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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-03...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

TO:		NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES...FAMILY OF 	
		SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS 		
		WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... 
		NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS... 		
		NOAAPORT

FROM:	  	THERESE PIERCE
	  	CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  	CORRECTED:  CHANGE OF RESPONSIBILITY OF MARINE
    	  	SERVICE IN SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN...AND NEW MARINE
 	  	PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS ON TUESDAY MAY 24 2005.

THIS CORRECTS PREVIOUS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 05-03 
TRANSMITTED FEBRUARY 17 2005 TO ADD THE PROPER NEW OPEN LAKE 
MARINE ZONES IN TABLE 3 AND ADD TABLE 4 TO SUPPLEMENT TABLE 3.  
ALSO...AMENDED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE...FROM APRIL 5 2005 TO MAY 24 
2005. FINALLY...AMENDED TO INDICATE THE UPDATED MARINE ZONE MAP 
SHAPEFILE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. 	

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MAY 24 2005 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/...THE NWS OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA /IWX/ ASSUMES MARINE 
RESPONSIBILITY FOR A PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE 
MICHIGAN.  MARINE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AREA CURRENTLY IS 
SHARED BETWEEN THE NWS CHICAGO IL /LOT/ AND NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI 
/GRR/. ALL USERS MUST ADD THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR 
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TO RECEIVE THE NEW PRODUCTS FROM NWS 
NORTHERN INDIANA:
                                                                
MARINE PRODUCT	     	WMO HEADING	AWIPS IDENTIFIER
----------------------- 	------------		--------
NEARSHORE FORECAST	     	FZUS53 KIWX		NSHIWX
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 		WHUS53 KIWX		SMWIWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT	FZUS73 KIWX		MWSIWX
LAKESHORE HAZARDS				
  MESSAGE		     	WHUS43 KIWX   		CFWIWX
OTHER MARINE REPORT	     	SXUS83 KIWX		OMRIWX

THIS ASSUMPTION OF MARINE RESPONSIBILITY WILL NECESSITATE THE 
FOLLOWING CHANGES OF MARINE ZONES.

TABLE 1.

OLD MARINE ZONE			NEW MARINE ZONE		

LMZ746				LMZ046
MICHIGAN CITY IN		MICHIGAN CITY IN
  TO NEW BUFFALO MI		  TO NEW BUFFALO MI
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE 		PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NWS
  NWS CHICAGO OFFICE	  	  NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICE   
  

TABLE 2.

OLD MARINE ZONE			NEW MARINE ZONE

LMZ843				LMZ043
NEW BUFFALO MI 			NEW BUFFALO MI 			
  TO ST. JOSEPH MI		  TO ST. JOSEPH MI
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWS		PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWS
  GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE		  NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICE 		

TABLE 3.

OLD OPEN LAKE MARINE ZONES	NEW OPEN LAKE MARINE ZONE
		
LMZ867				LMZ867
LAKE MICHIGAN NEW BUFFALO	LAKE MICHIGAN ST. JOSEPH
  TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM		  TO HOLLAND MI TO 5 NM 
  OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE		  OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE    
  OF THE LAKE			  OF THE LAKE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND	SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND 	
  SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH	  SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH
  PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWS	  PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWS   
  GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE		  GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE
        
LMZ766				LMZ766
LAKE MICHIGAN WINTHROP		LAKE MICHIGAN WINTHROP  
  HARBOR IL EASTWARD 		  HARBOR IL EASTWARD TO THE
  TO THE MIDPOINT OF THE	  MIDPOINT OF THE LAKE
  LAKE AND SOUTHWARD TO 	  AND SOUTHWARD TO
  NEW BUFFALO MI		  MICHIGAN CITY IN
  BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE		  BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND	SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND
  SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH	  SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH
  PRODUCTS ISSUED BY		  PRODUCTS ISSUED BY
  NWS CHICAGO OFFICE		  NWS CHICAGO OFFICE
  				  					

TABLE 4.

NEW OPEN LAKE MARINE ZONE 

LMZ061
LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN
  TO ST.JOSEPH MI TO 5 NM
  OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE OF LAKE
  SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND
  SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH PRODUCTS
  ISSUED BY NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICE

PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BE DESIGNATED 
LMZ061 AND WILL BE UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NORTHERN 
INDIANA FORECAST OFFICE FOR SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS AND SEVERE 
LOCAL STORM WATCHES.

THE CREATION OF THE NEW OPEN LAKE LMZ061 DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL 
NECCESSITATE CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES OF PRESENT OPEN LAKE ZONES 
LMZ766 AND LMZ867.

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

WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM

TO IMPLEMENT MARINE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NWS NORTHERN INDIANA 
OFFICE EARLY IN THE NEAR SHORE FORECAST SEASON ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...THE NOTIFICATION PERIOD FOR THESE 
CHANGES IS LESS THAN 120 DAYS.  

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND/OR 
PRODUCT ADDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

     MR. MICHAEL SABONES
     METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     7506 EAST 850 NORTH
     SYRACUSE INDIANA  46567
     PHONE 574-834-1104
     EMAIL MIKE.SABONES@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE 
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

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

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