Mike,

If you have downloaded and unzipped the NWS files correctly, these 12 files should be in the tiledir (along with any other ones you have separately downloaded for OpenStreetMap or USGS terrain data):

c_10nv20.dbf
c_10nv20.prj
c_10nv20.shp
c_10nv20.shx
mz30mr21.dbf
mz30mr21.prj
mz30mr21.shp
mz30mr21.shx
z_08se21.dbf
z_08se21.prj
z_08se21.shp
z_08se21.shx

The first 4 are the U.S. county files (not the county warning areas), the next 4 are the coastal and marine zones, and the last 4 are the public forecast zones.

I will be updating YAAC's built-in help files to more precisely identify the data sets to download from the US NWS website.

Hope this helps.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Mike NZ4K via groups.io <mikelundis@...>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2025 5:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] YAAC HELP


Hello,

I need a little help with YAAC. I am trying to get the shape files for NWS alerts installed but every time I try to view severe alerts I get a "There are no DBF files containing forecast zone definitions. Download them and unzip into your YAAC tiledir"

I have downloaded and unzipped the zone, warning area, and coastal shape files and extracted them all into the tiledir file folder and there error persists.

What did I miss.

Thanks,
Mike NZ4K

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