951201: Paducah, KY-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 951201: Paducah, KY-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:56:34 -0700 (MST)

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NOUS41 KWBC 011757
PNSWSH
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EST FRI DEC 1 1995
 
TO        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF    
          SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE  
          /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
 
FROM      DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
 
SUBJECT   SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-5
          PADUCAH...KENTUCKY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHORT-FUSE
          COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1
          1996.
 
     EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 1996 AT 1000 A.M. CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY /20/ COUNTIES /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN PADUCAH /PAH/...KENTUCKY FROM THE WSO IN
EVANSVILLE /EVV/...INDIANA. 
 
     WSO PAH 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 5TH UPDATE FOR
1996.
 
     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 PAH IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE EVV IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
 
TABLE 1  AREAS TRANSFERRED TO PAH. /Z/ ZONE CODE  /C/ COUNTY CODE
 
COUNTY      UGC Z   UGC C   FROM   COUNTY     UGC Z   UGC C   FROM
WAYNE       ILZ076- ILC191- EVV    EDWARDS    ILZ077- ILC047- EVV
WABASH      ILZ078- ILC185- EVV    WHITE      ILZ083- ILC193- EVV     
GALLATIN    ILZ087- ILC059- EVV    GIBSON     INZ081- INC051- EVV
PIKE        INZ082- INC125- EVV    POSEY      INZ085- INC129- EVV     
VANDENBURGH INZ086- INC163- EVV    WARRICK    INZ087- INC173- EVV     
SPENCER     INZ088- INC147- EVV    UNION      KYZ014- KYC225- EVV
HENDERSON   KYZ018- KYC101- EVV    DAVIESS    KYZ019- KYC059- EVV
WEBSTER     KYZ015- KYC233- EVV    MCLEAN     KYZ020- KYC149- EVV
HOPKINS     KYZ016- KYC107- EVV    MUHLENBERG KYZ021- KYC177- EVV
CHRISTIAN   KYZ017- KYC047- EVV    TODD       KYZ022- KYC219- EVV
 
TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO PAH.  UGC COUNTY CODES /C/...ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
 
WARNING PRODUCT FOR      AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
 
TORNADOES                SDFTORPAH      WFUS1 KPAH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     SDFSVRPAH      WUUS1 KPAH
FLASH FLOODS             SDFFFWPAH      WRUS1 KPAH
 
TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO PAH.  UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE.
 
RELATED PRODUCTS              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     SDFSPSPAH      WWUS35 KPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      SDFSVSPAH      WWUS34 KPAH
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       SDFCEMPAH      MMUS40 KPAH
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        SDFPNSPAH      ABUS34 KPAH
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS     SDFWSWPAH      WWUS46 KPAH
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING   SDFNPWPAH      WWUS45 KPAH      
SHORT-TERM FORECAST           SDFNOWPAH      FXUS21 KPAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         SDFFFSPAH      RWUS32 KPAH
LOCAL STORM REPORT            SDFLSRPAH      WWUS30 KPAH
 
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES
/WSFO/. 
 
     FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED BY WSFO CHICAGO /CCC OF CHI/ FOR ILLINOIS COUNTIES...WSFO
LOUISVILLE /CCC OF SDF/ FOR KENTUCKY COUNTIES...AND WSFO
INDIANPOLIS /CCC OF IND/ FOR INDIANA COUNTIES.
 
RELATED PRODUCTS              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     CCCSPSCCC      WWUS35 KCCC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      CCCSVSCCC      WWUS34 KCCC
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       CCCCEMCCC      MMUS40 KCCC
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        CCCPNSCCC      ABUS34 KCCC
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS       CCCWSWCCC      WWUS46 KCCC
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING     CCCNPWCCC      WWUS45 KCCC      
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         CCCFFSCCC      RWUS32 KCCC
 
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING 
 
BEVERLY A. POOLE /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
8250 U.S. HIGHWAY 60
WEST PADUCAH KY  42086-9762
502-744-6440
 
NORMAN E. CARROLL /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
5603 HIGHWAY 41 N.
EVANSVILLE IN  47711-1919
812-425-0538
 
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