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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
805 AM EST WED JAN 25 1995
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER # 95-13:
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE APRIL 3,
1995.
Effective Monday, April 3, 1995 at 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight
Time (1600 Universal Coordinated Time), the National Weather Service
(NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for 28 counties
in Minnesota (table 1) to the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO)
in Minneapolis (MSP), Minnesota.
Thirteen (13) counties will be transferred from the Weather
Service Office (WSO) in Saint Cloud (STC), Minnesota. Twelve (12)
counties will be transferred from the WSO in Rochester (RST),
Minnesota. One (1) county will be transferred from the WSO in Duluth
(DLH), Minnesota. Two (2) counties will be transferred from the WSO
in Fargo (FAR), North Dakota.
WSFO MSP 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 13th 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 MSP identifier (tables 2 and 3) instead of
the STC, RST, DLH, and FAR identifiers. The Universal Generic Codes
(UGC) will remain unchanged (as shown in table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties to be transferred to MSP. Z=zone code; C=county code
MN COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM MN COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Todd MNZ042- MNC153- STC Morrison MNZ043- MNC097- STC
Mille Lacs MNZ044- MNC095- STC Pope MNZ048- MNC121- STC
Stearns MNZ049- MNC145- STC Benton MNZ050- MNC009- STC
Swift MNZ055- MNC151- STC Kandiyohi MNZ057- MNC067- STC
Meeker MNZ058- MNC093- STC Sherburne MNZ051- MNC141- STC
Lac Qui Parle MNZ054- MNC073- STC Chippewa MNZ056- MNC023- STC
Yellow Medicine MNZ064- MNC173- STC Brown MNZ074- MNC015- RST
Nicollet MNZ075- MNC103- RST Le Sueur MNZ076- MNC079- RST
Rice MNZ077- MNC131- RST Goodhue MNZ078- MNC049- RST
Watonwan MNZ082- MNC165- RST Blue Earth MNZ083- MNC013- RST
Waseca MNZ084- MNC161- RST Steele MNZ085- MNC147- RST
Martin MNZ091- MNC091- RST Faribault MNZ092- MNC043- RST
Freeborn MNZ093- MNC047- RST Kanabec MNZ045- MNC065- DLH
Douglas MNZ041- MNC041- FAR Stevens MNZ047- MNC149- FAR
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties transferred to MSP. UGC county codes (C) are used in these
products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes MSPTORMSP WFUS1 KMSP
Severe Thunderstorms MSPSVRMSP WUUS1 KMSP
Flash Floods MSPFFWMSP WRUS1 KMSP
Table 3. The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to MSP. UGC zone codes (Z) are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement MSPSPSMSP WWUS35 KMSP
Severe weather statement MSPSVSMSP WWUS34 KMSP
Civil emergency message MSPCEMMSP MMUS40 KMSP
Public info. statement MSPPNSMSP ABUS34 KMSP
Winter weather warnings MSPWSWMSP WWUS46 KMSP
Non-precipitation warning MSPNPWMSP WWUS45 KMSP
Short-term forecast MSPNOWMSP FXUS21 KMSP
Flash flood statement MSPFFSMSP RWUS32 KMSP
Local storm report MSPLSRMSP WWUS30 KMSP
WSFO MSP will continue to issue products for longer-fuse events,
including those in table 3.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Craig M. Edwards (Meteorologist-charge)
National Weather Service Forecast Office, NOAA
6301 34th Ave. S. FAA Bldg.
Minneapolis, Mn. 55450-2985
612-725-3741
Suzanne C. Swenson (Official-in-Charge)
National Weather Service Office, NOAA
7300 Brataas Drive S.W.
Rochester, Mn 55902-9802
507-288-9609
James R. Fraser (Official-in-charge)
National Weather Service Office, NOAA
4301 12th St. SE
St. Cloud, Mn. 56304-9801
612-251-3213
Craig Sanders (Meteorologist-in-charghe)
National Weather Service, NOAA
4525 Airport Approach Road
Duluth, Mn. 55811-1555
218-720-5255
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
805 AM EST WED JAN 25 1995
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER # 95-14:
ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE APRIL
3, 1995.
Effective Monday, April 3, 1995 at 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight
Time (1600 Universal Coordinated Time), the National Weather
Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for
one (1) county in Minnesota (table 1) to the Weather Service
Office (WSO) in Aberdeen (ABR), South Dakota from the WSO in
Saint Cloud (STC), Minnesota.
WSO ABR 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 14th 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 this county using the ABR identifier instead
of the STC 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
Big Stone MNZ046- MNC011- STC ABR
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
county transferred to ABR. UGC county codes (C) are used in
these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes FSDTORABR WFUS1 KABR
Severe Thunderstorms FSDSVRABR WUUS1 KABR
Flash Floods FSDFFWABR WRUS1 KABR
Table 3. The following are key related products for the county
transferred to ABR. UGC zone codes (Z) are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement FSDSPSABR WWUS35 KABR
Severe weather statement FSDSVSABR WWUS34 KABR
Civil emergency message FSDCEMABR MMUS40 KABR
Public info. statement FSDPNSABR ABUS34 KABR
* Winter weather warning FSDWSWABR WWUS46 KABR
* Non-precipitation warning FSDNPWABR WWUS45 KABR
Short-term forecast FSDNOWABR FXUS21 KABR
Flash flood statement FSDFFSABR RWUS32 KABR
Local storm report FSDLSRABR WWUS30 KABR
* For emergency backup to the Weather Service Forecast Office
(WSFO) in Minnepolis (MSP), Minnesota.
WSFO MSP will still issue the following products for Big Stone
County.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement MSPSPSMSP WWUS35 KMSP
Severe weather statement MSPSVSMSP WWUS34 KMSP
Civil emergency message MSPCEMMSP MMUS40 KMSP
Public info. statement MSPPNSMSP ABUS34 KMSP
Winter weather warnings MSPWSWMSP WWUS46 KMSP
Non-precipitation warning MSPNPWMSP WWUS45 KMSP
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Jack R. Cooley (Meteorologist-charge)
National Weather Service Forecast Office, NOAA
4420 East Highway 12
Aberdeen, SD. 57401-9536
605-225-5547
James R. Fraser (Official-in-Charge)
National Weather Service Office, NOAA
4301 12th St. SE
St. Cloud, Mn. 56304-9801
612-251-3213
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