CORRECTION TO STATEMENT

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• Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 09:00:33 -0600

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EDT MON OCT 3 1994

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES, FAMILY OF
          SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS

FROM:     DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH

SUBJECT:  WILMINGTON (ILM), NORTH CAROLINA WEATHER SERVICE
          OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...
          EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1994.

...CORRECTION TO STATEMENT ISSUED SEPT. 30, 1994 FOR ADJACENT
MARINE ZONE AT THE BOTTOM OF TABLE 1.  ALL OTHER INFORMATION
REMAINS THE SAME...

Effective Thursday, December 1, 1994 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for eight counties in northeast South
Carolina TO the Wilmington (ILM), North Carolina Weather Service
Office (WSO) FROM the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in
Columbia (CAE), South Carolina and FROM the WSO in Charleston
(CHS), South Carolina (Table 1).  For those counties, WSO ILM
will issue short-fuse warnings products (Table 2) and related
products that give follow-up information on warnings (Table 3).
For holder of NWS Operations Manual C-47, County Warning Areas,
this transfer is the 45th update for 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 ILM
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the CHS and CAE
identifiers.  For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product NWWS identifier CAESVRCAE
or CAESVRCHS, you will have to add the product identifier
RDUSVRILM.  The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will
remain unchanged.

Table 1.

County         UGC ZONE CODE  UGC COUNTY CODE     FROM      TO
Darlington     SCZ023-        SCC031-             CAE       ILM
Dillon         SCZ024-        SCC033-             CAE       ILM
Florence       SCZ032-        SCC041-             CAE       ILM
Georgetown **  SCZ046-        SCC043-             CHS       ILM
Horry **       SCZ034-        SCC051-             CHS       ILM
Marion         SCZ033-        SCC067-             CAE       ILM
Marlboro       SCZ017-        SCC069-             CAE       ILM
Williamsburg   SCZ039-        SCC089-             CHS       ILM

** adjacent to SCZ501-  (South Carolina coastal waters)     ILM
...CORRECTED MARINE ZONE...

Table 2:  The following are short-fuse warning products for the 8
counties transferred to ILM.  UGC county codes (and marine zone
codes, as applicable) are used in these.

Warning product for           AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO header (for FOS)
+ Tornadoes                   RDUTORILM      WFUS1 KILM
+ Severe Thunderstorms        RDUSVRILM      WUUS1 KILM
  Flash Floods                RDUFFWILM      WRUS1 KILM
* Special Marine Warning      RDUSMWILM      WMUS1 KILM"*" means for 
coastal water areas only.  "+" means that these
will also include special marine warnings when coastal waters are
also threatened in addition to land areas.

Table 3:  The following are key related products for the 8
counties transferred to ILM.  UGC zone codes are used in these.

Related products              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO header (for FOS)

  Special Weather Statement   RDUSPSILM      WWUS35 KILM
  Severe Weather Statement    RDUSVSILM      WWUS34 KILM
  Civil Emergency Message     RDUCEMILM      MMUS40 KILM
  Public Info. Statement      RDUPNSILM      ABUS34 KILM
* Winter Weather Warnings     RDUWSWILM      WWUS46 KILM
* Non-precipitation Warnings  RDUNPWILM      WWUS45 KILM
  Short-Term Forecast         RDUNOWILM      FXUS21 KILM
  Flash Flood Statement       RDUFFSILM      RWUS32 KILM
  Local Storm Report          RDULSRILM      WWUS30 KILM
  Hurricane Local Statement   RDUHLSILM      WWUS31 KILM
  Marine Weather Statement    RDUMWSILM      FZUS60 KILM
# Coastal Flood Statement     RDUCFSILM      FZUS68 KILM

# for coastal zones
* For emergency backup to WSFO CAE.

WSFO CAE may still issue the following for longer-fuse events
affecting the 8 counties.

Related products              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO header (for FOS)
  Special Weather Statement   CAESPSCAE      WWUS35 KCAE
  Severe Weather Statement    CAESVSCAE      WWUS34 KCAE
  Civil Emergency Message     CAECEMCAE      MMUS40 KCAE
  Public Info. Statement      CAEPNSCAE      ABUS34 KCAE
  Winter Weather Warnings     CAEWSWCAE      WWUS46 KCAE
  Non-precipitation Warnings  CAENPWCAE      WWUS45 KCAE

If you have further questions, you may contact Richard Anthony
(Meteorologist-In-Charge) or Tom Matheson (Warning Coordination
Meteorologist) at:

          National Weather Service Office
          2015 Gardner Drive
          Wilmington, NC  28405-9629
          (910) 762-4289


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