE THESE
PRODUCTS STARTING 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:
BOBBY MCDANIEL KEN GRAHAM
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
3535 S ROOSEVELT RD SUITE 105 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
KEY WEST FL 33040 FORT WORTH TX 76102
305-295-1316 817-978-2652 EXT 107
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