NOUS41 KWBC DDHHMM PNSWSH Service Change Notice 10-44 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 1003 AM EDT Thu Oct 21 2010 TO: Subscribers -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS partners and employees FROM: Thomas Graziano Chief, Hydrologic Services Division SUBJECT: Transfer of Hydrologic Services for the Bear River in Idaho Effective January 12, 2011 Effective Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at 0800 AM Mountain Standard Time (MST), 1500 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), hydrologic service responsibility for river forecast locations along the Bear River in Bear Lake and Franklin Counties, ID, will be transferred to WFO Pocatello (WFO PIH) from WFO Salt Lake City (WFO SLC). These changes will align Hydrologic Service Areas and County Warning Areas to enable more efficient service. See Table 1 for details on the river forecast points to be transferred to WFO Pocatello from WFO Salt Lake City on January 12, 2011. Because of this transfer, customers must take appropriate action to receive the products listed in Table 2 for Bear River forecast points in Bear Lake and Franklin Counties in Idaho using the PIH identifier. Updated hydrologic service area shapefiles are online at: http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/hydro/html/hsa.htm Table 1. River forecast points to be transferred to WFO Pocatello FORECAST COUNTY COUNTY POINT IDENTIFIER --------------------------------------------------------------- Bear River at Wyoming-Idaho Border Bear Lake BRBW4 Bear River at Pescadero Bear Lake BRAI1 Bear River at Utah-Idaho Border Franklin BIUI1 Table 2. Products affected by this change for the Bear River in Idaho PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ------------------------------------------------------- Flood Statement /NEW/ WGUS85 KPIH /NEW/ FLSPIH * /OLD/ WGUS85 KSLC * /OLD/ FLSSLC Flood Warning /NEW/ WGUS45 KPIH /NEW/ FLWPIH * /OLD/ WGUS45 KSLC * /OLD/ FLWSLC Flood Watch /NEW/ WGUS65 KPIH /NEW/ FFAPIH * /OLD/ WGUS65 KSLC * /OLD/ FFASLC Hydrologic /NEW/ FGUS75 KPIH /NEW/ ESFPIH Outlook * /OLD/ FGUS75 KSLC * /OLD/ ESFSLC Hydrologic /NEW/ SRUS45 KPIH /NEW/ RVAPIH Summary * /OLD/ SRUS45 KSLC * /OLD/ RVASLC Daily River and /NEW/ FGUS55 KPIH /NEW/ RVDPIH Lake Summary * /OLD/ FGUS55 KSLC * /OLD/ RVDSLC River Statement /NEW/ FGUS85 KPIH /NEW/ RVSPIH * /OLD/ FGUS85 KSLC * /OLD/ RVSSLC * These old products will continue to exist, but will cover areas outside of the PIH county warning and forecast area. If you have any questions, you may contact: Larry Dunn Meteorologist in Charge National Weather Service WFO Salt Lake City 2242 West North Temple Salt Lake City UT 84116 (801)524-5133 larry.dunn@noaa.gov Rick Dittmann Meteorologist in Charge National Weather Service WFO Pocatello 1945 Beechcraft Avenue Pocatello ID 83204 (208)232-9306 rick.dittmann@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: http://www.weather.gov/om/notif.htm/ $$ NNNN