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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EST THU DEC 2 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS IN WEST VIRGINIA TO BE PRODUCED BY 4
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES IN THE NWS EASTERN REGION...
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1 2000
EFFECTIVE AT 9 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST)...1400 UNIVERSAL
TIME COORDINATED (UTC)...TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 2000...ALL FIRE WEATHER
PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 55 ZONES IN WEST VIRGINIA (TABLE 1) WILL
BE TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES IN CHARLESTON (RLX)
WV...PITTSBURGH (PBZ) PA...ROANOKE (RNK) VA...AND BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
(LWX) MD//VA/DC.
PLEASE REFER TO LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENTS FOR THE OFFICIAL SPECIFIC START DATE OF PRODUCT
ISSUANCES DURING THE UPCOMING FIRE WEATHER SEASON.
BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PROGRAM TRANSFER...SUBSCRIBERS TO
THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS)
MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2
FOR THESE 55 ZONES USING THE NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FROM THE
RLX...PBZ...RNK...AND LWX NWS OFFICES.
TABLE 1: ZONES ASSUMED IN WEST VIRGINIA BY 4 NWS OFFICES -----
CHARLESTON/RLX; PITTSBURGH/PBZ; ROANOKE/RNK; AND...BALTIMORE...MD /
WASHINGTON...DC/LWX FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS. UNIVERSAL GENERIC
CODES (UGC) FOR THESE ZONES (Z) ARE SHOWN IN THE TABLE.
ZONE NAME UGC Z OFFICE ZONE NAME UGC Z OFFICE
/BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/
BARBOUR WVZ040- RLX MINERAL WVZ049- LWX
BERKELEY WVZ052- LWX MINGO WVZ024- RLX
BOONE WVZ026- RLX MONONGALIA WVZ022- PBZ
BRAXTON WVZ028- RLX MONROE WVZ044- RNK
BROOKE WVZ002- PBZ MORGAN WVZ051- LWX
CABELL WVZ006- RLX NICHOLAS WVZ037- RLX
CALHOUN WVZ018- RLX OHIO WVZ003- PBZ
CLAY WVZ027- RLX PENDLETON WVZ054- LWX
DODDRIDGE WVZ020- RLX PLEASANTS WVZ010- RLX
FAYETTE WVZ036- RLX POCAHONTAS WVZ046- RLX
GILMER WVZ029- RLX PRESTON WVZ023- PBZ
GRANT WVZ048- LWX PUTNAM WVZ014- RLX
GREENBRIER WVZ045- RNK RALEIGH WVZ035- RLX
HAMPSHIRE WVZ050- LWX RANDOLPH WVZ047- RLX
HANCOCK WVZ001- PBZ RITCHIE WVZ019- RLX
HARDY WVZ055- LWX ROANE WVZ016- RLX
HARRISON WVZ031- RLX SUMMERS WVZ043- RNK
JACKSON WVZ008- RLX TAYLOR WVZ032- RLX
JEFFERSON WVZ053- LWX TUCKER WVZ041- PBZ
KANAWHA WVZ015- RLX TYLER WVZ011- RLX
LEWIS WVZ030- RLX UPSHUR WVZ039- RLX
LINCOLN WVZ013- RLX WAYNE WVZ005- RLX
LOGAN WVZ025- RLX WEBSTER WVZ038- RLX
MARION WVZ021- PBZ WETZEL WVZ012- PBZ
MARSHALL WVZ004- PBZ WIRT WVZ017- RLX
MASON WVZ007- RLX WOOD WVZ009- RLX
MC DOWELL WVZ033- RLX WYOMING WVZ034- RLX
MERCER WVZ042- RNK
TABLE 2: THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS WILL BE USED TO
DISSEMINATE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCTS TO THESE 55 ZONES IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO ID FOR FOS
SOUTHWEST/CENTRAL WV FIRE WEATHER FORECAST CRWFWFCRW FNUS51 KRLX
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING CRWRFWCRW WWUS81 KRLX
NORTHERN WV FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PITFWFPIT FNUS51 KPBZ
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING PITRFWPIT WWUS81 KPBZ
SOUTHEAST WV FIRE WEATHER FORECAST WBCFWFRNK FNUS51 KRNK
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING WBCRFWRNK WWUS81 KRNK
EASTERN WV FIRE WEATHER FORECAST WBCFWFWBC FNUS51 KLWX
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING WBCRFWWBC WWUS81 KLWX
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
THERESA ROSSI ALAN REZEK
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
192 SHAFER ROAD 400 PARKWAY ROAD
CORAOPOLIS...PA 15108 CHARLESTON...WV 25309
PHONE: 412-262-1591 PHONE: 304-746-0173
JIM TRAVERS JOHN WRIGHT
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
44087 WEATHER SERVICE RD. VA TECH CORP RESEARCH CENTER
STERLING...VA 20166-2001 1750 FORECAST DRIVE
PHONE: 703-260-0106 BLACKSBURG...VA 24060
PHONE: 540-552-0084
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ AT:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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