Spitfire8520
I might be completely clueless! =)
Partial County Alerting (PCA) is being proposed for Boulder County. PCA was introduced in the past few years to allow for more precise NWR and EAS alerting within a county by allowing local Weather Forecast Offices to partition the county by up to nine areas by changing the leading zero in the existing SAME/FIPS codes. The idea is to reduce listener fatigue from hearing alerts for distant parts of the county that may not be relevant to the listener.
The current proposal for Boulder County is to divide it into the northwest (108013), northeast (308013), southwest (708013), and southeast (908013) areas. The changes to the SAME/FIPS codes are opt-in, so keeping the current code (008013) will still alert for the entire county. Public comments for the proposed Boulder County changes are accepted through May 30, 2024, with implementation at some undetermined date in the future.
More information can be found in the links below.
My guess is that the Boulder office is using Boulder County as a test run before rolling out PCA for the larger counties in the state that will see the most benefit from these changes.
The current proposal for Boulder County is to divide it into the northwest (108013), northeast (308013), southwest (708013), and southeast (908013) areas. The changes to the SAME/FIPS codes are opt-in, so keeping the current code (008013) will still alert for the entire county. Public comments for the proposed Boulder County changes are accepted through May 30, 2024, with implementation at some undetermined date in the future.
More information can be found in the links below.
My guess is that the Boulder office is using Boulder County as a test run before rolling out PCA for the larger counties in the state that will see the most benefit from these changes.
