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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EST MON JAN 12 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 98-02
NORTHERN INDIANA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT NORTH
WEBSTER INDIANA ASSUMES SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING
AREA... EFFECTIVE MARCH 17 1998
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...MARCH 17 1998 AT 800 AM EASTERN STANDARD
TIME /1300 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
37 COUNTIES /TABLE 1/ TO THE NEW NORTHERN INDIANA WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO/ AT NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA.
TWENTY-FOUR /24/ COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA WILL BE TRANSFERRED
FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES /WSFO/ IN INDIANAPOLIS
/IND/ INDIANA AND CHICAGO /CHI/...ILLINOIS...AND THE WSO AT FORT
WAYNE /FWA/...INDIANA. FIVE /5/ COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE WSO IN GRAND RAPIDS /GRR/ MICHIGAN.
EIGHT /8/ COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM
WSOS FWA AND WILMINGTON /ILN/...OHIO...AND WSFO CLEVELAND
/CLE/...OHIO.
THE NEW NORTHERN INDIANA WSO 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 2ND UPDATE IN 1998.
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 APPROPRIATE
IDENTIFIERS /TABLES 2 AND 3/. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/
WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO NEW NORTHERN INDIANA WSO
/NWWS ID: FWA - FOS ID: KIWX/ Z-ZONE CODE C-COUNTY CODE
IN COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM IN COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
ADAMS INZ027- INC001- FWA ALLEN INZ018- INC003- FWA
BLACKFORD INZ033- INC009- FWA CASS INZ022- INC017- IND
DE KALB INZ009- INC033- FWA ELKHART INZ005- INC039- CHI
FULTON INZ015- INC049- CHI GRANT INZ032- INC053- FWA
HUNTINGTON INZ025- INC069- FWA JAY INZ034- INC075 FWA
KOSCIUSKO INZ016- INC085- CHI LAGRANGE INZ006- INC087- FWA
LA PORTE INZ003- INC091- CHI MARSHALL INZ014- INC099- CHI
MIAMI INZ023- INC103- IND NOBLE INZ008- INC113- FWA
PULASKI INZ013- INC131- CHI ST. JOSEPH INZ004- INC141- CHI
STARKE INZ012- INC149- CHI STEUBEN INZ007- INC151- FWA
WABASH INZ024- INC169- FWA WELLS INZ026- INC179- FWA
WHITE INZ020- INC181- CHI WHITLEY INZ017- INC183- FWA
MI COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM MI COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
BERRIEN MIZ077- MIC021- GRR BRANCH MIZ080- MIC023- GRR
CASS MIZ078- MIC027- GRR HILLSDALE MIZ081- MIC059- GRR
ST. JOSEPH MIZ079- MIC149- GRR
OH COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM OH COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
ALLEN OHZ025- OHC003- ILN DEFIANCE OHZ004- OHC039- FWA
FULTON OHZ002- OHC051- CLE HENRY OHZ005- OHC069- CLE
PAULDING OHZ015- OHC125- ILN PUTNAM OHZ016- OHC137- ILN
VAN WERT OHZ024- OHC161- ILN WILLIAMS OHZ001- OHC171- FWA
NOTE FOR NWWS USERS ONLY: FOR COUNTIES IN TABLE 1 TRANSFERRED
FROM FWA ...THE NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS IN TABLES 2 AND 3 ARE
THE SAME AS BEFORE MARCH 17 1998 /I.E. NO CHANGE IN NWWS IDS/
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
THIRTY-SEVEN /37/ COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW NORTHERN
INDIANA WSO. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER
TORNADOES INDTORFWA WFUS53 KIWX
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INDSVRFWA WUUS53 KIWX
FLASH FLOODS INDFFWFWA WGUS53 KIWX
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW NORTHERN INDIANA WSO. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/
ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT INDSPSFWA WWUS43 KIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT INDSVSFWA WWUS53 KIWX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE INDCEMFWA WOUS43 KIWX
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT INDPNSFWA AXUS43 KIWX
SHORT-TERM FORECAST INDNOWFWA FPUS73 KIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT INDFFSFWA WGUS73 KIWX
LOCAL STORM REPORT INDLSRFWA WWUS53 KIWX
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS + INDWSWFWA WWUS43 KIWX
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING + INDNPWFWA WWUS43 KIWX
+ CUSTOMERS FOR THESE COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FROM THE WSFO FOR THEIR STATE AS FOLLOWS
NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER
MI WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS ARBWSWDTX WWUS46 KDTX
MI NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING ARBNPWDTX WWUS45 KDTX
IN WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS INDWSWIND WWUS46 KIND
IN NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING INDNPWIND WWUS45 KIND
OH WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS CLEWSWCLE WWUS46 KCLE
OH NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING CLENPWCLE WWUS45 KCLE
THIS AND ALL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING
WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
MICHAEL SABONES DANIEL G. HOUSER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7550 E850N 4899 SOUTH COMPLEX DR. SE
SYRACUSE IN 46576 GRAND RAPIDS MI 49512-4034
219-834-5178 616-949-0643
JOHN T. CURRAN PAUL W. DAILEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
6900 WEST HANNA AVENUE 333 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46241-9526 ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
317-856-0361 815-834-0600
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