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FOS NOTICE NO. 803 10-19-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST
BRANCH
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 95-71
PENDLETON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 22 1995.
EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...DECEMBER 22 1995...AT 800 A.M. PACIFIC
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
TO THE PENDLETON /PDT/...OREGON...WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN YAKIMA /YKM/...
WASHINGTON. FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO PDT 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
71ST 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 ANDRELATED PRODUCTS FOR THESE TWO COUNTIES USING
THE PDT IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE YKM
IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...
WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO PDT. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
YAKIMA WAZ013- WAC077- YKM KLICKITAT WAZ013- WAC039- YKM
WAZ008- WAZ008-
WAZ012- WAZ012-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR
THE TWO COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO PDT. UGC C CODES ARE USED
IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER
/FOR FOS/
TORNADOES PDXTORPDT WFUS1 KPDT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PDXSVRPDT WUUS1 KPDT
FLASH FLOODS PDXFFWPDT WRUS1 KPDT
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