NOUS41 KWBC 181814 AAA PNSWSH PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-23...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 215 PM EDT FRI APRIL 18 2003 TO FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM GLENN AUSTIN ACTING CHIEF...PUBLIC AND FIRE WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT UPDATED - CHANGES TO ALASKA REGION PUBLIC ZONE NAMES... EFFECTIVE JUNE 16 2003 UPDATED TO INCLUDE UPDATED ZONE SHAPEFILE INFORMATION IN PARAGRAPH TWO. ON MONDAY...JUNE 16 2003 AT 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...400 PM ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FORECAST OFFICES IN ALASKA WILL IMPLEMENT NEW PUBLIC ZONE NAMES IN THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ BLOCKS OF ALL PUBLIC FORECAST AND WARNING PRODUCTS /SEE TABLE 1/. THE NEW ZONE NAMES WILL RESEMBLE THE CURRENT NAMES. HOWEVER...THEY WILL BE SHORTER IN LENGTH AND WILL NOT CONTAIN THE INCLUDED CITIES. CITY NAMES WILL APPEAR IN THE UGC BLOCK AFTER THE ZONE NAMES AS IS STANDARD CONVENTION IN MOST NWS PRODUCTS. NOTE - ONLY THE ZONE NAMES ARE BEING CHANGED. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO ZONE BOUNDARIES OR ZONE NUMBERS. HOWEVER...AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE RENAMED ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS OR AWIPS IDENTIFIERS WITH THESE ZONE NAME CHANGES AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 1. HOWEVER...NWS CUSTOMERS WHO AUTOMATICALLY PROCESS PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 1 USING THE ZONE NAMES MAY NEED TO PROGRAM THE NEW ZONE NAMES INTO THEIR SYSTEM/S/ NO LATER THAN JUNE 16 2003 TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS THE PRODUCTS CORRECTLY. A LIST OF THE CURRENT ZONE NAMES AND THE NEW ZONE NAMES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/. http://www.arh.noaa.gov/newzones.php TABLE 1 NWS PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE AS OF JUNE 16 2003. NWS OFFICE WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ANCHORAGE FPAK51 PAFC ZFPAFC ANCHORAGE FPAK52 PAFC ZFPWCM ANCHORAGE FPAK53 PAFC ZFPSWB ANCHORAGE FPAK54 PAFC ZFPALU ANCHORAGE FPAK78 PAFC NOWANC ANCHORAGE FNAK51 PAFC FWFAFC ANCHORAGE FNAK52 PAFC FWFWCM ANCHORAGE FNAK53 PAFC FWFSWB ANCHORAGE FNAK54 PAFC FWFALU ANCHORAGE FNAK71 PAFC FWSAFC ANCHORAGE FNAK72 PAFC FWSWCM ANCHORAGE FNAK73 PAFC FWSSWB ANCHORAGE FNAK74 PAFC FWSALU ANCHORAGE WWAK41 PAFC WSWAFC ANCHORAGE WWAK42 PAFC WSWWCM ANCHORAGE WWAK43 PAFC WSWSWB ANCHORAGE WWAK44 PAFC WSWALU ANCHORAGE WWAK61 PAFC RFWAFC ANCHORAGE WWAK62 PAFC RFWWCM ANCHORAGE WWAK63 PAFC RFWSWB ANCHORAGE WWAK64 PAFC RFWALU ANCHORAGE WWAK71 PAFC NPWAFC ANCHORAGE WWAK72 PAFC NPWWCM ANCHORAGE WWAK73 PAFC NPWSWB ANCHORAGE WWAK74 PAFC NPWALU ANCHORAGE WWAK81 PAFC SPSAFC ANCHORAGE WWAK82 PAFC SPSWCM ANCHORAGE WWAK83 PAFC SPSSWB ANCHORAGE WWAK84 PAFC SPSALU FAIRBANKS FPAK51 PAFG ZFPNSB FAIRBANKS FPAK52 PAFG ZFPWCZ FAIRBANKS FPAK53 PAFG ZFPAFG FAIRBANKS FPAK79 PAFG NOWFAI FAIRBANKS FNAK51 PAFG FWFNSB FAIRBANKS FNAK52 PAFG FWFWCZ FAIRBANKS FNAK53 PAFG FWFAFG FAIRBANKS FNAK71 PAFG FWSNSB FAIRBANKS FNAK72 PAFG FWSWCZ FAIRBANKS FNAK73 PAFG FWSAFG FAIRBANKS WWAK41 PAFG WSWNSB FAIRBANKS WWAK42 PAFG WSWWCZ FAIRBANKS WWAK43 PAFG WSWAFG FAIRBANKS WWAK61 PAFG RFWNSB FAIRBANKS WWAK62 PAFG RFWWCZ FAIRBANKS WWAK63 PAFG RFWAFG FAIRBANKS WWAK71 PAFG NPWNSB FAIRBANKS WWAK72 PAFG NPWWCZ FAIRBANKS WWAK73 PAFG NPWAFG FAIRBANKS WWAK81 PAFG SPSNSB FAIRBANKS WWAK82 PAFG SPSWCZ FAIRBANKS WWAK83 PAFG SPSAFG JUNEAU FPAK57 PAJK ZFPAJK JUNEAU FPAK77 PAJK NOWJNU JUNEAU FNAK57 PAJK FWFAJK JUNEAU FNAK77 PAJK FWSAJK JUNEAU WWAK47 PAJK WSWAJK JUNEAU WWAK67 PAJK RFWAJK JUNEAU WWAK87 PAJK SPSAJK YAKUTAT FPAK77 PAYA NOWYAK YAKUTAT WWAK47 PAYA WSWYAK YAKUTAT WWAK77 PAYA NPWYAK YAKUTAT WWAK87 PAYA SPSYAK ANNETTE FPAK77 PANT NOWANN ANNETTE WWAK47 PANT WSWANN ANNETTE WWAK47 PANT NPWANN ANNETTE WWAK87 PANT SPSANN COLD BAY FPAK78 PACD NOWCDB COLD BAY WWAK48 PACD WSWCDB COLD BAY WWAK78 PACD NPWCDB COLD BAY WWAK88 PACD SPSCDB BETHEL FPAK78 PABE NOWBET BETHEL WWAK48 PABE WSWBET BETHEL WWAK78 PABE NPWBET BETHEL WWAK88 PABE SPSBET KODIAK FPAK78 PADQ NOWADQ KODIAK WWAK48 PADQ WSWADQ KODIAK WWAK78 PADQ NPWADQ KODIAK WWAK88 PADQ SPSADQ KING SALMON FPAK78 PAKN NOWAKN KING SALMON WWAK48 PAKN WSWAKN KING SALMON WWAK78 PAKN NPWAKN KING SALMON WWAK88 PAKN SPSAKN MCGRATH FPAK78 PAMC NOWMCG MCGRATH WWAK48 PAMC WSWMCG MCGRATH WWAK78 PAMC NPWMCG MCGRATH WWAK88 PAMC SPSMCG ST PAUL FPAK78 PASN NOWSNP ST PAUL WWAK48 PASN WSWSNP ST PAUL WWAK78 PASN NPWSNP ST PAUL WWAK88 PASN SPSSNP VALDEZ FPAK78 PAVW NOWVWS VALDEZ WWAK48 PAVW WSWVWS VALDEZ WWAK78 PAVW NPWVWS VALDEZ WWAK88 PAVW SPSVWS BARROW FPAK79 PABR NOWBRW BARROW WWAK49 PABR WSWBRW BARROW WWAK79 PABR NPWBRW BARROW WWAK89 PABR SPSBRW NOME FPAK79 PAOM NOWOME NOME WWAK49 PAOM WSWOME NOME WWAK79 PAOM NPWOME NOME WWAK89 PAOM SPSOME KOTZEBUE FPAK79 PAOT NOWOTZ KOTZEBUE WWAK49 PAOT WSWOTZ KOTZEBUE WWAK79 PAOT NPWOTZ KOTZEBUE WWAK89 PAOT SPSOTZ IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE CHANGES... 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