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AWIPS Counties [c_ddmmyy]

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Description Valid Date Size (bytes) # Records Available Version(s) Documentation
US Counties (CONUS/OCONUS) 11 March 2007 5,417,863 3237 Download Compressed shapefile c_11mr07.zip Change History Metadata


File Specifications:

Naming Convention: c_ ddmmyy .shp/.shx/.dbf - where .shp, .shx, .dbf are the extensions of the 3 component files of the shapefile and .prj is the projection file.
Shapefile Type: polygon
Source: USGS [1:2M] amended by Census TIGER95 & DOT Time Zones
Last Modified: 14 July 2005
Related Web Page: County-Zone Correlation File

Attributes:

field nametypewidth,decdescription
STATE character2 [ss] State abbreviation (standard US Postal)
CWA character9 [wfowfowfo] County Warning Area (WFO Identifier), see NWS Comments
COUNTYNAME character24 County name
FIPS character5 [ssccc] FIPS Code
TIME_ZONE character2 [tt] Time zone assignment (DOT), see comments
FE_AREA character2 [aa] Feature Area (location in STATE) {nc,ne, etc., see comments}
LON numeric 10,5Longitude of Centroid [decimal degrees]
LAT numeric 9,5 Latitude of Centroid [decimal degrees]

Comments:


Time Zones: Time zone assignments use the following codes:
 V   Atlantic Standard
 E   Eastern Standard (e = advanced time not observed)
 C   Central Standard
 M   Mountain Standard (m = advanced time not observed)
 P   Pacific Standard
 A   Alaska Standard
 H   Hawaii-Aleutian Standard
 G   Guam & Marianas
 S   Samoa Standard
Two letters appear for the ten (10) counties which are divided by a time zone boundary, which are located in the states of AK, FL, ID, ND, NE, OR and SD.

Thanks to Joanne Petrie, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Office of the Assistant General Counsel, Regulation and Enforcement, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590, phone (202) 366-9306, fax (202) 366-9313, email: Joanne.Petrie@ost.dot.gov.

CWA Boundaries:
As of 16 October 2006, there are 24 counties "split" by County Warning Area (CWA) boundaries: AK(7), AZ(2), CA(11), ME (1), NV(1), NY(2), and UT(1) and 5 The CWA field contains two or three office identifiers in these (split) cases.

FE_AREA abbreviations: The field FE_AREA is populated for a number of states/offices now. As the remaining offices provide their definitions, this attribute will be updated accordingly. Two offices, RLX and EYW do not use these abbreviations, hence their data is left blank. Abbreviations are defined as follows:

 nn northern         ss southern         ea east
 ee eastern          ww western          er east central upper
 cc central          pa panhandle        eu eastern upper 
 ne north eastern    se south eastern    nr north central upper
 nw north western    sw south western    sr south central upper  
 nc north central    sc south central    wu western upper
 ec east central     wc west central     so south
 mi middle           pd piedmont
 bb big bend         up upstate
This county data is a NWS Specific county data set. This county data set differs from other county datasets in that certain counties although having the same FIPS code comprise of more than one polygon, each polygon having a different name in the countyname field. This was done in order to allow the forecasters at the sites to issue warnings to these separate parts of the counties. These counties are:

County Name Parts WFO
Monroe County, FL "Mainland Monroe" "Upper Keys in Monroe" EYW
"Middle Keys in Monroe" "Lower Keys in Monroe" EYW


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