EVANSVILLE INDIANA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RETAINING COUNTY WARNING AREA

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EST THU NOV 17 1994

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE
          SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE (NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH

SUBJECT:  EVANSVILLE INDIANA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RETAINING
          COUNTY WARNING AREA

On October 4, 1994 a Public Information Statement was issued
stating that the National Weather Service was transferring short-
fused warning responsibility for fourteen (14) southern Indiana
central Kentucky counties (Table 1) to the Louisville, Kentucky
Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO SDF) from the Evansville
Indiana Weather Service Office (WSO EVV) on December 7, 1994.
The transfer of these fourteen counties HAS BEEN POSTPONED
INDEFINITELY.

For these counties, WSO EVV will RETAIN short-fuse warning and
related product responsibility.  For holders of NWS Operations
Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer
postponement is an amendment to the 47th update of 1994.

Table 1.  Counties retained by WSO EVV.

County                UGC ZONE  UGC COUNTY
                       code        code
Allen                 KYZ073-     KYC003-
Barren                KYZ074-     KYC009-
Butler                KYZ061-     KYC031-
Edmonson              KYZ062-     KYC061-
Grayson               KYZ027-     KYC085-
Hancock               KYZ023-     KYC091-
Hart                  KYZ063-     KYC099-
Logan                 KYZ070-     KYC141-
Monroe                KYZ075-     KYC171-
Ohio                  KYZ026-     KYC183-
Simpson               KYZ072-     KYC213-
Warren                KYZ071-     KYC227-
Dubois                INZ083-     INC037-
Perry                 INZ089-     INC123-

Users of weather information for these counties should RETAIN the
following products (Tables 2 and 3) using the EVV identifier.

Table 2. UGC county codes are used in these short-fuse warning
products.


WARNING PRODUCT FOR      NWWS ID        WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes                INDTOREVV      WFUS1 KEVV
Severe Thunderstorms     INDSVREVV      WUUS1 KEVV
Flash Floods             INDFFWEVV      WRUS1 KEVV

Table 3.  The following are key related products.  UGC zone codes
are used in these products.

RELATED PRODUCTS              NWWS ID        WMO header (for FOS)

Special Weather Statement     INDSPSEVV      WWUS35 KEVV
Severe Weather Statement      INDSVSEVV      WWUS34 KEVV
Civil Emergency Message       INDCEMEVV      MMUS40 KEVV
Public Information Statement  INDPNSEVV      ABUS34 KEVV
Flash Flood Statement         INDFFSEVV      RWUS32 KEVV
Local Storm Report            INDLSREVV      WWUS30 KEVV


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

      Marvin Maddox, Meteorologist In Charge
      National Weather Service Forecast Office
      6201 Theiler Lane
      Louisville, KY 40229-1476
      502-969-8842

      Norman Carroll, Meteorologist In Charge
      National Weather Service Office
      5603 Highway 41 N
      Evansville, IN 47711-1919
      812-425-0538