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FOS NOTICE NO. 761
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 95-68
GRAND RAPIDS...MICHIGAN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 2 1995.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY OCTOBER 2 1995 AT NOON EASTERN DAYLIGHT
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
NINE /9/ COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO/ IN GRAND RAPIDS /GRR/...MICHIGAN FROM THE WSO IN
LANSING /LAN/...MICHIGAN.
WSO GRR WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND
RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS
/TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47
...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS TRANSFER IS THE 68TH UPDATE IN
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 COUNTIES USING THE GRR
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE LAN IDENTIFIER. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN
TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
ISABELLA MIZ046- MIC073- LAN GRR
GRATIOT MIZ052- MIC057- LAN GRR
CLINTON MIZ059- MIC037- LAN GRR
EATON MIZ066- MIC045- LAN GRR
INGHAM MIZ067- MIC065- LAN GRR
CALHOUN MIZ073- MIC025- LAN GRR
JACKSON MIZ074- MIC075- LAN GRR
BRANCH MIZ080- MIC023- LAN GRR
HILLSDALE MIZ081- MIC059- LAN GRR
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GRR. UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES ARBTORGRR WFUS1 KGRR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARBSVRGRR WUUS1 KGRR
FLASH FLOODS ARBFFWGRR WRUS1 KGRR
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO GRR. UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ARBSPSGRR WWUS35 KGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT ARBSVSGRR WWUS34 KGRR
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ARBCEMGRR MMUS40 KGRR
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT ARBPNSGRR ABUS34 KGRR
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS ARBWSWGRR WWUS46 KGRR
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING ARBNPWGRR WWUS45 KGRR
SHORT-TERM FORECAST ARBNOWGRR FXUS21 KGRR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT ARBFFSGRR RWUS32 KGRR
LOCAL STORM REPORT ARBLSRGRR WWUS30 KGRR
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