950627: Sioux Falls-NOUS41 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950627: Sioux Falls-NOUS41 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 13:02:56 -0600 (MDT)

NOUS41 KWBC 271808

PNSWSH



PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC

200 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 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   COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE 95-47  SIOUX FALLS

          SOUTH DAKOTA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE/S

          SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE

          SEPTEMBER 1 1995.



     EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...SEPTEMBER 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 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA /TABLE 1/ TO THE

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN SIOUX FALLS /FSD/

...SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN HURON

/HON/...SOUTH DAKOTA.



     WSFO FSD 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 47TH 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  FSD 

IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE  HON  IDENTIFIER. THE

UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED

/AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.



TABLE 1.



COUNTY         UGC ZONE  UGC COUNTY     FROM      TO

               CODE      CODE



CLARK          SDZ019-   SDC025-        HON       FSD

CODINGTON      SDZ020-   SDC029-        HON       FSD

DEUEL          SDZ023-   SDC039-        HON       FSD

HAMLIN         SDZ022-   SDC057-        HON       FSD

BEADLE         SDZ038-   SDC005-        HON       FSD

KINGSBURY      SDZ039-   SDC077-        HON       FSD

JERAULD        SDZ052-   SDC073-        HON       FSD

SANBORN        SDZ053-   SDC111-        HON       FSD

MINER          SDZ054-   SDC097-        HON       FSD





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

COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO FSD.  UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN

THESE PRODUCTS.



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

TORNADOES                   FSDTORFSD            WFUS1 KFSD

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS        FSDSVRFSD            WUUS1 KFSD

FLASH FLOODS                FSDFFWFSD            WRUS1 KFSD



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

TRANSFERRED TO FSD.  UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE.



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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT   FSDSPSFSD            WWUS35 KFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT    FSDSVSFSD            WWUS34 KFSD

CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE     FSDCEMFSD            MMUS40 KFSD

PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT      FSDPNSFSD            ABUS34 KFSD

WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS     FSDWSWFSD            WWUS46 KFSD

NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING   FSDNPWFSD            WWUS45 KFSD      

SHORT-TERM FORECAST         FSDNOWFSD            FXUS21 KFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT       FSDFFSFSD            RWUS32 KFSD

LOCAL STORM REPORT          FSDLSRFSD            WWUS30 KFSD



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

FOLLOWING 



JOHN SPRINGER /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA

R.R. 1 BOX 131

HURON REGIONAL AIRPORT

HURON...SD.  57350-9719

605-352-4385



D. GREG HARMON /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA

26 WEATHER LANE

SIOUX FALLS...SD. 57104-0198

605-330-4247



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