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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT WED SEP 18 1996
 
TO:         FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
            WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL 
            WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM:       DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
 
SUBJECT:    SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 96-39           
            SACRAMENTO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY  
            WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 1996
         
     EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 5 1996...AT 3:00 A.M. PACIFIC
STANDARD TIME /1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 4 COUNTIES AND PART OF A 5TH IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA /TABLE 1/ TO THE SACRAMENTO /SAC/...CALIFORNIA WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN REDDING /RDD/...CALIFORNIA.
 
    FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO SAC 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 39TH 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  SAC  IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE  RDD  IDENTIFIER.  THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR COUNTY /C/ CODE BUT
THE ZONE /Z/ CODES LISTED IN TABLE 1 BECOME EFFECTIVE NOV 5 1996 AT
1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME.
 
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO SAC. /Z/ ZONE CODE   /C/ COUNTY CODE 
 
COUNTY              UGC Z           UGC C       FROM    TO
TEHAMA          CAZ063- CAZ015-     CAC103-     RDD     SAC
                CAZ066- CAZ068-
 
SHASTA          CAZ063- CAZ013-     CAC089-     RDD     SAC 
                CAZ014- CAZ015-
                CAZ066- CAZ068-
    
BUTTE           CAZ016- CAZ066-     CAC007-     RDD     SAC
GLENN           CAZ063- CAZ016-     CAC021-     RDD     SAC
WESTERN PLUMAS  CAZ068- CAZ066-     CAC063-     RDD     SAC
 
TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO SAC.  UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE. 
 
WARNING PRODUCT FOR:    NWWS ID            WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES               SFOTORSAC          WFUS1 KSAC
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS    SFOSVRSAC          WUUS1 KSAC
FLASH FLOODS            SFOFFWSAC          WRUS1 KSAC
 
TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO SAC.  UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE. 
 
 RELATED PRODUCTS             NWWS ID        WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT    SFOSPSSAC      WWUS35 KSAC 
 SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT     SFOSVSSAC      WWUS34 KSAC
 CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE      SFOCEMSAC      MMUS40 KSAC
 PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT       SFOPNSSAC      ABUS34 KSAC
 SHORT-TERM FORECAST          SFONOWSAC      FXUS21 KSAC
 FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT        SFOFFSSAC      RWUS32 KSAC
 LOCAL STORM REPORT           SFOLSRSAC      WWUS30 KSAC
+WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS      SFOWSWSAC      WWUS46 KSAC
+NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS   SFONPWSAC      WWUS45 KSAC
 
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA /SFO/...CALIFORNIA.
 
    FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE 
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES FROM WSFO SFO.
 
 RELATED PRODUCTS             NWWS ID        WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT    SFOSPSSFO      WWUS35 KSFO
 SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT     SFOSVSSFO      WWUS34 KSFO
 CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE      SFOCEMSFO      MMUS40 KSFO
 PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT       SFOPNSSFO      ABUS34 KSFO
 NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS   SFONPWSFO      WWUS45 KSFO
 WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS      SFOWSWSFO      WWUS46 KSFO
 FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT        SFOFFSSFO      RWUS32 KSFO
 
     IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING: /MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
 
NORM HOFFMANN...AREA MANAGER  ELIZABETH MORSE...MIC     
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5    3310 EL CAMINO ROOM 228
MONTEREY CA 93943-5505        SACRAMENTO CA 95821-6308
/408/ 656-1710                /916/ 979-3041
 
NOTE: THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS /SMALL CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
 
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