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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-19
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 GRAND RAPIDS 
          MICHIGAN: EFFECTIVE JULY 5 2005 

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 5 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/...1901 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME /CDT/ NWS WEATHER 
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN GRAND RAPIDS... MICHIGAN /GRR/ WILL 
RECONFIGURE ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES UTILIZING THE ONE COUNTY...ONE 
FIRE WEATHER ZONE CONCEPT.
  
THE PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH 
ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MI ZN 037	MASON...LAKE...OSCEOLA...NEWAYGO...AND MECOSTA
                COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS 
                OF MANISTEE NF
      
MI ZN 040	CLARE AND ISABELLA COUNTIES

MI ZN 050	MUSKEGON...OTTAWA...ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES

MI ZN 051	MONTCALM...GRATIOT...KENT...IONIA AND CLINTON     
                COUNTIES

MI ZN 065	BARRY...EATON...INGHAM...KALAMAZOO...CALHOUN AND 
                JACKSON COUNTIES


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

MI ZN 037	MASON...INCLUDING WEST CENTRAL MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 038	LAKE...INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 039	OSCEOLA 
MI ZN 040	CLARE 
MI ZN 043	OCEANA...INCLUDING SOUTHWEST MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 044	NEWAYGO...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 045	MECOSTA
MI ZN 046	ISABELLA 
MI ZN 050	MUSKEGON 
MI ZN 051	MONTCALM 
MI ZN 052	GRATIOT 
MI ZN 056	OTTAWA 
MI ZN 057	KENT 
MI ZN 058	IONIA 
MI ZN 059	CLINTON 
MI ZN 064	ALLEGAN 
MI ZN 065	BARRY 
MI ZN 066	EATON 
MI ZN 067	INGHAM 
MI ZN 071	VAN BUREN 
MI ZN 072	KALAMAZOO 
MI ZN 073	CALHOUN 
MI ZN 074	JACKSON
	  

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. DANIEL HOUSER
     METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     4899 SOUTH COMPLEX DRIVE S.E.
     GRAND RAPIDS... MI  49512-4034
     PHONE: 616-949-0643
     EMAIL: DANIEL.HOUSER@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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