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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EDT THU JUN 23 1994
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
SUBJECT: ST. LOUIS (STL), MISSOURI WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS,
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1994
Effective Thursday, September 1, 1994, at 8:00 a.m., central
daylight time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for eight counties in central
Missouri and two counties in west-central Illinois (Table 1) to
the St. Louis (STL), Missouri Weather Service Forecast Office
(WSFO) from Weather Services Offices (WSO) in Columbia (COU),
Missouri and Springfield (SPI), Illinois. For the affected
counties, WSFO STL will issue short-fuse warnings (Table 2) and
follow-up information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of
NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this
transfer is the 21st update in 1994 of the latest issuance.
Because of this transfer of county warning responsibility,
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 ten
counties using the STL identifier (Tables 2 and 3) in place of
the COU and SPI identifiers. For example, if you have been
receiving severe thunderstorm warnings using the AFOS/NWWS
product identifier of STLSVRCOU or CHISVRSPI, you will have to
change the NWWS product identifier to STLSVRSTL. However, the
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).
Table 1.
STATE COUNTY UGC ZONE CODE UGC COUNTY CODE FROM TO
(FIPS)
MO Audrain MOZ007- MOC042- COU STL
MO Boone MOZ019- MOC041- COU STL
MO Callaway MOZ027- MOC050- COU STL
MO Cole MOZ051- MOC048- COU STL
MO Gasconade MOZ073- MOC059- COU STL
MO Moniteau MOZ135- MOC047- COU STL
MO Montgomery MOZ139- MOC051- COU STL
MO Osage MOZ151- MOC049- COU STL
IL Macoupin ILZ117- ILC059- SPI STL
IL Montgomery ILZ135- ILC060- SPI STL
Table 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
ten counties transferred to WSFO STL. UGC county codes are used
in these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Tornadoes STLTORSTL WFUS1 KSTL
Severe Thunderstorms STLSVRSTL WUUS1 KSTL
Flash Floods STLFFWSTL WRUS1 KSTL
Table 3: The following are key related products for the ten
counties transferred to STL. UGC zone codes are used in these.
Related Products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement STLSPSSTL WWUS35 KSTL
Severe Weather statement STLSVSSTL WWUS34 KSTL
Civil emergency message STLCEMSTL MMUS40 KSTL
Public Info. Statement STLPNSSTL ABUS34 KSTL
Short-term Forecast STLNOWSTL FXUS21 KSTL
Flash Flood Statement STLFFSSTL RWUS32 KSTL
Local Storm Report STLLSRSTL WWUS30 KSTL
WSFO Chicago (CHI), Illinois will continue to issue the following
longer-fuse products for Macoupin and Montgomery counties in
Illinois:
Winter Weather Warnings CHIWSWCHI WWUS46 KCHI
Non-Precipitation Warnings CHINPWCHI WWUS45 KCHI
Severe Weather Statement CHISVSCHI WWUS34 KCHI
Special Weather Statements CHISPSCHI WWUS35 KCHI
Public Info. Statements CHIPNSCHI ABUS34 KCHI
Civil Emergency Statements CHICEMCHI MMUS40 KCHI
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Steven Thomas, Meteorologist In Charge (MIC) or Jim Kramper,
Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)
National Weather Service Forecast Office
12 Research Park Drive
St. Charles, MO 63304-5686
(314)-447-1876
Rod Palmer, Official In Charge (OIC) Arno Perlow
National Weather Service Office National Weather Service
No. 4 North Airport Drive 11200 Airport Road
Capitol Airport Columbia, MO 65201-9725
Springfield, IL 62707-8417 (314)-443-1214
(217)-492-4254
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