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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EST WED MAR 22 1995
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 95-37
GRAND JUNCTION...COLORADO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE JUNE
1 1995.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JUNE 1 1995 AT 1000 AM MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FOUR /4/ COUNTIES IN COLORADO /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO/ IN GRAND JUNCTION /GJT/...COLORADO... FROM THE WSO
IN ALAMOSA /ALS/...COLORADO.
WSO PUB 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 37TH 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 THESE COUNTIES USING THE GJT IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE ALS IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
GUNNISON COZ012- COC051- ALS GJT
GUNNISON COZ013- COC051- ALS GJT
GUNNISON COZ014- COC051- ALS GJT
GUNNISON COZ018- COC051- ALS GJT
CHAFFEE COZ013- COC015- ALS GJT
CHAFFEE COZ016- COC015- ALS GJT
HINSDALE COZ018- COC053- ALS GJT
ARCHULETA COZ023- COC007- ALS GJT
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GJT. UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES DENTORGJT WFUS1 KGJT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DENSVRGJT WUUS1 KGJT
FLASH FLOODS DENFFWGJT WRUS1 KGJT
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO GJT. UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT DENSPSGJT WWUS35 KGJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT DENSVSGJT WWUS34 KGJT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE DENCEMGJT MMUS40 KGJT
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT DENPNSGJT ABUS34 KGJT
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS + DENWSWGJT WWUS46 KGJT
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING + DENNPWGJT WWUS45 KGJT
SHORT-TERM FORECAST DENNOWGJT FXUS21 KGJT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT DENFFSGJT RWUS32 KGJT
LOCAL STORM REPORT DENLSRGJT WWUS30 KGJT
+ FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
/WSFO/ IN DENVER /DEN/...COLORADO.
WSFO DEN WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR
LONGER-FUSE EVENTS FOR THESE COUNTIES.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT DENSPSDEN WWUS35 KDEN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT DENSVSDEN WWUS34 KDEN
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE DENCEMDEN MMUS40 KDEN
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT DENPNSDEN ABUS34 KDEN
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS DENWSWDEN WWUS46 KDEN
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING DENNPWDEN WWUS45 KDEN
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
ROBERT W. JACOBSON...JR. /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
2775 CROSSROADS...SUITE 300
GRAND JUNCTION CO 81506-8729
303-243-7007
LARRY E. MOONEY /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
10230 SMITH RD.
DENVER CO 80239-3238
303-361-0661
KATHLEEN M. BUTLER /OFFICIAL-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
2490 S. STATE AVENUE
ALAMOSA CO 81101-3594
719-589-9207
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