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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST TUE MAR 5 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-24
RENO WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MAY 13 1996
EFFECTIVE MONDAY...MAY 13 1996...AT 900 A.M. PACIFIC
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LASSEN COUNTY...AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF
PLUMAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA TO THE RENO /RNO/...
NEVADA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN REDDING /RDD/...CALIFORNIA. FOR THESE
COUNTIES /OR PORTIONS THEREOF/...WSFO RNO 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 IS THE 24TH UPDATE FOR 1996.
BECAUSE OF THESE COUNTY WARNING TRANSFERS...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 LASSEN COUNTY AND THE EASTERN
PORTION OF PLUMAS COUNTY USING THE RNO IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND
3/ INSTEAD OF THE RDD IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES
/UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO RNO. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
LASSEN CAZ008- CAC035- RDD RNO
PLUMAS /EAST/ CAZ009- CAC063- RDD RNO
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO RNO. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES RNOTORRNO WFUS1 KRNO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RNOSVRRNO WUUS1 KRNO
FLASH FLOODS RNOFFWRNO WRUS1 KRNO
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO RNO. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RNOSPSRNO WWUS35 KRNO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT RNOSVSRNO WWUS34 KRNO
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE RNOCEMRNO MMUS40 KRNO
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT RNOPNSRNO ABUS34 KRNO
SHORT-TERM FORECAST RNONOWRNO FXUS21 KRNO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT RNOFFSRNO RWUS32 KRNO
LOCAL STORM REPORT RNOLSRRNO WWUS30 KRNO
+WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS RNOWSWRNO WWUS46 KRNO
+NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS RNONPWRNO WWUS45 KRNO
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WSFO IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA /SFO/...CALIFORNIA.
FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES FROM WSFO SFO.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSPSSFO WWUS35 KSFO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSVSSFO WWUS34 KSFO
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SFOCEMSFO MMUS40 KSFO
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SFOPNSSFO ABUS34 KSFO
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SFONPWSFO WWUS45 KSFO
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SFOWSWSFO WWUS46 KSFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SFOFFSSFO RWUS32 KSFO
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING /MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE/
STEVE BROWN...AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
2350 RAGGIO PARKWAY
RENO NV 89512-3900
/702/ 673-8100
NORM HOFFMANN...AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5
MONTEREY CA 93943-5505
/408/ 656-1710
CHRIS FONTANA...MIC
6101 AIRPORT ROAD
REDDING CA 96002-9423
/916/ 246-5482
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