PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EDT MON OCT 3 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: WILMINGTON (ILM), NORTH CAROLINA WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1994.
...CORRECTION TO STATEMENT ISSUED SEPT. 30, 1994 FOR ADJACENT
MARINE ZONE AT THE BOTTOM OF TABLE 1. ALL OTHER INFORMATION
REMAINS THE SAME...
Effective Thursday, December 1, 1994 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for eight counties in northeast South
Carolina TO the Wilmington (ILM), North Carolina Weather Service
Office (WSO) FROM the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in
Columbia (CAE), South Carolina and FROM the WSO in Charleston
(CHS), South Carolina (Table 1). For those counties, WSO ILM
will issue short-fuse warnings products (Table 2) and related
products that give follow-up information on warnings (Table 3).
For holder of NWS Operations Manual C-47, County Warning Areas,
this transfer is the 45th update for 1994.
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 eight counties using the ILM
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the CHS and CAE
identifiers. For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product NWWS identifier CAESVRCAE
or CAESVRCHS, you will have to add the product identifier
RDUSVRILM. The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will
remain unchanged.
Table 1.
County UGC ZONE CODE UGC COUNTY CODE FROM TO
Darlington SCZ023- SCC031- CAE ILM
Dillon SCZ024- SCC033- CAE ILM
Florence SCZ032- SCC041- CAE ILM
Georgetown ** SCZ046- SCC043- CHS ILM
Horry ** SCZ034- SCC051- CHS ILM
Marion SCZ033- SCC067- CAE ILM
Marlboro SCZ017- SCC069- CAE ILM
Williamsburg SCZ039- SCC089- CHS ILM
** adjacent to SCZ501- (South Carolina coastal waters) ILM
...CORRECTED MARINE ZONE...
Table 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the 8
counties transferred to ILM. UGC county codes (and marine zone
codes, as applicable) are used in these.
Warning product for AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
+ Tornadoes RDUTORILM WFUS1 KILM
+ Severe Thunderstorms RDUSVRILM WUUS1 KILM
Flash Floods RDUFFWILM WRUS1 KILM
* Special Marine Warning RDUSMWILM WMUS1 KILM"*" means for
coastal water areas only. "+" means that these
will also include special marine warnings when coastal waters are
also threatened in addition to land areas.
Table 3: The following are key related products for the 8
counties transferred to ILM. UGC zone codes are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement RDUSPSILM WWUS35 KILM
Severe Weather Statement RDUSVSILM WWUS34 KILM
Civil Emergency Message RDUCEMILM MMUS40 KILM
Public Info. Statement RDUPNSILM ABUS34 KILM
* Winter Weather Warnings RDUWSWILM WWUS46 KILM
* Non-precipitation Warnings RDUNPWILM WWUS45 KILM
Short-Term Forecast RDUNOWILM FXUS21 KILM
Flash Flood Statement RDUFFSILM RWUS32 KILM
Local Storm Report RDULSRILM WWUS30 KILM
Hurricane Local Statement RDUHLSILM WWUS31 KILM
Marine Weather Statement RDUMWSILM FZUS60 KILM
# Coastal Flood Statement RDUCFSILM FZUS68 KILM
# for coastal zones
* For emergency backup to WSFO CAE.
WSFO CAE may still issue the following for longer-fuse events
affecting the 8 counties.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement CAESPSCAE WWUS35 KCAE
Severe Weather Statement CAESVSCAE WWUS34 KCAE
Civil Emergency Message CAECEMCAE MMUS40 KCAE
Public Info. Statement CAEPNSCAE ABUS34 KCAE
Winter Weather Warnings CAEWSWCAE WWUS46 KCAE
Non-precipitation Warnings CAENPWCAE WWUS45 KCAE
If you have further questions, you may contact Richard Anthony
(Meteorologist-In-Charge) or Tom Matheson (Warning Coordination
Meteorologist) at:
National Weather Service Office
2015 Gardner Drive
Wilmington, NC 28405-9629
(910) 762-4289
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