TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST
BRANCH
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-23
NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE PARISH/COUNTY WARNING AREA
EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE APRIL 4...1995
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...APRIL 4...1995...AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 17 PARISHES/ COUNTIES /SEE TABLE 1/ IN
SOUTHEAST LOUSISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO THE NEW ORLEANS
AREA /NEW/...LOUISIANA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
FROM WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN BATON ROUGE
/BTR/...LA...AND MOBILE /MOB/...AL...AND WSFO JACKSON
/JAN/...MS. THIS TRANSFER WILL ALSO GIVE WSFO NEW SHORT-FUSE
MARINE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF
HANCOCK...HARRISON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST. FOR THESE PARISHES/COUNTIES AND COASTAL WATERS...WSFO
NEW WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED
PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE
3/. FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS IS THE 23TH UPDATE FOR 1995.
BECAUSE OF THIS PARISH/COUNTY 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 THE 17 PARISHES/COUNTIES AND ADJOINING
COASTAL WATERS USING THE NEW IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/
INSTEAD OF THE BTR...MOB...OR JAN IDENTIFIERS. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN
IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 AREAS TRANSFERRED TO NEW. /C/ COUNTY CODE /Z/ ZONE
CODE
LOUISIANA PARISH UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
ASCENSION LAC005- LAZ049- BTR NEW
E. BATON ROUGE LAC033- LAZ048- BTR NEW
E. FELICIANA LAC037- LAZ036- BTR NEW
IBERVILLE LAC047- LAZ046- BTR NEW
LIVINGSTON LAC063- LAZ050- BTR NEW
POINTE COUPEE LAC077- LAZ034- BTR NEW
ST. HELENA LAC091- LAZ037- BTR NEW
W. BATON ROUGE LAC121- LAZ047- BTR NEW
W. FELICIANA LAC125- LAZ035- BTR NEW
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
AMITE MSC005- MSZ069- JAN NEW
+ HANCOCK MSC045- MSZ080- MOB NEW
+ HARRISON MSC047- MSZ081- MOB NEW
+ JACKSON MSC059- MSZ082- MOB NEW
PEARL RIVER MSC109- MSZ077- MOB NEW
PIKE MSC113- MSZ070- JAN NEW
WALTHALL MSC147- MSZ071- JAN NEW
WILKINSON MSC157- MSZ068- JAN NEW
+ ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS TO UGC Z FROM TO
JACKSON ALZ501- MOB NEW
HARRSION ALZ501- AND LAZ501- MOB NEW
HANCOCK LAZ501- MOB NEW
TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
17
PARISHES/COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO NEW . UGC C CODES ARE USED IN
THESE...EXCEPT FOR UGC Z CODES FOR AFFECTED COASTAL WATERS.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ TORNADO WARNING NEWTORNEW WFUS1 KNEW
+ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEWSVRNEW WUUS1 KNEW
/ SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NEWSMWNEW WMUS1 KNEW
FLASH FLOOD WARNING NEWFFWNEW WRUS1 KNEW
+ MEANS THAT THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS WHEN
ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS ARE AFFECTED.
/ FOR COASTAL WATERS.
TABLE 3 THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE 17
PARISHES /COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO NEW . UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED
IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NEWSPSNEW WWUS35 KNEW
+ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NEWSVSNEW WWUS34 KNEW
+ CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE NEWCEMNEW MMUS40 KNEW
+ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NEWFFSNEW RWUS32 KNEW
+ COASTAL FLOOD STMTS/WRNGS NEWCFWNEW FZUS68 KNEW
+ / WINTER WEATHER WRNGS/ADVSYS NEWWSWNEW WWUS46 KNEW
+ / NON-PRECIPITATION WRNGS/ADVSYS NEWNPWNEW WWUS45 KNEW
+ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NEWPNSNEW ABUS34 KNEW
LOCAL STORM REPORT NEWLSRNEW WWUS30 KNEW
SHORT-TERM FORECAST NEWNOWNEW FXUS21 KNEW
// MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NEWMWSNEW FZUS60 KNEW
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NEWHLSNEW WWUS31 KNEW
/ FOR MS COUNTIES...ONLY EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO WSFO JAN
+ FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES
SHOULD ALSO RECEIVE THESE FROM WSFO JAN /USE JAN IN
IDENTIFIERS/. // FOR COASTAL WATERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE
MR. PAUL TROTTER OR MR. FRANK REVITTE -
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 62300 AIRPORT ROAD
SLIDELL LA 70460-5243 PHONE 504-522-7330 MON.- FRI. 8 AM -
4 PM
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