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TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-23 NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE PARISH/COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE APRIL 4...1995 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...APRIL 4...1995...AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 17 PARISHES/ COUNTIES /SEE TABLE 1/ IN SOUTHEAST LOUSISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO THE NEW ORLEANS AREA /NEW/...LOUISIANA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ FROM WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN BATON ROUGE /BTR/...LA...AND MOBILE /MOB/...AL...AND WSFO JACKSON /JAN/...MS. THIS TRANSFER WILL ALSO GIVE WSFO NEW SHORT-FUSE MARINE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF HANCOCK...HARRISON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. FOR THESE PARISHES/COUNTIES AND COASTAL WATERS...WSFO NEW WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS IS THE 23TH UPDATE FOR 1995. BECAUSE OF THIS PARISH/COUNTY 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 17 PARISHES/COUNTIES AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS USING THE NEW IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE BTR...MOB...OR JAN IDENTIFIERS. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/. TABLE 1 AREAS TRANSFERRED TO NEW. /C/ COUNTY CODE /Z/ ZONE CODE LOUISIANA PARISH UGC C UGC Z FROM TO ASCENSION LAC005- LAZ049- BTR NEW E. BATON ROUGE LAC033- LAZ048- BTR NEW E. FELICIANA LAC037- LAZ036- BTR NEW IBERVILLE LAC047- LAZ046- BTR NEW LIVINGSTON LAC063- LAZ050- BTR NEW POINTE COUPEE LAC077- LAZ034- BTR NEW ST. HELENA LAC091- LAZ037- BTR NEW W. BATON ROUGE LAC121- LAZ047- BTR NEW W. FELICIANA LAC125- LAZ035- BTR NEW MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO AMITE MSC005- MSZ069- JAN NEW + HANCOCK MSC045- MSZ080- MOB NEW + HARRISON MSC047- MSZ081- MOB NEW + JACKSON MSC059- MSZ082- MOB NEW PEARL RIVER MSC109- MSZ077- MOB NEW PIKE MSC113- MSZ070- JAN NEW WALTHALL MSC147- MSZ071- JAN NEW WILKINSON MSC157- MSZ068- JAN NEW + ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS TO UGC Z FROM TO JACKSON ALZ501- MOB NEW HARRSION ALZ501- AND LAZ501- MOB NEW HANCOCK LAZ501- MOB NEW TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE 17 PARISHES/COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO NEW . UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE...EXCEPT FOR UGC Z CODES FOR AFFECTED COASTAL WATERS. WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/ + TORNADO WARNING NEWTORNEW WFUS1 KNEW + SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEWSVRNEW WUUS1 KNEW / SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NEWSMWNEW WMUS1 KNEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING NEWFFWNEW WRUS1 KNEW + MEANS THAT THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS WHEN ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS ARE AFFECTED. / FOR COASTAL WATERS. TABLE 3 THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE 17 PARISHES /COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO NEW . UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE. RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/ + SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NEWSPSNEW WWUS35 KNEW + SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NEWSVSNEW WWUS34 KNEW + CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE NEWCEMNEW MMUS40 KNEW + FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NEWFFSNEW RWUS32 KNEW + COASTAL FLOOD STMTS/WRNGS NEWCFWNEW FZUS68 KNEW + / WINTER WEATHER WRNGS/ADVSYS NEWWSWNEW WWUS46 KNEW + / NON-PRECIPITATION WRNGS/ADVSYS NEWNPWNEW WWUS45 KNEW + PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NEWPNSNEW ABUS34 KNEW LOCAL STORM REPORT NEWLSRNEW WWUS30 KNEW SHORT-TERM FORECAST NEWNOWNEW FXUS21 KNEW // MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NEWMWSNEW FZUS60 KNEW HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NEWHLSNEW WWUS31 KNEW / FOR MS COUNTIES...ONLY EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO WSFO JAN + FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO RECEIVE THESE FROM WSFO JAN /USE JAN IN IDENTIFIERS/. // FOR COASTAL WATERS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE MR. PAUL TROTTER OR MR. FRANK REVITTE - METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 62300 AIRPORT ROAD SLIDELL LA 70460-5243 PHONE 504-522-7330 MON.- FRI. 8 AM - 4 PM END
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