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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

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 USERS OF THE FIRE 
          WEATHER FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM:     ELI JACKS
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  IMPLEMENTATION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO 
          ABERDEEN... SD: EFFECTIVE MARCH 30 2006                

THE CURRENT FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST PRODUCT /FWF/ ISSUED 
BY WFO ABERDEEN IS COMPOSED OF SEPARATE...WHOLE COUNTIES.

EFFECTIVE THURSDAY MARCH 30 2006 AT 0001Z COORDINATED UNIVERSAL 
TIME /UTC/... THE PRODUCT WILL BE COMPOSED OF FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES. EACH FIRE WEATHER ZONE WILL BE COMPOSED OF COUNTIES AND 
PORTIONS OF COUNTIES.

EACH NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBER...ITS DESCRIPTION...AND THE 
COUNTIES...OR PORTIONS OF COUNTIES IN EACH...WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

ZONE 	ZONE NAME				COUNTIES
NUMBER
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SDZ268    UPPER CHEYENNE	CORSON AND DEWEY COUNTIES	

SDZ267	LOWER BAD RIVER		STANLEY...JONES...AND LYMAN     
				COUNTIES		

SDZ269	UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU 	CAMBELL...WALWORTH... 
                 		POTTER...WESTERN TWO-THIRDS
      				MCPHERSON...WESTERN 
				EDMUNDS...WESTERN FAULK 
				COUNTIES		

SDZ270	MISSOURI COTEAU		SULLY...HUGHES...HYDE...
				BUFFALO...WESTERN AND 
				SOUTHERN HAND COUNTIES

SDZ271	UPPER JAMES RIVER	EASTERN THIRD OF MCPHERSON...
		 		EASTERN EDMUNDS...EASTERN
      				FAULK...BROWN...SPINK... 
      				WESTERN MARSHALL...EXTREME 
      				WESTERN DAY...SOUTHWEST 
      				CLARK...EASTERN HAND COUNTIES 
      
SDZ272	PRAIRIE COTEAU		SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...
		 		CENTRAL AND EASTERN DAY...
				NORTHEAST CLARK... 
				CODINGTON...HAMLIN...
				SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS... 
				WESTERN GRANT...CENTRAL AND 
				SOUTHWEST DEUEL

SDZ273	RED RIVER VALLEY	EXTREME NORTHEAST MARSHALL...
				NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS...
				EASTERN GRANT...EXTREME 
				NORTHEAST DEUEL

MNZ039	TRAVERSE COUNTY

MNZ046	BIG STONE COUNTY

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

ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS 
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW ZONE ADDITIONS PROPOSED FOR 
IMPLEMENTATION WERE REQUESTED BY...AND HAVE BEEN CLOSELY 
COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS TO 
BE READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON MARCH 30.

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

     KENNETH HARDING
     ACTING METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     824 BROWN COUNTY 14 SOUTH
     ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA 57401-9311
     PHONE: 605-225-0519
     EMAIL: KENNETH.HARDING@NOAA.GOV

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

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

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