950321-New Orleans-NOUS40 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950321-New Orleans-NOUS40 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 07:37:52 -0700 (MST)

TO          FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS

FROM        DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST
            BRANCH

SUBJECT     SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-23
            NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
            OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE PARISH/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 17 PARISHES/ COUNTIES /SEE TABLE 1/ IN
SOUTHEAST LOUSISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO THE NEW ORLEANS
AREA /NEW/...LOUISIANA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
FROM WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN BATON ROUGE
/BTR/...LA...AND MOBILE /MOB/...AL...AND WSFO JACKSON
/JAN/...MS.  THIS TRANSFER WILL ALSO GIVE WSFO NEW SHORT-FUSE
MARINE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF
HANCOCK...HARRISON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST.  FOR THESE PARISHES/COUNTIES AND COASTAL WATERS...WSFO
NEW  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 23TH UPDATE FOR 1995.

     BECAUSE OF THIS PARISH/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 17 PARISHES/COUNTIES AND ADJOINING
COASTAL WATERS USING THE  NEW  IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/
INSTEAD OF THE BTR...MOB...OR JAN IDENTIFIERS.  THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN
IN TABLE 1/.

TABLE 1  AREAS TRANSFERRED TO  NEW. /C/ COUNTY CODE    /Z/ ZONE
CODE

LOUISIANA PARISH   UGC C        UGC Z        FROM    TO
ASCENSION          LAC005-      LAZ049-      BTR     NEW
E. BATON ROUGE     LAC033-      LAZ048-      BTR     NEW
E. FELICIANA       LAC037-      LAZ036-      BTR     NEW
IBERVILLE          LAC047-      LAZ046-      BTR     NEW
LIVINGSTON         LAC063-      LAZ050-      BTR     NEW
POINTE COUPEE      LAC077-      LAZ034-      BTR     NEW
ST. HELENA         LAC091-      LAZ037-      BTR     NEW
W. BATON ROUGE     LAC121-      LAZ047-      BTR     NEW
W. FELICIANA       LAC125-      LAZ035-      BTR     NEW


MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UGC C        UGC Z        FROM    TO
  AMITE            MSC005-      MSZ069-      JAN     NEW
+ HANCOCK          MSC045-      MSZ080-      MOB     NEW
+ HARRISON         MSC047-      MSZ081-      MOB     NEW
+ JACKSON          MSC059-      MSZ082-      MOB     NEW
  PEARL RIVER      MSC109-      MSZ077-      MOB     NEW
  PIKE             MSC113-      MSZ070-      JAN     NEW
  WALTHALL         MSC147-      MSZ071-      JAN     NEW
  WILKINSON        MSC157-      MSZ068-      JAN     NEW

+ ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS TO   UGC Z        FROM    TO
  JACKSON                       ALZ501-      MOB     NEW
  HARRSION             ALZ501- AND LAZ501-   MOB     NEW
  HANCOCK                       LAZ501-      MOB     NEW

TABLE 2   THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
17
PARISHES/COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO  NEW .  UGC C CODES ARE USED IN
THESE...EXCEPT FOR UGC Z CODES FOR AFFECTED COASTAL WATERS.

WARNING PRODUCTS          NWWS ID         WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ TORNADO WARNING         NEWTORNEW       WFUS1 KNEW
+ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM     NEWSVRNEW       WUUS1 KNEW
/ SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  NEWSMWNEW       WMUS1 KNEW
  FLASH FLOOD WARNING     NEWFFWNEW       WRUS1 KNEW

+ 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 17
PARISHES /COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO  NEW .  UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED
IN THESE.

RELATED PRODUCTS                   NWWS ID   WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+   SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT      NEWSPSNEW   WWUS35 KNEW
+   SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT       NEWSVSNEW   WWUS34 KNEW
+   CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE        NEWCEMNEW   MMUS40 KNEW
+   FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT          NEWFFSNEW   RWUS32 KNEW
+   COASTAL FLOOD STMTS/WRNGS      NEWCFWNEW   FZUS68 KNEW
+ / WINTER WEATHER WRNGS/ADVSYS    NEWWSWNEW   WWUS46 KNEW
+ / NON-PRECIPITATION WRNGS/ADVSYS NEWNPWNEW   WWUS45 KNEW
+   PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   NEWPNSNEW   ABUS34 KNEW
    LOCAL STORM REPORT             NEWLSRNEW   WWUS30 KNEW
    SHORT-TERM FORECAST            NEWNOWNEW   FXUS21 KNEW
 // MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT       NEWMWSNEW   FZUS60 KNEW
    HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT      NEWHLSNEW   WWUS31 KNEW

/  FOR MS COUNTIES...ONLY EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO WSFO JAN
+  FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES
SHOULD ALSO RECEIVE THESE FROM WSFO  JAN  /USE  JAN  IN
IDENTIFIERS/.  // FOR COASTAL WATERS.

     IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE

MR. PAUL TROTTER                 OR MR. FRANK REVITTE -
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE          WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /  62300 AIRPORT ROAD
SLIDELL LA 70460-5243    PHONE  504-522-7330  MON.- FRI.  8 AM -
4 PM
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