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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
815 AM EST TUE DEC 20 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: COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE # 95-6: SIOUX FALLS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
MARCH 1, 1995
Effective Wednesday March 1, 1995 at 8:00 a.m. Central
Standard Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for 11 counties in South Dakota,
Nebraska, and Iowa, (table 1) to the Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO) in Sioux Falls (FSD), South Dakota. Eight (8)
counties will be transferred from the Weather Service Office (WSO)
in Sioux City (SUX), Iowa. Three (3) counties will be transferred
from the WSFO in Des Moines (DSM), Iowa.
WSFO FSD 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 6th update in 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 these counties using the FSD identifier
(tables 2 and 3) instead of the DSM and SUX identifier. The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) for zones (Z) and counties (C) will
remain unchanged (as shown in table 1).
Table 1.
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM: TO:
Union SDZ071- SDC127- SUX FSD
Plymouth IAZ020- IAC149- SUX FSD
OBrien IAZ013- IAC141- SUX FSD
Cherokee IAZ021- IAC035- SUX FSD
Woodbury IAZ031- IAC193- SUX FSD
Ida IAZ032- IAC093- SUX FSD
Dakota NEZ013- NEC043- SUX FSD
Dixon NEZ014- NEC051- SUX FSD
Dickinson IAZ003- IAC059- DSM FSD
Clay IAZ014- IAC041- DSM FSD
Buena Vista IAZ022- IAC021- DSM FSD
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties transferred to FSD. UGC county codes are used in
these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes FSDTORFSD WFUS1 KFSD
Severe Thunderstorms FSDSVRFSD WUUS1 KFSD
Flash Floods FSDFFWFSD WRUS1 KFSD
Table 3. The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to FSD. UGC zone codes are used in these.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR (FOS)
Special weather statement FSDSPSFSD WWUS35 KFSD
Severe weather statement FSDSVSFSD WWUS34 KFSD
Civil emergency message FSDCEMFSD MMUS40 KFSD
Public info. statement FSDPNSFSD ABUS34 KFSD
* Winter weather warnings FSDWSWFSD WWUS46 KFSD
* Non-precipitation warning FSDNPWFSD WWUS45 KFSD
Short-term forecast FSDNOWFSD FXUS21 KFSD
Flash flood statement FSDFFSFSD RWUS32 KFSD
Local storm report FSDLSRFSD WWUS30 KFSD
* For emergency backup to WSFO DSM.
For these counties, WSFO DSM will continue to issue products
for longer-fuse events, including the following:
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR (FOS)
Special weather statement DSMSPSDSM WWUS35 KDSM
Severe weather statement DSMSVSDSM WWUS34 KDSM
Civil emergency message DSMCEMDSM MMUS40 KDSM
Public info. statement DSMPNSDSM ABUS34 KDSM
Winter weather warnings DSMWSWDSM WWUS46 KDSM
Non-precipitation warning DSMNPWDSM WWUS45 KDSM
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
D. Greg Harmon (Meteorologist-in-charge)
National Weather Service, NOAA
26 Weather Lane
Sioux Falls, SD 57104-0198
605-330-4244
James A. Kline (Official-in-charge)
National Weather Service, NOAA
2403 Ogden Box A5
Sioux City, Ia. 51110-1223
712-255-3944
J. John Feldt (Meteorologist-in-charge)
National Weather service, NOAA
9607 NW Beaver Drive
Johnston, Iowa 50131-1908
515-270-4501
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
820 AM EST TUE DEC 20 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: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER # 95-7: NORTH
PLATTE, NEBRASKA, WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE' SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 1995.
Effective Wednesday March 1, 1995 at 7:00 a.m. Mountain
Standard Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for 3 counties in Nebraska to the
Weather Service Office (WSO) in North Platte (LBF), Nebraska (table
1). The three (3) counties will be transferred from the WSO in
Scottsbluff (BFF), Nebraska.
WSO LBF 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 7th 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 these counties using the LBF identifier
instead of the BFF identifier (tables 2 and 3). The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC) will remain unchanged (as shown in table 1).
Table 1.
County UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY from to
code code
Sheridan NEZ004- NEC161- BFF LBF
Garden NEZ022- NEC069- BFF LBF
Deuel NEZ056- NEC049- BFF LBF
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties transferred to LBF. UGC county codes are
used in these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes OMATORLBF WFUS1 KLBF
Severe Thunderstorms OMASVRLBF WUUS1 KLBF
Flash Floods OMAFFWLBF WRUS1 KLBF
Table 3. The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to LBF. UGC zone codes are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement OMASPSLBF WWUS35 KLBF
Severe weather statement OMASVSLBF WWUS34 KLBF
Civil emergency message OMACEMLBF MMUS40 KLBF
Public info. statement OMAPNSLBF ABUS34 KLBF
* Winter weather warnings OMAWSWLBF WWUS46 KLBF
* Non-precipitation warning OMANPWLBF WWUS45 KLBF
Short-term forecast OMANOWLBF FXUS21 KLBF
Flash flood statement OMAFFSLBF RWUS32 KLBF
Local storm report OMALSRLBF WWUS30 KLBF
* Used only for emergency backup to the the Weather Service
Forecast office (WSFO) Omaha (OMA), Nebraska.
WSFO OMA continue to issue the following products for
longer-fuse events.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement OMASPSOMA WWUS35 KOMA
Severe weather statement OMASVSOMA WWUS34 KOMA
Civil emergency message OMACEMOMA MMUS40 KOMA
Public info. statement OMAPNSOMA ABUS34 KOMA
Winter weather warnings OMAWSWOMA WWUS46 KOMA
Non-precipitation warning OMANPWOMA WWUS45 KOMA
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Michael Hayes (Official-in-charge)
National Weather Service Office, NOAA
250025 Airport Terminal Street
Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361-9517
308-632-3011
David Wert (Meteorologist-in-charge)
National Weather Service Office, NOAA
R.R. 3, P.O. Box 296
North Platte, Nebraska 69101-9531
308-532-4936
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