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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST WED JAN 17 1996
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 96-14
GRAND JUNCTION...COLORADO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
MARCH 6 1996.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 1996 AT 900 A.M. MOUNTAIN
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE /1/ COUNTY IN COLORADO /TABLE 1/ FROM THE
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN DENVER /DEN/...COLORADO
TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN GRAND JUNCTION /GJT/
...COLORADO.
FOR THIS COUNTY...WSO GJT 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 14TH UPDATE IN 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 THIS COUNTY USING THE GJT IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE DEN IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
LAKE /WEST/ COZ012- COC065- DEN GJT
LAKE /EAST/ COZ015- COC065- DEN GJT
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO GJT. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE
USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
TORNADOES DENTORGJT WFUS1 KGJT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DENSVRGJT WUUS1 KGJT
FLASH FLOODS DENFFWGJT WRUS1 KGJT
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO GJT. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN
THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT DENSPSGJT WWUS35 KGJT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT DENSVSGJT WWUS34 KGJT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE DENCEMGJT MMUS40 KGJT
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT DENPNSGJT ABUS34 KGJT
SHORT-TERM FORECAST DENNOWGJT FXUS21 KGJT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT DENFFSGJT RWUS32 KGJT
LOCAL STORM REPORT DENLSRGJT WWUS30 KGJT
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS DENWSWGJT WWUS46 KGJT
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING DENNPWGJT WWUS45 KGJT
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WSFO DEN.
FOR THIS COUNTY...WSFO DEN WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR LONGER-FUSE EVENTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT DENSPSDEN WWUS35 KDEN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT DENSVSDEN WWUS34 KDEN
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE DENCEMDEN MMUS40 KDEN
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT DENPNSDEN ABUS34 KDEN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT DENFFSDEN RWUS32 KDEN
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS DENWSWDEN WWUS46 KDEN
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING DENNPWDEN WWUS45 KDEN
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
ROBERT W. JACOBSON /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
792 EAGLE DRIVE
GRAND JUNCTION CO 81506-8646
970-243-7007
LARRY E. MOONEY /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
10230 SMITH RD.
DENVER CO 80239-3238
303-361-0661
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