980217: Northern Indiana product update-NOUS (fwd)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1110 AM EST TUE FEB 17 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
 
...UPDATED TO REVISE WMO HEADERS FOR TWO PRODUCTS IN TABLE 3. 
ALL OTHER INFORMATION REMAINS THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED...
 
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    WWUS83 KIWX /REVISED/
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    WWUS73 KIWX /REVISED/
 
+ 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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