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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: ALBANY (ALB), NEW YORK WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
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 two counties in southern Vermont (Table 1) TO
the Albany (ALB), New York Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO)
FROM the Burlington (BTV), Vermont Weather Service Office (WSO).
For these two counties, the WSFO ALB will issue short-fuse
warning products (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 eighth (8th) 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 two counties using the ALB identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the BTV identifier. The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).
1. County UGC county UGC zone From To
code code
Bennington VTC003- VTZ013- BTV ALB
Windham VTC025- VTZ014- BTV ALB
2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the two
counties transferred to WSFO ALB. UGC county codes are
used in these products.
Warning product for AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER
tornadoes ALBTORALB WFUS1 KALB
severe thunderstorms ALBSVRALB WUUS1 KALB
floods ALBFFWALB WRUS1 KALB
3. The following are key related products for the two counties
transferred to WSFO ALB. UGC zone codes are used in these
products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER
special weather statement ALBSPSALB WWUS35 KALB
severe weather statement ALBSVSALB WWUS34 KALB
civil emergency message ALBCEMALB MMUS40 KALB
public info. statement ALBPNSALB ABUS34 KALB
winter weather warnings ALBWSWALB WWUS46 KALB
non-precipitation warnings ALBNPWALB WWUS45 KALB
short-term forecast ALBNOWALB FXUS21 KALB
flash flood statement ALBFFSALB RWUS32 KALB
local storm report ALBLSRALB WWUS30 KALB
Longer-fuse event warnings for Bennington and Windham Counties
will continue to be issued by the WSFO ALB, including those from
the first six categories of Table 3.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
National Weather Service National Weather Service
Roland G. Loffredo Robert E. Bell
Albany County Airport Burlington Internat'l Airport
Albany, NY 12211 S. Burlington, VT 05403
(518) 869-6347 (802) 862-2475
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