980727: Short-fuse warning to Jackson Miss.

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• Subject: 980727: Short-fuse warning to Jackson Miss.
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:07:01 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1998

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM      DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE

SUBJECT   SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 98-03:
          TRANSFER OF SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
          LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI TO THE JACKSON
          MISSISSIPPI WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...EFFECTIVE
          OCT 1 1998.
  
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
TIME OR 1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN JACKSON /JAN/ MISSISSIPPI FROM
THE WSFO IN MEMPHIS /MEM/ TENNESSEE.

FOR LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES...WSFO JAN WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSED
WARNINGS /TABLE 2/... AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION CONCERNING WATCHES AND WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. 
TRANSFERRING THESE SERVICES FROM WSFO MEM TO WSFO JAN WILL ENABLE
A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER TO SERVE LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES.

FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...APPENDIX A....THIS UPDATES PAGES A-
13...A-14...A-38...AND A-40.  THIS IS THE 3RD SHORT-FUSE TRANSFER
FOR 1998.

BECAUSE OF THESE TRANSFERS...PRODUCT USERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS FOR BOTH LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES
USING THE  JAN  IDENTIFIER /TABLE 2/ INSTEAD OF THE MEM
IDENTIFIER.  THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ ...HOWEVER...WILL
REMAIN THE SAME.

TABLE 1.  COUNTIES TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM MEM TO JAN

COUNTY         UGC COUNTY /C/ CODE      UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE   
CLAY           MSC025-                  MSZ030-
LOWNDES        MSC087-                  MSZ031-

TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSED WARNING PRODUCTS FOR
LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO JAN.  UGC C CODES
ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING.

WARNING PRODUCTS FOR:         NWWS ID        WMO HEADING

TORNADOES                     JANTORJAN      WFUS1 KJAN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS          JANSVRJAN      WUUS1 KJAN
FLASH FLOODS                  JANFFWJAN      WRUS1 KJAN

TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE PRODUCTS RELATED TO SHORT-FUSED
PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2.  UGC COUNTY Z CODES ARE USED IN THE
FOLLOWING.

PRODUCT:                      NWWS ID        WMO HEADING

SHORT TERM FORECAST           JANNOWJAN      FPUS74 KJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      JANSVSJAN      WWUS34 KJAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     JANSPSJAN      WWUS35 KJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         JANFFSJAN      RWUS32 KJAN
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  JANPNSJAN      ABUS34 KJAN
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       JANCEMJAN      MMUS40 KJAN
LOCAL STORM REPORT            JANLSRJAN      WWUS30 KJAN

ALL PUBLIC PRODUCTS SUCH AS THE ZONE FORECAST...STATE
FORECAST...AND LONG FUSED WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL REMAIN WITH
WSFO JAN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:

TICE WAGNER                        JIM DUKE
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE            METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
234 WEATHER SERVICE DRIVE          7777 WALNUT GROVE ROAD., OM1
JACKSON MS 39208                   MEMPHIS TN 38120-2198
601-936-2189                       901-544-0399

THIS AND ALL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING
WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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