950626: NOUS40 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950626: NOUS40 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 08:40:56 -0600 (MDT)

NOUS40 KWBC 261356

FOS NOTICE NO. 697 06-26-95

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TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER

          WIRE SERVICE



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



SUBJECT   SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER 95-46  NORTH

          PLATTE...NEBRASKA...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE

          COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1 1995.



EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...AUGUST 1...1995...AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL

DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING

RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1 COUNTY IN NEBRASKA TO THE WEATHER SERVICE

OFFICE /WSO/ IN NORTH PLATTE /LBF/...NEBRASKA /TABLE 1/ FROM THE

WSO IN VALENTINE /VTN/...NEBRASKA.



     WSO LBF 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 46TH 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 THIS COUNTY USING THE LBF IDENTIFIER

INSTEAD OF THE VTN IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/. THE UNIVERSAL

GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.



TABLE 1.

COUNTY         UGC ZONE  UGC COUNTY     FROM      TO

               CODE      CODE



CHERRY         NEZ005-   NEC031-        VTN       LBF



TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE

COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO LBF.  UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE

PRODUCTS.



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



TORNADOES                OMATORLBF      WFUS1 KLBF

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     OMASVRLBF      WUUS1 KLBF

FLASH FLOODS             OMAFFWLBF      WRUS1 KLBF



TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY

TRANSFERRED TO LBF.  UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.





RELATED PRODUCTS              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     OMASPSLBF      WWUS35 KLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      OMASVSLBF      WWUS34 KLBF

CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       OMACEMLBF      MMUS40 KLBF

PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        OMAPNSLBF      ABUS34 KLBF

+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS     OMAWSWLBF      WWUS46 KLBF

+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING   OMANPWLBF      WWUS45 KLBF

SHORT-TERM FORECAST           OMANOWLBF      FXUS21 KLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         OMAFFSLBF      RWUS32 KLBF

LOCAL STORM REPORT            OMALSRLBF      WWUS30 KLBF



+ USED ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO THE THE WEATHER SERVICE

FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN OMAHA /OMA/...NEBRASKA.



     WSFO OMA WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR

LONGER-FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING THIS COUNTY.



RELATED PRODUCTS              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     OMASPSOMA      WWUS35 KOMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      OMASVSOMA      WWUS34 KOMA

CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       OMACEMOMA      MMUS40 KOMA

PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        OMAPNSOMA      ABUS34 KOMA

WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS       OMAWSWOMA      WWUS46 KOMA

NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING     OMANPWOMA      WWUS45 KOMA



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

FOLLOWING



DAVID C. THEOPHILUS /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA

P.O. BOX 719

6707 N. 288TH ST.

VALLEY NE  68064-0719

402-359-5166



DAVID A. WERT /METOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA

NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT

5250 E. LEE BIRD DR.

NORTH PLATTE NE  69101-2473

308-532-0921



RONALD L. BURNS /OFFICIAL-IN-CHARGE/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA

P.O. BOX 288

VALENTINE NE  69201-0288

402-376-3442

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