PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
830 AM EST FRI JAN 27 1995
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: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER # 95-17
SACRAMENTO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE APRIL 3, 1995.
Effective Monday, April 3, 1995, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight
Time (1600 Universal Coordinated Time), the National Weather
Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for
two counties in Northern California to the Sacramento (SAC),
California Weather Service Office (WSO) from The WSO in Eureka
(EKA), California and the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO)
for the San Francisco Bay Area (SFO), California. For these
counties, WSO SAC will issue short-fuse warning products (Table
2) and related products that give follow-up information on the
warnings (Table 3). For holders of Weather Service Operations
Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this is the 17th
update for 1995.
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 SAC identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the EKA and SFO identifiers. The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as
shown in Table 1).
Table 1. Transfers TO SAC. (Z= zone code; C= county code)
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
LAKE CAZ001- CAC033- EKA NAPA CAZ002- CAC055- SFO
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
two counties transferred to SAC. UGC C codes are used in these.
Warning product for: NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes SFOTORSAC WFUS1 KSAC
Severe thunderstorms SFOSVRSAC WUUS1 KSAC
Flash floods SFOFFWSAC WRUS1 KSAC
Table 3. The following are key related products for the two
counties transferred to SAC. UGC Z codes are used in these.
Related products NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement SFOSPSSAC WWUS35 KSAC
Severe weather statement SFOSVSSAC WWUS34 KSAC
Civil emergency message SFOCEMSAC MMUS40 KSAC
Public info. statement SFOPNSSAC ABUS34 KSAC
* Winter weather warnings SFOWSWSAC WWUS46 KSAC
* Non-precipitation warnings SFONPWSAC WWUS45 KSAC
Short-term forecast SFONOWSAC FXUS21 KSAC
Flash flood statement SFOFFSSAC RWUS32 KSAC
Local storm report SFOLSRSAC WWUS30 KSAC
* Used for emergency backup to WSFO SFO.
WSFO SFO issues the following products for longer fuse event
affecting the two counties.
Related products NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement SFOSPSSFO WWUS35 KSFO
Severe weather statement SFOSVRSFO WWUS34 KSFO
Civil emergency message SFOCEMSFO MMUS40 KSFO
Public info. statement SFOPNSSFO ABUS34 KSFO
Winter weather warnings SFOWSWSFO WWUS46 KSFO
Non-precipitation warnings SFONPWSFO WWUS45 KSFO
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
(MIC = Meteorologist in Charge)
ELIZABETH MORSE, MIC
NEXRAD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
1641 RESOURCES BUILDING
1416 9TH STREET
SACRAMENTO CA 95814
(916) 551-1418
NANCY DEAN, MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
WOODLEY ISLAND
300 STARTARE DRIVE
EUREKA CA 95501
(707) 443-5610
NORM HOFFMANN, AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5
MONTEREY CA 93943-5505
(408) 656-1710
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
830 AM EST FRI JAN 27 1995
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER # 95-18:
PHOENIX WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE APRIL 3, 1995.
Effective Monday, April 3, 1995, at 9:00 a.m. Mountain
Standard Time (1600 Universal Coordinated Time), the National
Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for two counties in Southwestern Arizona to the
Phoenix (PHX), Arizona Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO)
from the Weather Service Office (WSO) in Yuma (YUM), Arizona.
For these counties, WSFO PHX will issue short-fuse warning
products (Table 2) and related products that give follow-up
information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of Weather
Service Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas,
this is the 18th update for 1995.
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 PHX
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the YUM identifier. The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as
shown in Table 1).
Table 1. Transfers TO PHX (Z= zone code; C= county code)
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
YUMA AZZ007- AZC027- YUM LA PAZ AZZ012- AZC001- YUM
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
two counties transferred to PHX. UGC C codes are used in these.
Warning product for: NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes PHXTORPHX WFUS1 KPHX
Severe thunderstorms PHXSVRPHX WUUS1 KPHX
Flash floods PHXFFWPHX WRUS1 KPHX
Table 3. The following are key related products for the two
counties transferred to PHX. UGC Z codes are used in these.
Related products NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement PHXSPSPHX WWUS35 KPHX
Severe weather statement PHXSVSPHX WWUS34 KPHX
Civil emergency message PHXCEMPHX MMUS40 KPHX
Public info. statement PHXPNSPHX ABUS34 KPHX
Short-term forecast PHXNOWPHX FXUS21 KPHX
Flash flood statement PHXFFSPHX RWUS32 KPHX
Local storm report PHXLSRPHX WWUS30 KPHX
WSFO PHX will continue to issue the following products for longer
fuse events affecting the two counties.
Related products NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement PHXSPSPHX WWUS35 KPHX
Severe weather statement PHXSVRPHX WWUS34 KPHX
Civil emergency message PHXCEMPHX MMUS40 KPHX
Public info. statement PHXPNSPHX ABUS34 KPHX
Winter weather warnings PHXWSWPHX WWUS46 KPHX
Non-precipitation warnings PHXNPWPHX WWUS45 KPHX
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
(MIC = Meteorologist in Charge)
JOHN G. FAUSETT, MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
2181 EAST 32ND STREET
YUMA, AZ 85365
(602) 344-0139
TONY HAFFER, (MIC), AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE PAB 500
POST OFFICE BOX 52025
PHOENIX AZ, 85072-2025
(602) 639-4607 EXT 222
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