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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...AMENDMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
130 PM EDT MON AUG 14 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 AMENDMENT TO SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE
95-65 REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG
/GSP/ WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING
AREA ON OCTOBER 2 1995.
REF SEVEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED
ON OCT 2 1995...AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ON JULY 31 1995 IN
NOTICE 95-65.
ON JULY 31 1995...A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WAS ISSUED
STATING THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRANSFERRING SHORT-FUSED
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SEVEN /7/ NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES /TABLE 1/
TO THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG /GSP/...SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO FROM THE CHARLOTTE /CLT/...NORTH CAROLINA WSO ON OCTOBER
3...1995. THE TRANSFER OF THESE 7 COUNTIES HAS BEEN POSTPONED
INDEFINITELY.
FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO CLT WILL RETAIN SHORT-FUSE WARNING AND
RELATED PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY. FOR HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL
CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS TRANSFER POSTPONEMENT IS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE 65TH UPDATE OF 1995.
TABLE 1 COUNTIES RETAINED BY WSO CLT. /UGC/ UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY
CODE CODE
CABARRUS NCZ072- NCC025-
CATAWBA NCZ056- NCC035-
CLEVELAND NCZ068- NCC045-
GASTON NCZ070- NCC071-
LINCOLN NCZ069- NCC109-
MECKLENBURG NCZ071- NCC119-
UNION NCZ082- NCC179-
USERS OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THESE COUNTIES SHOULD RETAIN THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS /TABLES 2 AND 3/ USING THE CLT IDENTIFIER CODE IN
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
IDENTIFIERS.
TABLE 2 UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE SHORT-FUSE WARNING
PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES RDUTORCLT WFUS1 KCLT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RDUSVRCLT WUUS1 KCLT
FLASH FLOODS RDUFFWCLT WRUS1 KCLT
TABLE 3 THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS. UGC ZONE CODES ARE
USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RDUSPSCLT WWUS35 KCLT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT RDUSVSCLT WWUS34 KCLT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE RDUCEMCLT MMUS40 KCLT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT RDUPNSCLT ABUS34 KCLT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT RDUFFSCLT RWUS32 KCLT
LOCAL STORM REPORT RDULSRCLT WWUS30 KCLT
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
DR. JOSEPH PELISSIER...MIC 803-848-6670 EXT 222
OR SAM BAKER...WCM 803-848-1591 EXT 223
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
1549 GSP DRIVE
GREER SC 29651-9202
JOHN WELCH...OFFICIAL IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
5318 MORRIS FIELD DR....STE. 200
CHARLOTTE NC 28208
PH. 704-359-8144
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