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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1150 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2001
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CATALINA ISLAND ZONE FORECAST
/CAZ087/...EFFECTIVE JUNE 20 2001
EFFECTIVE JUNE 20 2001 AT 330 AM PDT /1130 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW
ZONE FORECAST FOR CATALINA ISLAND IN CALIFORNIA. THE CATALINA
ISLAND ZONE FORECAST WILL COVER THE ENTIRE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE
HEAVY TOURIST AREA OF AVALON CALIFORNIA. THE NEW UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODE FOR THE NEW ZONE IS CAZ087. CATALINA ISLAND IS
CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN ZONE 041 /CAZ041/.
THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE FORECAST WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /PIL IDENTIFIER
LAXZFPLOX/ TRANSMITTED BY WFO LOS ANGELES/OXNARD. THE ZONE
NUMBER IDENTIFIER FOR THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE WILL BE CALIFORNIA
ZONE 087...SEE THE ZONE DESCRIPTION BELOW:
UGC DESCRIPTION
CAZ087 CATALINA ISLAND
PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE 087
ADDITION ARE INDICATED BELOW IN TABLE 1.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHOWING THE NEW CATALINA ISLAND ZONE WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE BY MAY 21 2001
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://ISL715.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MAPDATA/NEWCAT/WSOM/C11-ZONE.HTM
TABLE 1: PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE CATALINA ISLAND ZONE ADDITION.
PRODUCT WMO HEADER AWIPS ID PIL ID
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FPUS56 KLOX ZFPLOX LAXZFPLOX
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/ WWUS46 KLOX WSWLAX LAXWSWLAX
WARNING/ADVISORY
NON-PRECIPITATION/WATCH/ WWUS45 KLAX NPWLAX LAXNPWLAX
WARNING/ADVISORY
FLASH FLOOD WATCH RWUS31 KLAX FFALAX LAXFFALAX
SHORT TERM FORECAST FPUS76 KLOX NOWLAX LAXNOWLAX
STATE FORECAST PRODUCT FPUS66 KLOX SFPCA LAXSFPCA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS34 KLAX SVSLAX LAXSVSLAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS35 KLAX SPSLAX LAXSPSLAX
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT RWUS42 KLAX FLSLAX LAXFLSLAX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ABUS34 KLAX PNSLAX LAXPNSLAX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE MMUS40 KLAX CEMLAX LAXCEMLAX
LOCAL STORM REPORT WWUS30 KLAX LSRLAX LAXLSRLAX
STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP ASUS46 KLAX SWRCA LAXSWRCA
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO WFO LOS
ANGELES/OXNARD METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE TODD MORRIS AT:
805-988-6615.
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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