diff --git a/code/common/internet_weather.pl b/code/common/internet_weather.pl
index 3c8afde7b..858303352 100644
--- a/code/common/internet_weather.pl
+++ b/code/common/internet_weather.pl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ sub normalize_conditions {
 if ( said $v_get_internet_weather_data) {
     if (&net_connect_check) {
         set $p_weather_data
-          qq|get_weather -state $config_parms{state} -city "$config_parms{city}"|;
+          qq|get_weather -state $config_parms{state} -city "$config_parms{city}" -nws_rwr_zone $config_parms{nws_rwr_zone}|;
         start $p_weather_data;
         $v_get_internet_weather_data->respond(
             "app=weather Weather data requested for $config_parms{city}, $config_parms{state}"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sub normalize_conditions {
 if ( said $v_get_internet_weather_conditions) {
     if (&net_connect_check) {
         set $p_weather_conditions
-          qq|get_weather -state $config_parms{state} -city "$config_parms{city}" -data conditions|;
+          qq|get_weather -state $config_parms{state} -city "$config_parms{city}" -data conditions -nws_rwr_zone $config_parms{nws_rwr_zone}|;
         start $p_weather_conditions;
         $v_get_internet_weather_conditions->respond(
             "app=weather Weather conditions requested for $config_parms{city}, $config_parms{state}"
diff --git a/lib/site/Geo/WeatherNOAA.pm b/lib/site/Geo/WeatherNOAA.pm
index 57d29170f..caf4f9fb6 100644
--- a/lib/site/Geo/WeatherNOAA.pm
+++ b/lib/site/Geo/WeatherNOAA.pm
@@ -480,8 +480,7 @@ sub ucfirst_words {
 #########################################################################
 
 sub get_city_hourly {
-    my ( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA ) = @_;
-
+    my ( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA, $rwrzone ) = @_;
     # City and state in all caps please
     #
     $city  = uc $city;
@@ -493,11 +492,12 @@ sub get_city_hourly {
     # Get data
     #
     my $zone = &get_zone( $ZONE_SEARCH_URL, "$city, $state" );
+    $rwrzone = $zone unless length($rwrzone);
     my $URL =
         $URL_BASE
       . $zone
       . '&issuedby='
-      . $zone
+      . $rwrzone
       . '&product=RWR&format=txt&version=1&glossary=0';
 
     #print STDERR "Getting data from $URL\n";
@@ -514,7 +514,14 @@ sub get_city_hourly {
         $data = get_data( $URL, $filename, $fileopt, $UA );
         $datalength = length($data);
     }
-
+    if ( $data =~ /None issued/ ) {
+	print "
+	NWS is not returing any information, please configure the 2 or 3 letter zone
+        in the mh.private.ini with the nws_rwr_zone option. IE: nws_rwr_zone=LIX
+	The zone can be found at the following site:
+	http://forecast.weather.gov/product_sites.php?site=$zone&product=RWR\n
+	";	
+    }
     #print STDERR "Got data ($datalength)\n";
 
     # Return error if there's an error
@@ -598,14 +605,14 @@ sub get_city_hourly {
 }    # get_city_hourly()
 
 sub print_current {
-    my ( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA ) = @_;
-    my $in = process_city_hourly( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA );
+    my ( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA, $rwrzone ) = @_;
+    my $in = process_city_hourly( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA, $rwrzone );
     return wrap( '', '    ', $in );
 }
 
 sub process_city_hourly {
-    my ( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA ) = @_;
-    my $in = get_city_hourly( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA );
+    my ( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA, $rwrzone ) = @_;
+    my $in = get_city_hourly( $city, $state, $filename, $fileopt, $UA, $rwrzone );
 
     $state = uc($state);