UGCs to be added to marine products

• To: msd.nws(rec)
• Subject: UGCs to be added to marine products
• From: C.ALEX
• Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 09:37:14 -0700

Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 1993   4:10 PM EST              Msg: DGJD-5590-3446
CC:     l.miller.ucar(rec)
Subj:   UGCs to be added to marine products           
I sent the following two-part message on AFOS, NWWS, Family of Services' 
Public Products Service, Pacific Region, FAA/WMSC, Alaska Region, and ISPAN 
lines this afternoon.  Please inform your marine focal points.
 
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WSHPNSWSH
ADMN81 KWSH 112010
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT....PART 1 OF A TWO-PART MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
310 PM EST THU MAR 11 1993
 
TO:       National Weather Service Product Users
 
FROM:     Billy R. Rice
          Chief, Marine and Applied Services Branch
 
SUBJECT:  Implementing the Use of Universal Generic Codes in
          Coastal and Great Lakes Marine Warnings and Statements
 
....PART TWO WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PART 1....
 
Effective at 0000 UTC Thursday April 1, 1993, (that is between 3 PM
and 8 PM local time on Wednesday March 31, 1993), Universal Generic
Codes (UGC) will be used on all National Weather Service (NWS)
coastal and Great Lakes marine warnings and statements.  (See NWS
Operations Manual [WSOM] Letter [OML] 9-91 for instructions on
including UGCs on all NWS coastal and Great Lakes marine
forecasts.)
 
Specific products affected include NWS Special Marine Warnings
(AFOS and NOAA Weather Wire Service [NWWS] category SMW; WMO header
WMUS1), Marine Advisory/Warning Bulletins (AFOS and NWWS category
MAW; WMO header FZUS61), Great Lakes Lake Shore Warnings and
Statements (AFOS and NWWS category LSH; WMO header WMUS2), Coastal
Flood Watches, Warnings, and Statements (AFOS and NWWS categories
CFA, CFW, CFS; WMO headers FZUS67,68,69), Tsunami Watches and
Warnings (AFOS and NWWS category TSU; WMO headers WEPA 40,41,42),
and Marine Weather Statements (AFOS and NWWS category MWS; WMO
header FZUS60).  Additionally, the appropriate marine UGC shall be
used when a Special Marine Warning is issued in combination with a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning or a Tornado Warning (AFOS and NWWS
categories SVR or TOR; WMO headers WUUS1 and WFUS1).  Hurricane
Local Statements (AFOS and NWWS category HLS; WMO header WWUS31),
which have included UGCs for non-marine areas, will now also
include marine UGCs.
 
A discrete UGC has been assigned to each basic marine forecast area
allowing users to select and receive marine products for those
specific marine areas in which they are interested.  The rules
currently governing the use and positioning of UGCs in coastal and
Great Lakes marine forecasts, as noted in OML 9-91 and in Appendix
B of WSOM Chapter C-63, will generally apply to the marine warnings
and statements.
 
The UGC is to be in the form SSZNNN-DDHHMM- where:
 
     SS is a two letter code identifying a state or a particular
     Great Lake (e.g. AK is Alaska, LS is Lake Superior, LM is Lake
     Michigan, LH is Lake Huron, LC is Lake St. Clair, LE is Lake
     Erie, and LO is Lake Ontario).
 
     Z is an indicator noting that an areal (zone) designator
     follows.
 
     NNN is a three digit code specifically defining a particular
     basic marine area within each state or Great Lake.  For MARINE
     forecasts, the first of these digits will always be a 5,
     except in Alaska where it will be a 6, while the second and
     third digits will provide each area's individual identifier. 
 
     The dash (-) is used to separate and terminate the various
     codes.
 
     DDHHMM is the time (expressed as day, hour, and minute in UTC)
     at which the current watch, warning or statement expires.  For
     statements, this coincides with the next scheduled issuance
     time of this product.  If no further issuance is expected, the
     time given should be about 30 minutes after issuance time. 
     This is so that the product can be received and broadcast
     without remaining in the communications system for an
     inordinate amount of time. 
 
Included in Part 2 of this message are examples to show how UGCs
may be used in these marine products.  An OML describing this
program is in the printing process and should be received shortly
by all NWS field offices.  For all others, letters more fully
describing the UGC system have been sent to NWWS and Family of
Services subscribers.  If you have any questions or comments,
please call Bob Jacobson of my staff at 301-713-1677 or write us
at:
 
        NOAA/NWS
        SSMC2, Room 14124
        1325 East-West Highway
        Silver Spring, MD 20910
 
END OF PART 1
 
WSHPNSWSH
ADMN81 KWSH 112015
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT....PART 2 OF A TWO-PART MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
315 PM EST THU MAR 11 1993
 
TO:       National Weather Service Product Users
 
FROM:     Billy R. Rice
          Chief, Marine and Applied Services Branch
 
SUBJECT:  Implementing the Use of Universal Generic Codes in
          Coastal and Great Lakes Marine Warnings and Statements
 
....PART ONE WAS JUST SENT....
 
EXAMPLES:
 
1.   LAXMWSLAX
     TTAA00 KLAX 111900
     CAZ501-112300-
 
2.   ATLTORSAV
     TTAA00 KSAV 050730
     GAC039-GAZ501-050800-
 
3.   BUFLSHBUF
     TTAA00 KBUF 232219
     NYZ503-242249-
     
4.   JNUSMWJNU
     WWAK35 PAJN 291137
     AKZ613-291215-
 
5.   HNLTSUCP
     WEPA41 PHNL 312300
     HIZ501-010330-
 
6.   MKCSEL6
     MKC WW 281914
     MNZ000-WIZ000-MIZ000-LSZ000-290000-
 
7.   SEACFASEA
     TTAA00 KSEA 192145
     WAZ501-004-005-190345-
 
8.   MKETORMKE
     TTAA00 KMKE 210000
     WIC117-WIZ502-210100-
 
     BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
     TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
     800 PM CDT THU JUN 20 1991
 
     THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND
     SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE SOUTHERN 
     HALF OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY AND ITS ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
     AT 755 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 2 MILES SOUTH
     OF DUNDEE WI.  THE STORM IS HEADING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES
     AN HOUR.  THE TOWNS OF CASCADE...ADELL...HINGHAM AND
     OOSTBURG ARE THE MOST THREATENED.  MARINERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN
     BETWEEN SHEBOYGAN AND CEDAR GROVE SHOULD HEAD FOR SHELTER
     NOW.
 
     THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM.  PERSONS IN THE PATH
     OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD MOVE TO UNDERGROUND SHELTERS IF
     POSSIBLE.  OTHERWISE..GO TO A SMALL CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON
     THE LOWEST FLOOR AVAILABLE.  AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES
     ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR SHELTER.
 
END - PART 2 OF 2