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FOS NOTICE NO. 757 08-18-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FROM DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-67
LAS VEGAS NEXRAD WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13
1995
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13 1995...AT 800 A.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
/1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THENWS WILL TRANSFER
SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWO COUNTIES /OR PORTIONS
THEREOF/ IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ONE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
ARIZONA TO THE LAS VEGAS /LAS/...NEVADA WX SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/.
TRANSFERS WILL BE FROM FROM THE LOS ANGELES /LAX/...CA WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/...THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY /FAT/...
CA WSO...AND THE WSFO IN PHOENIX /PHX/...ARIZONA. FOR THESE
COUNTIES...OR PORTIONS THEREOF...WSO LAS WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE
WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDER OF
WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47 /COUNTY WARNING
AREAS/ THIS IS UPDATE 67 FOR 1995.
BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA
WX WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ MUST TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE SHORT-FUSE WARNINGS AND RELATED
PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES...OR PORTIONS THEREOF...USING THE LAS
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE FAT...LAX...OR PHX
IDENTIFIERS. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL
REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO LAS. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
INYO /1/ CAZ010- CAC027- FAT LAS
CAZ014-019- CAC027- LAX LAS
SAN BERNARDINO /2/ CAZ018-019- CAC071- LAX LAS
MOHAVE AZZ001-002-003- AZC015- PHX LAS
/1/ THAT PORTION OF INYO COUNTY IN ZONE 10 INCLUDES THE SIERRA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5 000 FEET AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 395
/2/ THE PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN ZONES 18 AND 19 IS
EAST OF.BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. SHORT-
FUSE WARNINGS FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY /IN ZONES 12 AND 13/
WILL REMAIN ASSIGNED TO WSFO LAX.
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO LAS. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES RNOTORLAS WFUS1 KLAS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RNOSVRLAS WUUS1 KLAS
FLASH FLOODS RNOFFWLAS WRUS1 KLAS
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO LAS. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RNOSPSLAS WWUS35 KLAS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT RNOSVSLAS WWUS34 KLAS
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE RNOCEMLAS MMUS40 KLAS
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT RNOPNSLAS ABUS34 KLAS
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS + RNOWSWLAS WWUS46 KLAS
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS + RNONPWLAS WWUS45 KLAS
SHORT-TERM FORECAST RNONOWLAS FXUS21 KLAS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT RNOFFSLAS RWUS32 KLAS
LOCAL STORM REPORT RNOLSRLAS WWUS30 KLAS
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WSFOS.
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