950825: NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 950825: NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 09:59:52 -0600 (MDT)

980 
NOUS40 KWBC 251458
FOS NOTICE NO. 762     08-25-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
          WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

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

SUBJECT   SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-69
          BILLINGS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
          WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 1995.

EFFECTIVE MONDAY...OCTOBER 2 1995...AT 1000 A.M. MOUNTAIN
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.../NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE COUNTY IN WYOMING /TABLE 1/ TO THE BILLINGS
/BIL/...MONTANA...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN
SHERIDAN /SHR/...WYOMING.  FOR THIS COUNTY...WSO BIL WILL ISSUE
SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT
GIVE FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/.  FOR HOLDERS
OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING
AREAS...THIS IS THE 69TH 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 SHORTFUSE WARNINGS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY USING THE BIL IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2
AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SHR IDENTIFIER.  THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES
/UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

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

COUNTY          UGC C         UGC Z          FROM    TO
SHERIDAN        WYC033-       WYZ050-051-    SHR     BIL

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

WARNING PRODUCT FOR       NWWS ID            WMO HEADER FOR FOS
TORNADOES                 GTFTORBIL          WFUS1 KBIL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS      GTFSVRBIL          WUUS1 KBIL
FLASH FLOODS              GTFFFWBIL          WRUS1 KBIL

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

RELATED PRODUCTS              NWWS ID        WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     GTFSPSBIL      WWUS35 KBIL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      GTFSVSBIL      WWUS34 KBIL
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       GTFCEMBIL      MMUS40 KBIL
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        GTFPNSBIL      ABUS34 KBIL
+  NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS GTFNPWBIL      WWUS45 KBIL
+  WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS    GTFWSWBIL      WWUS46 KBIL
++ SHORT-TERM FORECAST        CYSNOWCPR      FXUS21 KCPR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         GTFFFSBIL      RWUS32 KBIL
LOCAL STORM REPORT            GTFLSRBIL      WWUS30 KBIL

+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN CHEYENNE /CYS/...WYOMING.

++ SHORT-TERM FORECASTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO WSO BIL /GTFNOWBIL
- FXUS21 KBIL/ ON MAY 1 1996.  UNTIL THAT TIME...WSO CASPER
/CPR/ WYOMING WILL ISSUE SHORT-TERM FORECASTS FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY
UNDER IDENTIFERS CYSNOWCPR AND FXUS21 KCPR...AS INDICATED ABOVE.
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