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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT WED JUL 12 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 NOTICE 95-58
FRESNO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 1995.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY...OCTOBER 2 1995...AT 900 A.M. PACIFIC DAYLIGHT
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A COUNTY IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO THE FRESNO /FAT/...CALIFORNIA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM
THE WSO IN BAKERSFIELD /BFL/...CALIFORNIA. FOR THIS COUNTY...WSO FAT 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
58TH 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 THIS COUNTY USING THE FAT IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE BFL IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES
/UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO FAT. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
KERN CAZ005-010-013-019- CAC029- BFL FAT
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO FAT. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES SFOTORFAT WFUS1 KFAT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SFOSVRFAT WUUS1 KFAT
FLASH FLOODS SFOFFWFAT WRUS1 KFAT
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO FAT. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSPSFAT WWUS35 KFAT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSVSFAT WWUS34 KFAT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SFOCEMFAT MMUS40 KFAT
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SFOPNSFAT ABUS34 KFAT
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SFOWSWFAT WWUS46 KFAT
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SFONPWFAT WWUS45 KFAT
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SFONOWFAT FXUS21 KFAT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SFOFFSFAT RWUS32 KFAT
LOCAL STORM REPORT SFOLSRFAT WWUS30 KFAT
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES
/WSFO/ IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA /SFO/ AND LOS ANGELES /LAX/.
WSFO SFO WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KERN COUNTY /ZONES CAZ005- AND CAZ010-/.
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
WSFO LAX WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF KERN COUNTY /ZONES CAZ013- AND CAZ019-/.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT LAXSPSLAX WWUS35 KLAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT LAXSVRLAX WWUS34 KLAX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE LAXCEMLAX MMUS40 KLAX
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT LAXPNSLAX ABUS34 KLAX
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS LAXWSWLAX WWUS46 KLAX
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS LAXNPWLAX WWUS45 KLAX
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
/MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
STEVE MENDENHALL...MIC - WSO FAT NORM HOFFMANN...MIC/AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
900 FOGGY BOTTOM ROAD 21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5
HANFORD CA 93230-5236 MONTEREY CA 93943-5505
/209/ 584-0583 /408/ 656-1710
TODD MORRIS...MIC/AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
520 N ELEVAR STREET
OXNARD CA 93030
/805/ 988-6615
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