950818: NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 950818: NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 15:11:59 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS40 KWBC 181536
FOS NOTICE NO. 757     08-18-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS

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

SUBJECT   SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-67
          LAS VEGAS NEXRAD WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
          COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13
1995
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13 1995...AT 800 A.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
/1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THENWS WILL TRANSFER
SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWO COUNTIES /OR PORTIONS
THEREOF/ IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ONE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
ARIZONA TO THE LAS VEGAS /LAS/...NEVADA WX SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/.
TRANSFERS WILL BE FROM FROM THE LOS ANGELES /LAX/...CA WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/...THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY /FAT/...
CA WSO...AND THE WSFO IN PHOENIX /PHX/...ARIZONA.  FOR THESE
COUNTIES...OR PORTIONS THEREOF...WSO LAS WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE
WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/.  FOR HOLDER OF
WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47 /COUNTY WARNING
AREAS/ THIS IS UPDATE 67 FOR 1995.

BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA
WX 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...OR PORTIONS THEREOF...USING THE LAS
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE FAT...LAX...OR PHX
IDENTIFIERS.  THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL
REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.

TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO LAS.  /Z/ ZONE CODE    /C/ COUNTY CODE

COUNTY             UGC Z           UGC C     FROM      TO
INYO           /1/ CAZ010-         CAC027-   FAT       LAS
                   CAZ014-019-     CAC027-   LAX       LAS

SAN BERNARDINO /2/ CAZ018-019-     CAC071-   LAX       LAS
MOHAVE             AZZ001-002-003- AZC015-   PHX       LAS

/1/ THAT PORTION OF INYO COUNTY IN ZONE 10 INCLUDES THE SIERRA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5 000 FEET AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 395

/2/ THE PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN ZONES 18 AND 19 IS
EAST OF.BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. SHORT-
FUSE WARNINGS FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY /IN ZONES 12 AND 13/
WILL REMAIN ASSIGNED TO WSFO LAX.

TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO LAS.  UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS.

WARNING PRODUCT FOR       NWWS ID       WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES                 RNOTORLAS     WFUS1 KLAS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS      RNOSVRLAS     WUUS1 KLAS
FLASH FLOODS              RNOFFWLAS     WRUS1 KLAS

TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO LAS.  UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.

 RELATED PRODUCTS           NWWS ID        WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT    RNOSPSLAS      WWUS35 KLAS
 SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT     RNOSVSLAS      WWUS34 KLAS
 CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE      RNOCEMLAS      MMUS40 KLAS
 PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT       RNOPNSLAS      ABUS34 KLAS
 WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS    + RNOWSWLAS      WWUS46 KLAS
 NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS + RNONPWLAS      WWUS45 KLAS
 SHORT-TERM FORECAST          RNONOWLAS      FXUS21 KLAS
 FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT        RNOFFSLAS      RWUS32 KLAS
 LOCAL STORM REPORT           RNOLSRLAS      WWUS30 KLAS

+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WSFOS.
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