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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT THU SEP 22 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES, 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: MIDLAND, TEXAS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 1, 1994
Effective Thursday, December 1, 1994, at 10 a.m. Central Standard
Time (9:00 a.m. Mountain time), the National Weather Service
(NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for one
county (Table 1) in southeast New Mexico TO the Midland (MAF),
Texas, Weather Service Office (WSO) FROM the WSO in Roswell
(ROW), New Mexico. For this county, WSO MAF will issue short-
fuse warning products (Table 2) and related products that give
follow-up information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of
Weather Service Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning
Areas, this the 40th update for 1994.
Because of this county warning transfer, 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 the county using the MAF identifier (Tables
2 and 3) instead of the ROW identifier. The Universal Generic
Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged as shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1: County transferred to MAF. C=county code; Z=zone code
NEW MEXICO
COUNTY UGC County UGC Zone From To
code code
Eddy NMC015- NMZ027- ROW MAF
and NMZ028-
TABLE 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
county transferred to MAF. UGC county codes are used in these.
WARNING PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Tornado Warning LBBTORMAF WFUS1 KMAF
Severe Thunderstorm LBBSVRMAF WUUS1 KMAF
Flash Flood Warning LBBFFWMAF WRUS1 KMAF
TABLE 3: The following are key related products for the county
transferred to MAF. UGC zone codes are used in these products.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement LBBSPSMAF WWUS35 KMAF
Severe Weather Statement LBBSVSMAF WWUS34 KMAF
Civil Emergency Message LBBCEMMAF MMUS40 KMAF
Flash Flood Statement LBBFFSMAF RWUS32 KMAF
# Winter Weather Warnings LBBWSWMAF WWUS46 KMAF
# Non-precipitation Warnings LBBNPWMAF WWUS45 KMAF
Public Information Statement LBBPNSMAF ABUS34 KMAF
Local Storm Report LBBLSRMAF WWUS30 KMAF
"#" Used for emergency backup to the Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO) in Albuquerque (ABQ) New Mexico, for Eddy County.
WSFO ABQ will continue to issue the following products for
longer-fuse events affecting Eddy County.
PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement ABQSPSABQ WWUS35 KABQ
Severe Weather Statement ABQSVSABQ WWUS34 KABQ
Civil Emergency Message ABQCEMABQ MMUS40 KABQ
Flash Flood Statement ABQFFSABQ RWUS32 KABQ
Winter Weather Warnings ABQWSWABQ WWUS46 KABQ
Non-precipitation Warnings ABQNPWABQ WWUS45 KABQ
If you have any questions, you may call or write:
Mr. Raymond Fagen or Mr. George Mathews
Meteorologist in Charge Warning Coordination
National Weather Service Office Meteorologist
2500 Challenger Drive
Midland, TX 79706
Phone: (915) 563-2509 Mon. - Fri. 800 am - 400 pm
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT THU SEP 22 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: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (AT SULLIVAN) WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA
EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1994
Effective Thursday December 1, 1994 at 8:00 a.m. Central Standard
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for 9 counties in Wisconsin (Table 1) TO
the Milwaukee (MKE), Wisconsin Weather Service Forecast Office
(WSFO), located at Sullivan. Eight (8) counties will be
transferred FROM the Weather Service Office (WSO) in Madison
(MSN), Wisconsin and one (1) county FROM the WSO in Dubuque
(DBQ), Iowa.
For these 9 counties, WSFO MKE will issue short-fuse warning
products (Table 2) and related products that give follow-up
information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS
Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas,
this transfer is the 41st update for 1994.Because of this county warning
transfer, 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 counties using the MKE identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the MSN or DBQ identifier. The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) will remain unchanged (as shown
in Table 1).
TABLE 1.
County UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY from to
code code
Marquette WIZ046- WIC077- MSN MKE
Green Lake WIZ047- WIC047- MSN MKE
Sauk WIZ056- WIC111- MSN MKE
Columbia WIZ057- WIC021- MSN MKE
Iowa WIZ062- WIC049- MSN MKE
Dane WIZ063- WIC025- MSN MKE
Green WIZ068- WIC045- MSN MKE
Rock WIZ069- WIC105- MSN MKE
Lafayette WIZ067- WIC065- DBQ MKE
TABLE 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
9 counties transferred to (MKE). UGC county codes (C),
are used in these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes MKETORMKE WFUS1 KMKE
Severe Thunderstorms MKESVRMKE WUUS1 KMKE
Flash Floods MKEFFWMKE WRUS1 KMKE
TABLE 3. The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to (MKE). UGC zone codes (Z), are used in
these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement MKESPSMKE WWUS35 KMKE
Severe weather statement MKESVSMKE WWUS34 KMKE
Civil emergency message MKECEMMKE MMUS40 KMKE
Public info. statement MKEPNSMKE ABUS34 KMKE
Winter weather warnings MKEWSWMKE WWUS46 KMKE
Non-precipitation warning MKENPWMKE WWUS45 KMKE
Short-term forecast MKENOWMKE FXUS21 KMKE
Flash flood statement MKEFFSMKE RWUS32 KMKE
Local storm report MKELSRMKE WWUS30 KMKE
WSFO MKE will continue to issue products for longer-fuse events,
including those from the first 6 categories in Table 3.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Kenneth R. Rizzo (Meteorologist-in-Charge)
National Weather Service Forecast Office, NOAA
N3533 Hardscrabble Road
Dousman, WI 53118-9409
phone: 414-297-3243
608-785-7366
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