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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT WED JUL 27 1994
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHARLESTON, WV (CRW) WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS OCTOBER 3, 1994
Effective Monday, October 3, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for 33 counties in West Virginia (15),
southeast Ohio (9), northeast Kentucky (7), and southwest
Virginia (2) (see Table 1) TO the Charleston, West Virginia
(CRW), Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO). These counties
will be transferred FROM Weather Service Offices (WSO) in West
Virginia (Huntington-HTS, Elkins-EKN, Beckley-BKW), Ohio
(Columbus-CMH, Akron-CAK), and Tennessee (Bristol-TRI).
For these counties, WSFO CRW 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 35th update of 1994.
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 33 counties using the CRW identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the HTS, EKN, BKW, CMH, CAK, and TRI
identifiers. For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the identifier CLESVRCMH you will
have to change to CRWSVRCRW. The Universal Generic Codes (UGC),
however, will remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties transferred to CRW. Z=zone code; C=county code
OHIO OHIO
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Athens OHZ075- OHC009- CMH Gallia OHZ086- OHC053- HTS
Jackson OHZ083- OHC079- HTS Lawrence OHZ087- OHC087- HTS
Meigs OHZ085- OHC105- HTS Morgan OHZ067- OHC115- CMH
Perry OHZ066- OHC127- CMH Vinton OHZ084- OHC163- CMH
Washington OHZ076- OHC167- CAK
KENTUCKY KENTUCKY
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Carter KYZ102- KYC043- HTS Boyd KYZ103- KYC019-
HTSElliott KYZ104- KYC063- HTS Greenup KYZ101- KYC089- HTS
Johnson KYZ107- KYC115- HTS Lawrence KYZ105- KYC127- HTS
Martin KYZ119- KYC159- HTS
WEST VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Barbour WVZ040- WVC001- EKN Cabell WVZ006- WVC011- HTS
Harrison WVZ031- WVC033- EKN Lewis WVZ030- WVC041- EKN
Logan WVZ025- WVC045- BKW Mason WVZ007- WVC053- HTS
McDowell WVZ033- WVC047- BKW Mingo WVZ024- WVC059- BKW
Pocahontas WVZ046- WVC075- EKN Raleigh WVZ035- WVC081- BKW
Randolph WVZ047- WVC083- EKN Taylor WVZ032- WVC091- EKN
Upshur WVZ039- WVC097- EKN Wayne WVZ005- WVC099- HTS
Wyoming WVZ034- WVC109- BKW
VIRGINIA VIRGINIA
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Buchanan VAZ004- VAC027- TRI Dickenson VAZ003- VAC051- TRI
TABLE 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties transferred to CRW. UGC C codes are used in these.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER (for FOS)
Tornado Warning CRWTORCRW WFUS1 KCRW
Severe Thunderstorm CRWSVRCRW WUUS1 KCRW
Flash Flood Warning CRWFFWCRW WRUS1 KCRW
TABLE 3: The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to CRW. UGC Z codes are used in these products.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER (for FOS)
+ Severe Weather Statement CRWSVSCRW WWUS34 KCRW
+ Special Weather Statement CRWSPSCRW WWUS35 KCRW
+ Civil Emergency Message CRWCEMCRW MMUS40 KCRW
+ Public Info. Statement CRWPNSCRW ABUS34 KCRW
+ * Winter Weather Warnings CRWWSWCRW WWUS46 KCRW
+ * Non-precipitation Warnings CRWNPWCRW WWUS45 KCRW
Short Term Forecast CRWNOWCRW FXUS21 KCRW
Local Storm Report CRWLSRCRW WWUS30 KCRW
Flash Flood Statement CRWFFSCRW RWUS32 KCRW
+ For longer-fuse events in Ohio and Kentucky, these are issued
by WSFOs Cleveland (ID=CLE) and Louisville (ID=SDF) respectively.
* Used only as emergency backup to WSFOs CLE and SDF.
If you have any questions, you may call or write:
Alan A. Rezek, Meteorologist in Charge (MIC),
or Michael Washington, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service Forecast Office, 501 Eagle Mountain Road
Charleston, WV 25311-1095 Phone-304-342-7771
Dave George OIC NWS Huntington, WV 304-522-8388
Marvin Hill OIC NWS Elkins, WV 304-636-1200
Dick Calcaterra OIC NWS Beckley, WV 304-252-0791
Dick Hathaway OIC NWS Columbus, OH 614-231-5212
Robert Alto MIC NWS Akron, OH 216-896-2246
Gene Poag MIC NWS Bristol, TN 615-323-5711
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT WED JUL 27 1994TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS,
NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: PHILADELPHIA, PA - MT.HOLLY, NJ (PHL) WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA
EXPANDS INTO DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND ON OCTOBER
3, 1994 (FINAL PHASE).
Effective Monday, October 3, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for five counties in northeastern Maryland
and all counties (three) in Delaware (Table 1) TO the
Philadelphia Pennsylvania/Mount Holly, New Jersey (PHL), Weather
Service Forecast Office (WSFO), FROM Weather Service Offices
(WSO) in Baltimore (BWI), Maryland and Wilmington (ILG),
Delaware. For these counties, WSFO PHL 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 36th update of 1994.
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 eight counties using the PHL
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the BWI and ILG
identifiers. For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the identifiers WBCSVRBWI and
WBCSVRILG you will have to change to PHLSVRPHL. The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC) for the counties, however, will remainunchanged (as
shown in Table 1).
Table 1.
COUNTY UGC COUNTY CODE UGC ZONE CODE From To
Cecil MDC015- MDZ008- BWI PHL
Kent MDC029- MDZ012- BWI PHL
Queen Anne's MDC035- MDZ015- BWI PHL
Talbot MDC041- MDZ019- BWI PHL
Caroline MDC011- MDZ020- BWI PHL
New Castle * DEC003- DEZ001- ILG PHL
Kent * DEC001- DEZ002- ILG PHL
Sussex * + DEC005- DEZ003-004- ILG PHL
* adjoins waters of Delaware Bay DEZ501- ILG PHL
+ adjoins Delaware coastal waters NJZ501- ILG PHL
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the 8
counties transferred to PHL. UGC county codes are used in these
over land. UGC marine zone codes are used for water areas.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID FOS ID
Tornadoes PHLTORPHL WFUS1 KPHL
Severe thunderstorms PHLSVRPHL WUUS1 KPHL
Flash floods PHLFFWPHL WRUS1 KPHL
* Special marine PHLSMWPHL WMUS1 KPHL
* Special marine warnings for Delaware Bay (marine zone DEZ501-)
and the Delaware coast (part of marine zone NJZ501-) will be
issued by PHL under PHLSMWPHL (WMUS1 KPHL) or as a product
combined with a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning.
Special marine warning responsibility for all of north Chesapeake
Bay remains with WSFO Washington, DC/Sterling, Virginia (WBC).
Table 3. The following are key related products for the eight
counties transferred to PHL. UGC zone codes are used in these.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID FOS ID
+ 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
Hurricane local statement PHLHLSPHL WWUS31 KPHL
Coastal Flood Wrng/Statement PHLCFWPHL FZUS68 KPHL
(for coastal/bay counties)
+ For longer fuse events in these counties, WSFO WBC will
continue to issue these products using the WBC identifier.
* Used only as emergency backup for WSFO WBC.
Note: Marine weather statements for Delaware Bay (marine zone
DEZ501-) and Delaware coastal waters (within marine zone NJZ501-)
will be issued by WSFO PHL under PHLMWSPHL (FZUS60 KPHL).
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Chet Henricksen (Meteorologist In Charge)
Joe Miketta (Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
National Weather Service Forecast Office
732 Woodlane Road
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 (telephone 609-261-6602)
Fred A. Davis (ph. 410-859-8909) James Gross (ph.302-328-7596)
Meteorologist In Charge Official in Charge
National Weather Service National Weather Service
Baltimore-Washington Int'l Airport Airport Terminal Building
Baltimore, MD 21240 151 N. Dupont Parkway
New Castle, DE 19720
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