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FOS NOTICE NO. 642 03-24-95

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TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS



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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