951023: Pendleton-NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 951023: Pendleton-NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 06:58:18 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS40 KWBC 192036
FOS NOTICE NO. 803          10-19-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE

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

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

SUBJECT   SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 95-71
          PENDLETON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
          COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
          DECEMBER 22 1995.

EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...DECEMBER 22 1995...AT 800 A.M. PACIFIC
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
TO THE PENDLETON /PDT/...OREGON...WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN YAKIMA /YKM/...
WASHINGTON.  FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO PDT 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
71ST 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 ANDRELATED PRODUCTS FOR THESE TWO COUNTIES USING
THE PDT IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE YKM
IDENTIFIER.  THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...
WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.

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

COUNTY  UGC Z   UGC C   FROM  COUNTY    UGC Z   UGC C   FROM
YAKIMA  WAZ013- WAC077- YKM   KLICKITAT WAZ013- WAC039- YKM
        WAZ008-                         WAZ008-
        WAZ012-                         WAZ012-

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

WARNING PRODUCT FOR       NWWS ID            WMO HEADER
                                            /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES                 PDXTORPDT          WFUS1 KPDT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS      PDXSVRPDT          WUUS1 KPDT
FLASH FLOODS              PDXFFWPDT          WRUS1 KPDT
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