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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST WED MAR 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: BINGHAMTON (BGM), NEW YORK WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
JUNE 1, 1994.
Effective June 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the
National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for seven counties in New York (Table 1) TO the
Binghamton (BGM), New York Weather Service Office (WSO) FROM the
Syracuse (SYR) and Rochester (ROC) WSOs and Albany (ALB) Weather
Service Forecast Office (WSFO). For these counties, WSO BGM will
issue short-fuse warning products (Table 2) and related products
that give follow-up information on the warnings (Table 3). For
holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning
Areas, this transfer is the seventh (7th) update of the latest
chapter issuance 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 seven counties using the BGM
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the SYR, ROC, and ALB
identifiers. For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product identifier BUFSVRSYR, you
will have to add/change your product identifier to ALBSVRBGM.
The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged
(as shown in Table 1).
1. County UGC county UGC zone From To
code code
S.Cayuga NYC011- NYZ017- SYR BGM
Madison NYC053- NYZ036- SYR BGM
Oneida NYC065- NYZ009- & 037- SYR BGM
Onondaga NYC067- NYZ018- SYR BGM
Seneca NYC099- NYZ016- ROC BGM
Yates NYC123- NYZ015- ROC BGM
Sullivan NYC105- NYZ062- ALB BGM
2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the seven
counties transferred to BGM. UGC county codes are used in
these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header
tornadoes ALBTORBGM WFUS1 KBGM
severe thunderstorms ALBSVRBGM WUUS1 KBGM
flash floods ALBFFWBGM WRUS1 KBGM
3. The following are key related products for the seven
counties to be transferred to BGM. UGC zone codes are used
in these products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header
special weather statement ALBSPSBGM WWUS35 KBGM
severe weather statement ALBSVSBGM WWUS34 KBGM
civil emergency message ALBCEMBGM MMUS40 KBGM
public info. statement ALBPNSBGM ABUS34 KBGM
* winter weather warnings ALBWSWBGM WWUS46 KBGM
* non-precipitation warnings ALBNPWBGM WWUS45 KBGM
short-term forecast ALBNOWBGM FXUS21 KBGM
flash flood statement ALBFFSBGM RWUS32 KBGM
local storm report ALBLSRBGM WWUS30 KBGM
* used for emergency backup to the WSFOs in Albany (ALB),
and Buffalo (BUF).
Users should continue to receive products from WSFOs ALB, and BUF
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:
Peter R. Ahnert, MIC
National Weather Service
32 Dawes Drive
Binghamton Regional Airport
Johnson City, NY 13790
(607) 729-7629
Stephen W. Francis, Acting OIC
Hancock Airport
North Syracuse, NY 13212
(315) 455-6601 (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.)
Gerald E. English, MIC
National Weather Service
Greater Rochester Int'l Airport
One Airport Way - Suite 305
Rochester, NY 14624-3151
(716) 328-7391 (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.)
Roland G. Loffredo, AM/MIC
National Weather Service
Albany County Airport
Albany, NY 12211
(518) 869-6347
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