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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

TO:	  FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER 
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMRGENCY MANAGERS 
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/SUBSCRIBERS... 
          NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
          /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND USERS OF THE FIRE 
          WEATHER FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     ELI JACKS
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGE OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO DETROIT 
          MICHIGAN...EFFECTIVE JULY 5 2005 
               
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 5 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/...1901 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME /CDT/...THE NWS WEATHER 
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN DETROIT... MICHIGAN /DTX/ WILL 
RECONFIGURE ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO USE THE ONE COUNTY...ONE 
ZONE CONCEPT.  

THE PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH 
ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ZONE NUMBER	ZONE DESCRIPTION

MI ZN 047 	MIDLAND...BAY...SAGINAW...SHIAWASSEE...GENESEE 
                COUNTIES

MI ZN 049	HURON...TUSCOLA...SANILAC...LAPEER COUNTIES

MI ZN 063	ST CLAIR...LIVINGSTON...OAKLAND...MACOMB...
                WASHTENAW...WAYNE...LENAWEE...MONROE COUNTIES
      

THE NEW FIRE WEATHER COUNTY/ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF 
EACH WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

ZONE NUMBER	ZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION

MI ZN 047	MIDLAND 
MI ZN 048	BAY 
MI ZN 049	HURON 
MI ZN 053	SAGINAW 
MI ZN 054	TUSCOLA 
MI ZN 060	SHIAWASSEE 
MI ZN 061	GENESEE 
MI ZN 062	LAPEER 
MI ZN 063	ST CLAIR 
MI ZN 068	LIVINGSTON 
MI ZN 069	OAKLAND 
MI ZN 070	MACOMB 
MI ZN 075	WASHTENAW 
MI ZN 076	WAYNE 
MI ZN 082	LENAWEE 
MI ZN 083	MONROE	  

A SHAPEFILE OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR 
DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

THE REASON FOR THE SHORT ADVANCE LEAD TIME IS BECAUSE
THESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION 
OF VTEC/GHG.  THEREFORE...IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE FIRE WEATHER 
ZONE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WFO 
DETROIT...WHICH IS PARTICIPATING IN THE BETA TEST OF VTEC/GHG... 
CAN TEST THE CHANGES. 

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

     MR. RICHARD WAGENMAKER
     METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD
     WHITE LAKE... MI  48386-1126
     PHONE: 248-625-3309
     EMAIL: RICHARD.WAGENMAKER@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE 
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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