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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EST THU MAR 6 2003

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ CUSTOMERS...
          NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
          /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM      GLENN AUSTIN
          ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT   FORECAST ZONE BOUNDARY CHANGES IN CENTRAL
          PENNSYLVANIA...EFFECTIVE APRIL 30 2003

EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...APRIL 30 2003 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...200 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME...THREE SHARED ZONE
BOUNDARIES WILL BE REALIGNED IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AFFECTING
SIX ZONES.  THESE CHANGES WILL NOT AFFECT ZONE NAMING OR
NUMBERING...BUT RATHER THE LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN THE ZONES.
THIS CHANGE AFFECTS PAZ018 NORTHERN CENTRE...PAZ019 SOUTHERN
CENTRE...PAZ012 NORTHERN CLINTON...PAZ045 SOUTHERN CLINTON...
PAZ041 NORTHERN LYCOMING...AND PAZ046 SOUTHERN LYCOMING.

IN GENERAL...THE NEW LINE WILL RUN ALONG THE SOUTHERN BASE OF
BLACK MOSHANNON STATE FOREST AND SPROUL STATE FORESTS IN CENTRE
AND CLINTON COUNTIES.  THIS LINE IS JUST NORTH OF BALD EAGLE
CREEK AND BALD EAGLE MOUNTAIN RANGE.  IN LYCOMING COUNTY...THE
LINE RUNS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BASE OF THE TIADAGHTON STATE FOREST
NORTH OF WILLIAMSPORT.

THESE CHANGES AFFECT PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
/CTP/. REFER TO TABLE 1 FOR ZONE NAMES AND CODES.  PRODUCTS
AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO WMO HEADINGS OR AWIPS IDENTIFIERS WITH
THIS REALIGNMENT AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT
OF PRODUCTS FROM WFO CTP.

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE REALIGNED ZONES IS
NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/

   http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm

TABLE 1.  AFFECTED ZONE NAMES AND CODES /Z FORM OF THE UGC/.

     ZONE NAME                UGC /Z/

     NORTHERN CENTRE          PAZ018
     SOUTHERN CENTRE          PAZ019
     NORTHERN CLINTON         PAZ012
     SOUTHERN CLINTON         PAZ045 
     NORTHERN LYCOMING        PAZ041
     SOUTHERN LYCOMING        PAZ046


TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES.

 PRODUCT NAME                           WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID
 
 CENTRAL PA ZONE FORECAST               FPUS51 KCTP    ZFPCTP
 NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING  WWUS71 KCTP    NPWCTP
 WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING       WWUS41 KCTP    WSWCTP
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT              WWUS81 KCTP    SPSCTP
 SHORT-TERM FORECAST                    FPUS71 KCTP    NOWCTP
 FIRE WEATHER FORECAST                  FNUS51 KCTP    FWFCTP
 REVISED DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST          FOUS51 KCTP    RDFCTP
 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT           NOUS41 KCTP    PNSCTP
 FLOOD WATCH                            WGUS61 KCTP    FFACTP
 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK              FLUS41 KCTP    HWOCTP
 DAILY RIVER AND LAKE SUMMARY           FGUS51 KCTP    RVDCTP
 HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT                   FGUS81 KCTP    RVSCTP


PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COUNTY CODES USED FOR TORNADO...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...AS WELL AS CIVIL
EMERGENCY MESSAGES AND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS...REMAIN
UNCHANGED SINCE THOSE PRODUCTS USE THE COUNTY /C/ FORM OF       
THE UGC.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT

     BRUCE BUDD...METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE -OR- 
     DAVID ONDREJIK...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE         
     227 WEST BEAVER AVE
     SUITE #402         
     STATE COLLEGE PA 16801
     PHONE 814-234-9412                  

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT
THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

          http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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