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100 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBER, OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER # 95-1:
FORT WORTH, TEXAS WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 10, 1995
Effective Tuesday, January 10, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. central
standard time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for fourteen (14) counties in
Texas to the Fort Worth (FTW), Texas Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO), from the Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Abilene
(ABI), Austin (AUS), and Waco (ACT), Texas (see Table 1). For
these counties, WSFO FTW will issue short-fuse warning products
(Table 2) and related products that give followup information on
the warnings (Table 3). For holders of the NWS Operations Manual
C-47, County Warning Areas, this is the 1st update for 1995.
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 the fourteen (14) counties using the FTW
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the ABI, AUS, or ACT
identifiers. For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product SATSVRAUS, you will have
to change your product identifier to FTWSVRFTW. The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties transferred to FTW. C=county code; Z=zone code
TEXAS COUNTY UGC C UGC Z From To
Bell TXC027- TXZ158- ACT FTW
Bosque TXC035- TXZ144- ACT FTW
Coryell TXC099- TXZ157- ACT FTW
Falls TXC145- TXZ160- ACT FTW
Haskell TXC207- TXZ098- ABI FTW
Hill TXC217- TXZ145- ACT FTW
Lampasas TXC281- TXZ156- AUS FTW
Leon TXC289- TXZ162- ACT FTW
Limestone TXC293- TXZ161- ACT FTW
McLennan TXC309- TXZ159- ACT FTW
Milam TXC331- TXZ174- AUS FTW
Mills TXC333- TXZ142- AUS FTW
Robertson TXC395- TXZ175- ACT FTW
Throckmorton TXC447- TXZ099- ABI FTW
TABLE 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
14 counties transferred to FTW. UGC C codes are used in these.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Tornado Warning FTWTORFTW WFUS1 KFTW
Severe Thunderstorm FTWSVRFTW WUUS1 KFTW
Flash Flood Warning FTWFFWFTW WRUS1 KFTW
TABLE 3: The following are key related products for the 14
counties transferred to FTW. UGC Z codes are used in these.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement FTWSPSFTW WWUS35 KFTW
Severe Weather Statement FTWSVSFTW WWUS34 KFTW
Civil Emergency Message FTWCEMFTW MMUS40 KFTW
Flash Flood Statement FTWFFSFTW RWUS32 KFTW
Winter Weather Wrngs/Advsys FTWWSWFTW WWUS46 KFTW
Non-precipitation Wrngs/Advsys FTWNPWFTW WWUS45 KFTW
Public Information Statement FTWPNSFTW ABUS34 KFTW
Short-term Forecast FTWNOWFTW FXUS21 KFTW
Local Storm Report FTWLSRFTW WWUS30 KFTW
"#" For longer fuse events affecting in Milam county, users
should also receive the following from WSFO San Antonio (SAT).
# Special Weather Statement SATSPSSAT WWUS35 KSAT
# Severe Weather Statement SATSVSSAT WWUS34 KSAT
# Civil Emergency Message SATCEMSAT MMUS40 KSAT
# Flash Flood Statement SATFFSSAT RWUS32 KSAT
# Winter Weather Wrngs/Advsys SATWSWSAT WWUS46 KSAT
# Non-precipitation Wrngs/Advsys SATNPWSAT WWUS45 KSAT
# Public Information Statement SATPNSSAT ABUS34 KSAT
If you have any questions, you may call or write:
Mr. Gifford F. Ely or Mr. Jim Stefkovich
Meteorologist in Charge Warning Coordination
National Weather Service Forecast Office Meteorologist
3401 Northern Cross Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76137-3610
Phone: (817) 429-2631 Mon. - Fri. 800 am - 400 pm
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