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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EDT FRI APR 7 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 NOTICE 95-42 --
CHANGE TO NOTICE 37 /ON MARCH 22 1995/ FOR TRANSFER OF
CHAFFEE COUNTY... COLORADO TO ANOTHER OFFICE.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JUNE 1 1995...AT 10 A.M....MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CHAFFEE COUNTY...COLORADO TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN
PUEBLO.../PUB/ COLORADO INSTEAD OF THE WSO IN GRAND JUNCTION
/GJT/...COLORADO. THE TRANSFER WILL STILL BE FROM THE WSO IN
ALAMOSA /ALS/...COLORADO.
WSO PUB WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR CHAFFEE
COUNTY /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 42ND UPDATE FOR 1995 AND A CHANGE TO THE 37TH AND
38TH UPDATES 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 CHAFFEE COUNTY USING THE PUB IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE ALS 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
CHAFFEE /WEST/ COZ013- COC015- ALS PUB
CHAFFEE /EAST/ COZ016- COC015- ALS PUB
TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO PUB. UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES DENTORPUB WFUS1 KPUB
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DENSVRPUB WUUS1 KPUB
FLASH FLOODS DENFFWPUB WRUS1 KPUB
TABLE 3 THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO PUB. UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT DENSPSPUB WWUS35 KPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT DENSVSPUB WWUS34 KPUB
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE DENCEMPUB MMUS40 KPUB
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT DENPNSPUB ABUS34 KPUB
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS + DENWSWPUB WWUS46 KPUB
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING + DENNPWPUB WWUS45 KPUB
SHORT-TERM FORECAST DENNOWPUB FXUS21 KPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT DENFFSPUB RWUS32 KPUB
LOCAL STORM REPORT DENLSRPUB WWUS30 KPUB
+ FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
IN DENVER /DEN/...COLORADO.
WSFO DEN WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THESE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER-FUSE
EVENTS.
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
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE /MIC/ OFFICIAL IN CHARGE /OIC/
WILLIAM F. FORTUNE...MIC LARRY E. MOONEY...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA
3 EATON WAY 10230 SMITH RD.
MEMORIAL AIRPORT DENVER CO 80239-3238
PUEBLO CO 81001-4856 303-361-0661
719-948-3838
KATHLEEN M. BUTLER...OIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA
2490 S. STATE AVENUE
ALAMOSA CO 81101-3594
719-589-9207
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