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I sent the attached 2 WSHPNSWSH messages (ADMN81 KWBC) on AFOS, NWWS,
TG this aftn.
ZCZC WSHPNSWSH ALL
TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
210 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: MT. HOLLY, NEW JERSEY (PHILADELPHIA AREA) WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING
AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 1994.
Effective Monday, August 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for five counties in eastern Pennsylvania
(Table 1) TO the Mt. Holly (PHL), New Jersey (Philadelphia area)
Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO), FROM the Weather Service
Office (WSO) in Allentown (ABE), Pennsylvania. For these
counties, WSFO PHL will issue short-fuse warning products (Table
2) and related products that give followup information on the
warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter
C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 16th update in
1994 of the latest chapter issuance.
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 five counties using the PHL identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the ABE identifier. (For example, if
you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings under NWWS
product identifier PHLSVRABE, you will have to change your NWWS
product identifier to PHLSVRPHL. The Universal Generic Codes
(UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
Table 1.
County UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY From To
code code
Berks PAZ060- PAC011- ABE PHL
Carbon PAZ054- PAC025- ABE PHL
Lehigh PAZ061- PAC077- ABE PHL
Monroe PAZ055- PAC089- ABE PHL
Northhampton PAZ062- PAC095- ABE PHL
Table 2.
The following are short-fuse warning products for the five
counties transferred to WSFO PHL. UGC county codes are used in
these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes PHLTORPHL WFUS1 KPHL
Severe thunderstorms PHLSVRPHL WUUS1 KPHL
Flash floods PHLFFWPHL WRUS1 KPHL
Table 3.
The following are key related products for the five counties
transferred to PHL. UGC zone codes are used in these products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement PHLSPSPHL WWUS35 KPHL
Severe weather statement PHLSVSPHL WWUS34 KPHL
Civil emergency message PHLCEMPHL MMUS40 KPHL
Public info. statement PHLPNSPHL ABUS34 KPHL
Winter weather warnings PHLWSWPHL WWUS46 KPHL
Non-precipitation warnings PHLNPWPHL WWUS45 KPHL
Short-term forecast PHLNOWPHL FXUS21 KPHL
Flash flood statement PHLFFSPHL RWUS32 KPHL
Local storm report PHLLSRPHL WWUS30 KPHL
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Chet Henricksen (Meteorologist In Charge) or
Joe Miketta (Warning Cordination Meteorologist)
National Weather Service Forecast Office
732 Woodlane Road
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
(609) 261-6602
Steven H. Porter, Official in Charge
National Weather Service
Government Building
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Arpt.
Allentown, PA 18103
(610) 266-0356
END
NNNN ZCZC WSHPNSWSH ALL
TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
210 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: PHASE TWO OF BINGHAMTON (BGM), NEW YORK WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANSION...
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 1994.
Effective Monday, August 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for seven counties in Northeast
Pennsylvania (Table 1) TO the Binghamton (BGM), New York Weather
Service Office (WSO), FROM WSOs in Wilkes-Barre Scranton (AVP),
Williamsport (IPT), and Allentown (ABE), Pennsylvania. For these
counties, WSO BGM will issue short-fuse warning products (Table
2) and related products that give followup information on the
warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter
C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 17th update in
1994 of the latest chapter issuance.
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 seven counties using the BGM
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the AVP, IPT, and ABE
identifiers. (For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the NWWS product identifier
PHLSVRAVP, PHLSVRIPT, or PHLSVRABE, etc., you will have to change
your NWWS product identifier to ALBSVRBGM). The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).
Table 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE CODE UGC COUNTY CODE FROM TO
Pike PAZ048- PAC103- ABE BGM
Lackawanna PAZ044- PAC069- AVP BGM
Luzerne PAZ047- PAC079- AVP BGM
Susquehanna PAZ039- PAC115- AVP BGM
Wayne PAZ040- PAC127- AVP BGM
Wyoming PAZ043- PAC131- AVP BGM
Bradford PAZ038- PAC015- IPT BGM
Table 2.
The following are short-fuse warning products for the seven
counties transferred to BGM. UGC county codes are used in these
products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes ALBTORBGM WFUS1 KBGM
Severe thunderstorms ALBSVRBGM WUUS1 KBGM
Flash floods ALBFFWBGM WRUS1 KBGM
Table 3.
The following are key related products for the seven counties
transferred to BGM. UGC zone codes are used in these
products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement ALBSPSBGM WWUS35 KBGM
Severe weather statement ALBSVSBGM WWUS34 KBGM
Civil emergency message ALBCEMBGM MMUS40 KBGM
Public info. statement ALBPNSBGM ABUS34 KBGM
*Winter weather warnings ALBWSWBGM WWUS46 KBGM
*Non-precipitation warnings ALBNPWBGM WWUS45 KBGM
Short-term forecast ALBNOWBGM FXUS21 KBGM
Flash flood statement ALBFFSBGM RWUS32 KBGM
Local storm report ALBLSRBGM WWUS30 KBGM
* used for emergency backup to the Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO) in Mt. Holly (PHL), NJ (Philadelphia area).
WSFO PHL will issue products for longer fuse events for these
counties, including those from the first 6 categories of Table 3.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Peter R. Ahnert, Meteorologist In Charge (MIC) or
Herb White (Warning Cordination Meteorologist)
National Weather Service
Binghamton Regional Airport
32 Dawes Drive
Johnsons City, NY 13790
(607) 729-7629
Ronald J. Yankes, Steven H. Porter, OIC
Official in Charge (OIC) National Weather Service
National Weather Service Government Building
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Arpt.
Avoca, PA 18641 Allentown, PA 18103
(717) 457-2711 (610) 266-0356
Frank Gough, OIC Roland G. Loffredo, MIC
National Weather Service National Weather Service
Administration Bldg., 2nd Floor Albany County Airport
Williamsport-Lycoming County Arpt. Albany, NY 12211
Montoursville, PA 17754 (518) 869-6347
(717) 368-8744
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