File type: Pipe delimited text
Data Source: Derived from U.S. Counties and NWS Public Forecast Zones
Naming Convention: bp ddmmyy.dbx. where ddmmyy = day-month-year
Description: Each record represents a single polygon from the public forecast zone shapefile. Whenever a county is divided into multiple zones, there will exist a record for each county with the same zone.
Note: Starting with the 1 May 2018 file (bp01my18.dbx - now invalid), the CWA field will be a reference to the zone field, and not the county field.
| Description | Valid date | Data Download |
| County-Public Forecast Zones Correlation file | 05 March 2024 Date last upload: 08-APR-2024 |
bp05mr24.dbx |
| 18 March 2025 Date last upload: 05-FEB-2025 |
bp18mr25.dbx |
Record Format:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| STATE | Two character state abbreviation |
| ZONE | Three character zone number |
| CWA | Three character CWA ID (of the zone, starting with 01 May 2018 file) |
| NAME | Zone name |
| STATE_ZONE | 5 character state + three character zone number |
| COUNTY | County name |
| FIPS | 5 character state-county FIPS code |
| TIME_ZONE | Time zone of polygon (See comments on county page) |
| FE_AREA | Feature Area (location in STATE - See comments on county page) |
| LAT | Latitude of centroid of the zone |
| LON | Longitude of centroid of the zone |
