950321-NWS Wire Service-Michigan

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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 AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-31...
          MARQUETTE...MICHIGAN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE 
          COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MAY 1...1995.

     EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 1...1995 AT 1200 NOON EASTERN DAYLIGHT 
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE /1/
COUNTY IN MICHIGAN /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN
MARQUETTE /MQT/...MICHIGAN FROM THE WSO IN SAULT STE. MARIE
/SSM/...MICHIGAN. 

     WSO MQT 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 31ST 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 MQT IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2
AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SSM IDENTIFIER.  HOWEVER...THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC
CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.

TABLE 1.
COUNTY         UGC ZONE  UGC COUNTY     FROM      TO
               CODE      CODE

LUCE +         MIZ007-   MIC095-        SSM       MQT

+ ADJACENT
MARINE ZONE    MIZ505-                  SSM       MQT

TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO MQT.  UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS...EXCEPT ZONE /Z/ CODES FOR ADJACENT MARINE AREAS.

WARNING PRODUCT FOR:     NWWS ID        WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/

TORNADOES ++             ARBTORMQT      WFUS1 KMQT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ++  ARBSVRMQT      WUUS1 KMQT
FLASH FLOODS             ARBFFWMQT      WRUS1 KMQT
SPECIAL MARINE +         ARBSMWMQT      WMUS1 KMQT

++ WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS IF ADJACENT LAKE SUPERIOR
WATERS ARE ALSO THREATENED
+  FOR ADJACENT MARINE AREAS ON LAKE SUPERIOR ONLY     
                    
TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO MQT.  UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE.
 
RELATED PRODUCTS              NWWS ID        WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     ARBSPSMQT      WWUS35 KMQT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      ARBSVSMQT      WWUS34 KMQT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       ARBCEMMQT      MMUS40 KMQT
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        ARBPNSMQT      ABUS34 KMQT
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS   +   ARBWSWMQT      WWUS46 KMQT
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING +   ARBNPWMQT      WWUS45 KMQT     
SHORT-TERM FORECAST           ARBNOWMQT      FXUS21 KMQT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         ARBFFSMQT      RWUS32 KMQT
LOCAL STORM REPORT            ARBLSRMQT      WWUS30 KMQT
NEAR SHORE FORECAST  ++       ARBNSHMQT      FZUS64 KMQT

+ FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
IN DETROIT /DTX/...MICHIGAN.
++ FOR MARINE AREAS ONLY

WSFO DTX WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR LONGER-FUSE
EVENTS FOR LUCE COUNTY.

RELATED PRODUCTS              NWWS ID        WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     ARBSPSDTX      WWUS35 KDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      ARBSVSDTX      WWUS34 KDTX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       ARBCEMDTX      MMUS40 KDTX
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        ARBPNSDTX      ABUS34 KDTX
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS       ARBWSWDTX      WWUS46 KDTX
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING     ARBNPWDTX      WWUS45 KDTX      

IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING...

JOHN F. MACHOWSKI /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/ 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
134 AIRPORT ROAD
NEGAUNEE MI 49866-9661
906-475-5770

DEAN P. GULEZIAN /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD
WHITE LAKE MI 48386-1126
810-625-3309

R. ERIC KERSEY /OFFICIAL-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
214 W. 14TH AVENUE
SAULT STE. MARIE...MICHIGAN  49783-3532 
906-632-8921

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