Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 1994 4:13 PM EST Msg: IGJE-6098-6215
Subj: change in county warning area in WBC area
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ADMN81 KWBC 222050
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
350 PM EST TUE FEB 22 1994
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
(NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: PHASE TWO OF THE WASHINGTON DC (AT STERLING VA) WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA
EXPANSION...EFFECTIVE APRIL 22, 1994.
Effective April 22, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the National
Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for
six counties, one independent city, and any adjoining coastal waters
(Table 1) TO the Washington DC (at Sterling VA) (WBC) Weather Service
Forecast Office (WSFO) FROM Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Baltimore MD
(BWI), and Elkins WV (EKN). This transfer will give WSFO WBC total short-
fuse marine warning responsibility for the northern half of the Chesapeake
Bay including the Potomac River, north of a line generally from Pocomoke
Sound to Smith Point.
For these counties, cities, and coastal waters, WSFO WBC will issue short-
fuse warnings (Table 2) and related products that give followup
information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS Operations
Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the sixth 1994
update of the latest chapter issuance and the second transfer to WSFO WBC.
Because of this 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,
cities, and adjoining coastal waters using the WBC identifier (Tables 2
and 3) instead of the BWI, or EKN identifiers. The Universal Generic
Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
1. State/ UGC county UGC zone From To
County or City code code
Maryland
Anne Arundel * MDC003- MDZ014- BWI WBC
Baltimore * MDC005- MDZ006- & 011- BWI WBC
Baltimore City * MDC510- MDZ011- BWI WBC
Harford * MDC025- MDZ007- BWI WBC
* adjoining coastal waters - MDZ502- BWI WBC
Carroll MDC013- MDZ005- BWI WBC
Howard MDC027- MDZ010- BWI WBC
Allegany MDC001- MDZ002- EKN WBC
2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the counties and
cities transferred to WBC. UGC county codes are used for these
products, except for affected coastal waters in which UGC zone codes
will be used.
Warning product for NWWS ID FOS ID
+ tornadoes WBCTORWBC WFUS1 KWBC
+ severe thunderstorms WBCSVRWBC WUUS1 KWBC
* special marine warning WBCSMWWBC WMUS1 KWBC
flash floods WBCFFWWBC WRUS1 KWBC
note: "*" means for coastal waters. "+" means that these will also
include special marine warnings when adjoining coastal waters are
affected.
3. The following are key related products for the counties and cities
transferred to WBC. UGC zone codes are used in these products.
Related products NWWS ID FOS ID
special weather statement WBCSPSWBC WWUS35 KWBC
severe weather statement WBCSVSWBC WWUS34 KWBC
civil emergency message WBCCEMWBC MMUS40 KWBC
flash flood statement WBCFFSWBC RWUS32 KWBC
local storm report WBCLSRWBC WWUS30 KWBC
short-term forecast WBCNOWWBC FXUS21 KWBC
public info. statement WBCPNSWBC ABUS34 KWBC
* marine weather statement WBCMWSWBC FZUS60 KWBC
Hurricane Local Statement WBCHLSWBC WWUS31 KWBC
note: "*" means for coastal waters.
Users should continue to receive products from WSFO WBC covering longer-
fuse events for these counties.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
NOAA/NWS
Washington Forecast Office
44087 Weather Service Road
Sterling, Virginia 20166
Telephone: 703-260-0107
NOAA/NWS
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Baltimore Maryland 21240
Telephone: 410-962-2177
National Weather Service Office - NOAA
Route 1, Box 271
Elkins, WV 26241
Telephone: 304-636-1200
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