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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EDT WED JUL 19 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...USERS OF THE FIRE 
          WEATHER FORECAST...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM:     ELI JACKS
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL FIRE WEATHER FORECAST SERVICE 
          PROGRAM FOR MOST OF KANSAS...EASTERN NEBRASKA...AND
          WESTERN IOWA: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3 2006 

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 2006 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL 
TIME /UTC/ THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ AT TOPEKA 
/TOP/...WICHITA /ICT/...DODGE CITY /DDC/...GOODLAND 
/GLD/...HASTINGS /GID/...AND OMAHA /OAX/ WILL IMPLEMENT A FULL 
SUITE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR THEIR KANSAS...NEBRASKA...AND 
IOWA COUNTIES/FIRE WEATHER ZONES.

PRODUCTS WILL INCLUDE THE PLANNING FORECAST /FWF/:

AWIPS ID  WMO HEADER
--------  -----------
FWFGLD    FNUS53 KGLD
FWFDDC    FNUS53 KDDC
FWFICT    FNUS53 KICT
FWFTOP    FNUS53 KTOP
FWFGID    FNUS53 KGID
FWFOAX    FNUS53 KOAX

AND THE RED FLAG WARNING /RFW/:

AWIPS ID  WMO HEADER
--------  -----------
RFWGLD    WWUS83 KGLD
RFWDDC    WWUS83 KDDC
RFWICT    WWUS83 KICT
RFWTOP    WWUS83 KTOP
RFWGID    WWUS83 KGID
RFWOAX    WWUS83 KOAX

THE FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY EACH OF THESE WFOS WILL 
CONSIST OF A FORECAST FOR EACH KANSAS...NEBRASKA...AND IOWA 
COUNTY/FIRE WEATHER ZONE LISTED AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE 
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/RESOURCES/FIREWX_KS_NE_JULY_2006.PDF

THESE FIRE WEATHER ZONES MATCH EXISTING PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES 
AND...AS SUCH...THE CURRENT FIRE WEATHER SHAPEFILE AVAILABLE FOR 
DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ 
ALREADY HAS THESE ZONES IN PLACE:

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

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

     GARY SCHMELING
     CENTRAL REGION OPERATIONS SERVICES METEOROLOGIST 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     7220 NW 101ST TERRACE
     KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 64153
     PHONE: 816-268-3143
     EMAIL: GARY.SCHMELING@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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