PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

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• Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 14:13:31 -0700

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST WED MAR 23 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:    BINGHAMTON (BGM), NEW YORK WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S
            SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
            JUNE 1, 1994.

Effective June 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 New York (Table 1) TO the
Binghamton (BGM), New York Weather Service Office (WSO) FROM the
Syracuse (SYR) and Rochester (ROC) WSOs and Albany (ALB) Weather
Service Forecast Office (WSFO).  For these counties, WSO BGM 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 seventh (7th) update of the latest
chapter issuance 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 seven counties using the BGM
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the SYR, ROC, and ALB
identifiers.  For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product identifier BUFSVRSYR, you
will have to add/change your product identifier to ALBSVRBGM. 
The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged
(as shown in Table 1).

1.    County      UGC county  UGC zone          From        To
                   code        code
      S.Cayuga    NYC011-     NYZ017-           SYR         BGM
      Madison     NYC053-     NYZ036-           SYR         BGM
      Oneida      NYC065-     NYZ009- & 037-    SYR         BGM
      Onondaga    NYC067-     NYZ018-           SYR         BGM
      Seneca      NYC099-     NYZ016-           ROC         BGM
      Yates       NYC123-     NYZ015-           ROC         BGM
      Sullivan    NYC105-     NYZ062-           ALB         BGM
            
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
        tornadoes                     ALBTORBGM       WFUS1 KBGM
        severe thunderstorms          ALBSVRBGM       WUUS1 KBGM
        flash floods                  ALBFFWBGM       WRUS1 KBGM

3.    The following are key related products for the seven
      counties to be transferred to BGM.  UGC zone codes are used
      in these products.
    
      Related products                AFOS/NWWS ID    WMO header 
        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 WSFOs in Albany (ALB),
        and Buffalo (BUF).
      
Users should continue to receive products from WSFOs ALB, and BUF
covering longer-fuse events for these counties, including those
from the first six categories listed in Table 3.

If you have further questions, you may contact the following:

      Peter R. Ahnert, MIC
      National Weather Service
      32 Dawes Drive
      Binghamton Regional Airport
      Johnson City, NY  13790
      (607) 729-7629

      Stephen W. Francis, Acting OIC
      Hancock Airport
      North Syracuse, NY  13212           
      (315) 455-6601  (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.)
      
      Gerald E. English, MIC
      National Weather Service
      Greater Rochester Int'l Airport
      One Airport Way - Suite 305
      Rochester, NY  14624-3151
      (716) 328-7391  (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.)
      
      Roland G. Loffredo, AM/MIC
      National Weather Service
      Albany County Airport
      Albany, NY  12211
      (518) 869-6347

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