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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-03
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EST THU FEB 17 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 SUBSCRIBERS

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

SUBJECT:  CHANGE OF RESPONSIBILITY OF MARINE SERVICE IN EXTREME 
          SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN...AND NEW MARINE PRODUCT IDS:
          EFFECTIVE AT 1200 UTC ON TUESDAY APRIL 5 2005          

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY... APRIL 5 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 GRAND RAPIDS... MI /GRR/. ALL USERS MUST 
ADD THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TO 
RECEIVE THE NEW PRODUCTS:
                                                                
MARINE PRODUCT			WMO HEADING		AWIPS ID
-----------------------		------------		--------
NEARSHORE FORECAST		FZUS53 KIWX		NSHIWX
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING		WHUS53 KIWX		SMWIWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT	FZUS73 KIWX		MWSIWX
LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING/				
  WATCH/ADVISORY STATEMENT	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
  CHICAGO FORECAST OFFICE	  NORTHERN INDIANA FORECAST 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				LMZ061
LAKE MICHIGAN NEW BUFFALO	LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN
     TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM		  TO ST.JOSEPH MI TO 5 NM 
OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE OF LAKE	OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE OF LAKE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND	SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND 	
     SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH	  SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH
     ISSUED BY GRAND RAPIDS	  ISSUED BY NORTHERN
     FORECAST OFFICE		  INDIANA FORECAST OFFICE
        

LMZ766
LAKE MICHIGAN WINTHROP HARBOR IL
        EASTWARD TO THE MIDPOINT 
        OF THE LAKE AND SOUTHWARD TO 
        NEW BUFFALO MI
        TO 5 NM OFFSHORE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND			
        SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH
        ISSUED BY CHICAGO 
        FORECAST 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...WHICH WILL RETAIN THESE DESIGNATIONS.

AN UPDATED MARINE ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE CHANGES TO 
THE MARINE ZONES WILL BE AVAILABLE BY TUESDAY APRIL 5 2005 FOR 
DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

TO IMPLEMENT MARINE RESPONSIBILITY AT IWX AT THE BEGINNING OF 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... 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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