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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EST THU FEB 2 1995
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...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 NOTICE 95-24
MOBILE...ALABAMA...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE APRIL 4...1995
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...APRIL 4...1995...AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 5
COUNTIES /SEE TABLE 1/ IN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE MOBILE /MOB/...ALABAMA...WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM WSOS IN MERIDIAN /MEI/...MS...AND PENSACOLA
/PNS/...FL. THIS TRANSFER WILL ALSO GIVE WSO MOB SHORT-FUSE MARINE
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...
OKALOOSA...AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST. FOR THESE
COUNTIES AND COASTAL WATERS...WSO MOB WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING
PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION
ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS
MANUAL CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS IS THE 24TH UPDATE
FOR 1995.
BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTY 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 5 COUNTIES AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS USING THE
MOB IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE MEI OR PNS
IDENTIFIERS. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL
REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO MOB. /C/ COUNTY CODE /Z/ ZONE CODE
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
WAYNE MSC153- MSZ049- MEI MOB
ALABAMA COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
CHOCTAW ALC023- ALZ051- MEI MOB
FLORIDA COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
ESCAMBIA /INLAND/ FLC033- FLZ001- PNS MOB
+ ESCAMBIA /COASTAL/ FLC033- FLZ002- PNS MOB
OKALOOSA /INLAND/ FLC091- FLZ005- PNS MOB
+ OKALOOSA /COASTAL/ FLC091- FLZ006- PNS MOB
SANTA ROSA /INLAND/ FLC113- FLZ003- PNS MOB
+ SANTA ROSA /COASTAL/ FLC113- FLZ004- PNS MOB
+ ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS TO: UGC Z FROM TO
ESCAMBIA ALZ501- PNS MOB
OKALOOSA FLZ506- PNS MOB
SANTA ROSA FLZ506- PNS MOB
TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE 5
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO MOB. UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS...EXCEPT FOR AFFECTED COASTAL WATERS IN WHICH UGC ZONE CODES
ARE USED.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ TORNADO WARNING BHMTORMOB WFUS1 KMOB
+ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BHMSVRMOB WUUS1 KMOB
/ SPECIAL MARINE WARNING BHMSMWMOB WMUS1 KMOB
FLASH FLOOD WARNING BHMFFWMOB WRUS1 KMOB
+ MEANS THAT THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS WHEN
ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS ARE AFFECTED.
/ FOR COASTAL WATERS.
TABLE 3: THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE 5 COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO MOB. UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT BHMSPSMOB WWUS35 KMOB
+ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT BHMSVSMOB WWUS34 KMOB
+ CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE BHMCEMMOB MMUS40 KMOB
+ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT BHMFFSMOB RWUS32 KMOB
+ COASTAL FLOOD STMTS/WRNGS BHMCFWMOB FZUS68 KMOB
+ / WINTER WEATHER WRNGS/ADVSYS BHMWSWMOB WWUS46 KMOB
+ / NON-PRECIPITATION WRNGS/ADVSYS BHMNPWMOB WWUS45 KMOB
+ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT BHMPNSMOB ABUS34 KMOB
LOCAL STORM REPORT BHMLSRMOB WWUS30 KMOB
SHORT-TERM FORECAST BHMNOWMOB FXUS21 KMOB
// MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT BHMMWSMOB FZUS60 KMOB
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT BHMHLSMOB WWUS31 KMOB
/ FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE ONLY.
+ FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS IN THE AFFECTED AL AND NORTHWEST FL
COUNTIES AND USERS IN WAYNE COUNTY...MS...SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS FROM WSFO BHM AND WSFO JAN RESPECTIVELY.
USE BHM AND JAN IN PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS.
// FOR COASTAL WATERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE:
MR. RANDALL S. MCKEE OR MR. GARY BEELER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION MET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
BATES FIELD
8400 AIRPORT BOULEVARD
MOBILE AL 36608 PHONE /205/ 639-6625 MON. - FRI. 800 AM - 400 PM
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EST THU FEB 2 1995
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...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 NOTICE 95-25
BIRMINGHAM...AL...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
APRIL 4...1995
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...APRIL 4...1995...AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SUMTER COUNTY IN ALABAMA TO THE BIRMINGHAM /BHM/...ALABAMA...WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/
IN MERIDIAN /MEI/...MISSISSIPPI /SEE TABLE 1/. FOR THIS COUNTY...WSFO
BHM 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 25TH 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 THIS COUNTY USING THE BHM IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/
INSTEAD OF THE MEI IDENTIFIER. FOR EXAMPLE...IF YOU HAVE BEE
RECEIVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS USING THE PRODUCT
JANSVRMEI...YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PRODUCT IDENTIFIER TO
BHMSVRBHM. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN
UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1: COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO BHM. /C/ COUNTY CODE /Z/ ZONE CODE
ALABAMA CO. UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
SUMTER ALC119- ALZ030- MEI BHM
TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO BHM . UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADO WARNING BHMTORBHM WFUS1 KBHM
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BHMSVRBHM WUUS1 KBHM
FLASH FLOOD WARNING BHMFFWBHM WRUS1 KBHM
TABLE 3 THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO BHM . UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT BHMSPSBHM WWUS35 KBHM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT BHMSVSBHM WWUS34 KBHM
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE BHMCEMBHM MMUS40 KBHM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT BHMFFSBHM RWUS32 KBHM
WINTER WEATHER WRNGS/ADVSYS BHMWSWBHM WWUS46 KBHM
NON-PRECIPITATION WRNGS/ADVSYS BHMNPWBHM WWUS45 KBHM
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT BHMPNSBHM ABUS34 KBHM
SHORT-TERM FORECAST BHMNOWBHM FXUS21 KBHM
LOCAL STORM REPORT BHMLSRBHM WWUS30 KBHM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE:
MR. GARY S. PETTI OR MR. BRIAN PETERS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE METEOROLOGIST
WEATHERVANE RAOD
ALABASTER AL 35007-5079
PHONE /205/ 664-3010 MON. - FRI. 800 AM - 400 PM
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