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FOS NOTICE NO. 762 08-25-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
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 SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-69
BILLINGS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 1995.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY...OCTOBER 2 1995...AT 1000 A.M. MOUNTAIN
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.../NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE COUNTY IN WYOMING /TABLE 1/ TO THE BILLINGS
/BIL/...MONTANA...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN
SHERIDAN /SHR/...WYOMING. FOR THIS COUNTY...WSO BIL 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 69TH 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 SHORTFUSE WARNINGS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY USING THE BIL IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2
AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SHR IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES
/UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO BIL. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
SHERIDAN WYC033- WYZ050-051- SHR BIL
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO BIL. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
TORNADOES GTFTORBIL WFUS1 KBIL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GTFSVRBIL WUUS1 KBIL
FLASH FLOODS GTFFFWBIL WRUS1 KBIL
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO BIL. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSPSBIL WWUS35 KBIL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSVSBIL WWUS34 KBIL
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE GTFCEMBIL MMUS40 KBIL
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT GTFPNSBIL ABUS34 KBIL
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS GTFNPWBIL WWUS45 KBIL
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS GTFWSWBIL WWUS46 KBIL
++ SHORT-TERM FORECAST CYSNOWCPR FXUS21 KCPR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT GTFFFSBIL RWUS32 KBIL
LOCAL STORM REPORT GTFLSRBIL WWUS30 KBIL
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN CHEYENNE /CYS/...WYOMING.
++ SHORT-TERM FORECASTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO WSO BIL /GTFNOWBIL
- FXUS21 KBIL/ ON MAY 1 1996. UNTIL THAT TIME...WSO CASPER
/CPR/ WYOMING WILL ISSUE SHORT-TERM FORECASTS FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY
UNDER IDENTIFERS CYSNOWCPR AND FXUS21 KCPR...AS INDICATED ABOVE.
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