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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1110 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2004

TO:       	FAMILY OF SERVICES /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:     	JAMES E. LEE
          	CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER
          	SERVICES BRANCH
          
SUBJECT:	PUBLIC FORECAST ZONE BOUNDARY MODIFICATION IN SOUTHERN 
		CALIFORNIA...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 16 2004

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16 2004 AT 2100 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL 
TIME /UTC/...100 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME /PST/...THE BOUNDARIES 
FOR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES 28 AND 60 WILL BE MODIFIED. 
THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT PRODUCTS ISSUED BY LAS VEGAS AND SAN 
DIEGO FORECAST OFFICES.  

AN EXPLICIT LIST OF IMPACTED PRODUCTS IS POSTED AT /USE LOWER 
CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/LASVEGAS/CWACHANGE.PHP 
    
THESE CHANGES ARE DRIVEN BY A DESIRE TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMER 
REQUESTS FOR UNIFIED SUPPORT TO A CONNECTED SERIES OF COMMUNITIES 
ALONG HIGHWAY 62 IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

THE ZONE CONFIGURATION FOR THOSE ZONES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:

1. THE SOUTHWESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE WFO LAS VEGAS EXISTING COUNTY 
WARNING AND FORECAST AREA /CWFA/ WILL BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE 
COMMUNITIES OF YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO VALLEY BY INCORPORATING A 
NARROW STRIP OF LAND ALONG BOTH SIDES OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 62. 
THE WESTERNMOST BORDER OF THIS EXTENSION APPROXIMATES THE 4000 FT 
ELEVATION CONTOUR BUT IS STRICTLY DEFINED BY THE FOLLOWING 
POINTS:

- THE INTERSECTION OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 247 AND PIPES CANYON 
  ROAD /34.20N 116.60W/
- SOUTHWEST TO THE POINT WHERE PIONEERTOWN ROAD CROSSES THE 
  4000 FT ELEVATION MARKER /34.14N 116.47W/
- CONTINUING SOUTHWEST TO THE 4000 FT ELEVATION MARK ON THE 
  NORTH SIDE OF BIG MORONGO CANYON IN THE BIGHORN AND WHITEWATER 
  RECREATION LANDS /34.10N 116.60W/ THEN SOUTH TO THE RIVERSIDE 
  COUNTY LINE /34.03N 116.62W/.

FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES...THIS AREA WILL BE 
MERGED INTO THE TERRITORY CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS CALIFORNIA ZONE 
28 /CAZ028/ – SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS.

2. THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WFO SAN DIEGO CWFA WILL BE 
EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AN AREA FROM:

- THE TRIPLE POINT OF KERN...LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO 
  COUNTIES /34.82N 117.64W/
- EASTWARD TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TWENTYNINE PALMS 
  MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA /34.74N 116.42W/
- THEN FOLLOWING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE 
  TRAINING AREA UNTIL IT BEGINS VEERING OFF TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST 
  AT 34.36N 116.40W EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO THE INTERSECTION OF 
  CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 247 WITH MIKISKA BLVD /34.32N 116.48W/.

FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES...THIS AREA WILL BE 
MERGED INTO THE TERRITORY CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS CALIFORNIA ZONE 
60 /CAZ060/...AND RENAMED APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS. 

WFO LAS VEGAS WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL PUBLIC FORECAST 
SERVICES IN THE AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 62...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES 
OF YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO VALLEY…AND WESTWARD UP TO THE 4000 FT 
ELEVATION MARK.

WFO SAN DIEGO WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL PUBLIC FORECAST 
SERVICES IN THE AREA FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE LOS ANGELES 
COUNTY...KERN COUNTY...AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LINES EAST TO 
...BUT NOT INCLUDING...THE TWENTYNINE PALMS MARINE CORPS TRAINING 
CENTER...THEN SOUTHWEST ALONG MIKISKA BLVD TO THE CURRENT SAN 
DIEGO CWFA BOUNDARY.  IN ADDITION...WFO SAN DIEGO WILL MAINTAIN 
SUPPORT AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS 
FOR ALL LOCATIONS ABOVE THE 4000 FT ELEVATION MARK...INCLUDING 
PIONEERTOWN.

FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NEWLY ACQUIRED AREAS WILL INCLUDE 
WARNINGS...WATCHES...ADVISORIES...OUTLOOKS...STATEMENTS... 
NOWCASTS...ROUTINE FORECAST PRODUCTS AND ANY RELEVANT OUTREACH 
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPOTTER TRAINING.

THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES FOR AVIATION SERVICES...FIRE WEATHER 
SERVICES OR COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SUPPORT. 

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE OF THE REALIGNED BOUNDARIES IS 
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS/:
	
   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/PUBZONE.HTM

ALSO...A MAP SHOWING THIS ZONE COUNTY WARNING FORECAST AREA 
ASSIGNMENT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/LASVEGAS/IMAGES/NEW_CWFA.JPG

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...YOU MAY CONTACT:

KIM RUNK				JIM PURPURA
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE			METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
WFO LAS VEGAS				WFO SAN DIEGO CA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE        	NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7851 INDUSTRIAL ROAD			11440 W BERNARDO COURT STE230
LAS VEGAS NV 89139			SAN DIEGO CA 92127
PHONE:  702-263-9744			PHONE:	858-675-8700 X 222


THIS AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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