CWA transfer for ST

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EDT THU JUN 23 1994

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
          SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
 
FROM:     DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
 
SUBJECT:  ST. LOUIS (STL), MISSOURI WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
          OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS,
          EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1994

Effective Thursday, September 1, 1994, at 8:00 a.m., central
daylight time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for eight counties in central
Missouri and two counties in west-central Illinois (Table 1) to
the St. Louis (STL), Missouri Weather Service Forecast Office
(WSFO) from Weather Services Offices (WSO) in Columbia (COU),
Missouri and Springfield (SPI), Illinois.  For the affected
counties, WSFO STL will issue short-fuse warnings (Table 2) and
follow-up information on the warnings (Table 3).  For holders of
NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this
transfer is the 21st update in 1994 of the latest issuance. 

Because of this transfer of county warning responsibility,
subscribers to the NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) and the
Family of Services (FOS) must take appropriate action to receive
the short-fuse warnings and related products for these ten
counties using the STL identifier (Tables 2 and 3) in place of
the COU and SPI identifiers.  For example, if you have been
receiving severe thunderstorm warnings using the AFOS/NWWS
product identifier of STLSVRCOU or CHISVRSPI, you will have to
change the NWWS product identifier to STLSVRSTL.  However, the
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).

Table 1.
STATE  COUNTY      UGC ZONE CODE   UGC COUNTY CODE  FROM  TO     
                                        (FIPS)   
MO     Audrain         MOZ007-          MOC042-     COU   STL
MO     Boone           MOZ019-          MOC041-     COU   STL
MO     Callaway        MOZ027-          MOC050-     COU   STL
MO     Cole            MOZ051-          MOC048-     COU   STL 
MO     Gasconade       MOZ073-          MOC059-     COU   STL 
MO     Moniteau        MOZ135-          MOC047-     COU   STL 
MO     Montgomery      MOZ139-          MOC051-     COU   STL
MO     Osage           MOZ151-          MOC049-     COU   STL
IL     Macoupin        ILZ117-          ILC059-     SPI   STL
IL     Montgomery      ILZ135-          ILC060-     SPI   STL
  
Table 2:  The following are short-fuse warning products for the
ten counties transferred to WSFO STL.  UGC county codes are used
in these products.

Warning product for:        AFOS/NWWS ID    WMO Header (for FOS)

Tornadoes                   STLTORSTL       WFUS1 KSTL
Severe Thunderstorms        STLSVRSTL       WUUS1 KSTL
Flash Floods                STLFFWSTL       WRUS1 KSTL

Table 3:  The following are key related products for the ten
counties transferred to STL.  UGC zone codes are used in these.

Related Products            AFOS/NWWS ID    WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement   STLSPSSTL       WWUS35 KSTL
Severe Weather statement    STLSVSSTL       WWUS34 KSTL
Civil emergency message     STLCEMSTL       MMUS40 KSTL
Public Info. Statement      STLPNSSTL       ABUS34 KSTL
Short-term Forecast         STLNOWSTL       FXUS21 KSTL
Flash Flood Statement       STLFFSSTL       RWUS32 KSTL
Local Storm Report          STLLSRSTL       WWUS30 KSTL

WSFO Chicago (CHI), Illinois will continue to issue the following
longer-fuse products for Macoupin and Montgomery counties in
Illinois:

Winter Weather Warnings     CHIWSWCHI       WWUS46 KCHI
Non-Precipitation Warnings  CHINPWCHI       WWUS45 KCHI
Severe Weather Statement    CHISVSCHI       WWUS34 KCHI
Special Weather Statements  CHISPSCHI       WWUS35 KCHI
Public Info. Statements     CHIPNSCHI       ABUS34 KCHI
Civil Emergency Statements  CHICEMCHI       MMUS40 KCHI

If you have further questions, you may contact the following:

     Steven Thomas, Meteorologist In Charge (MIC) or Jim Kramper,
     Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)
     National Weather Service Forecast Office
     12 Research Park Drive
     St. Charles, MO  63304-5686
     (314)-447-1876

Rod Palmer, Official In Charge (OIC)    Arno Perlow
National Weather Service Office         National Weather Service
No. 4 North Airport Drive               11200 Airport Road  
Capitol Airport                         Columbia, MO 65201-9725
Springfield, IL  62707-8417             (314)-443-1214 
(217)-492-4254

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