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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST THU MAR 21 1996
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-28
GRAND JUNCTION...COLORADO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE JUNE
5 1996.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 1996 AT 1000 A.M. MOUNTAIN
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE /3/ COUNTIES IN UTAH /TABLE 1/ TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN GRAND JUNCTION /GJT/...COLORADO
FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN SALT LAKE CITY
/SLC/...UTAH.
FOR THESE COUNTIES...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 28TH 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 THESE COUNTIES USING THE GJT IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SLC IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ FOR THESE COUNTIES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS
SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
DAGGETT UTZ010- UTC009- SLC GJT
UNITAH /CENTRAL/ UTZ004- UTC047- SLC GJT
UNITAH /NORTH AND SOUTH/ UTZ010- UTC047- SLC GJT
GRAND /NORTH/ UTZ010- UTC019- SLC GJT
GRAND /EXTREME SOUTHEAST/ UTZ011- UTC019- SLC GJT
GRAND /EXCEPT NORTH AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST/ UTZ012- UTC019- SLC GJT
TABLE 2.THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GJT. UGC COUNTY CODES 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 COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO GJT. UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
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 SLC.
WSFO SLC WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR
LONGER-FUSE EVENTS FOR THE 3 COUNTIES.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SLCSPSSLC WWUS35 KSLC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SLCSVSSLC WWUS34 KSLC
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SLCCEMSLC MMUS40 KSLC
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SLCPNSSLC ABUS34 KSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SLCFFSSLC RWUS32 KSLC
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SLCWSWSLC WWUS46 KSLC
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING SLCNPWSLC WWUS45 KSLC
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING
ROBERT W. JACOBSON /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/ PH. 970-243-7007
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
4797 EAGLE DRIVE
GRAND JUNCTION CO 81506-8646
WILLIAM ALDER /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/ PH. 801-524-5133
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
2242 W. NORTH TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116
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