Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 1993 3:52 PM EST Msg: EGJD-5610-3491
CC: l.miller.ucar(rec)
Subj: county warning areas changes in Virginia
I sent the following message out this afternoon. [t has also been direct
mailed from OM11 to a mailing list they use]:
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WSHPNSWSH
ADMN81 KWBC 261914
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
215 PM EST FRI MAR 26 1993
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH,
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY, NWS HEADQUARTERS
Effective June 1, 1993 at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the
National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for three counties in western Virginia (see Table
1 below) TO the Roanoke (ROA), Virginia Weather Service Office
(WSO) FROM the Richmond (RIC), Virginia WSO. For these counties,
WSO ROA will issue short-fuse warning products (see Table 2
below) and related products that give follow-up information on
the warnings (see Table 3 below). For holders of NWS Operations
Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the
4th update of 1993.
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 three counties using the ROA
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the RIC identifier. The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) for the counties, however, will
remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
TABLE 1.
County UGC county UGC zone From To
code code
Bath VAC017- VAZ013- RIC ROA
Alleghany VAC005- VAZ013- RIC ROA
Rockbridge VAC163- VAZ014- RIC ROA
TABLE 2.
The following are short-fuse warning products for the three
counties transferred to WSO ROA. UGC county codes are used
in these products.
Warning product for AFOS/NWWS ID FOS ID
tornadoes WBCTORROA WFUS1 KROA
severe thunderstorms WBCSVRROA WUUS1 KROA
flash floods WBCFFWROA WRUS1 KROA
TABLE 3.
The following are key related products for the three
counties transferred to WSO ROA. UGC zone codes are used
in these products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID FOS ID
special weather statement WBCSPSROA WWUS35 KROA
severe weather statement WBCSVSROA WWUS34 KROA
civil emergency message WBCCEMROA to be added
public info. statement WBCPNSROA ABUS34 KROA
* winter weather warnings WBCWSWROA WWUS46 KROA
* non-precipitation warnings WBCNPWROA WWUS45 KROA
short-term forecast WBCNOWROA FXUS21 KROA
flash flood statement WBCFFSROA RWUS32 KROA
local storm report WBCLSRROA WWUS30 KROA
* used for emergency backup to the Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO) in Washington (WBC), DC.
Users should continue to receive products from WSFO WBC covering
longer-fuse events for these counties, including those from the
first six categories listed in Table 3.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Harry McIntosh, Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC)
NOAA/National Weather Service
Regional Airport, Old Term Building
1635 Aviation Drive
Roanoke, VA 24012
Telephone (703)-982-4622
James Belville (MIC) or
William Comeaux (Deputy MIC) or Barbara McNaught
NOAA/National Weather Service Forecast Office
Rt. 1 Box 107
Sterling, VA 22170
Telephone (703)-260-0107
SENT - W/OM23