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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EST FRI DEC 1 1995
TO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM - DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVIVE
SUBJECT - SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-4
LOUISVILLE...KENTUCKY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1 1996
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 1996 AT 1100 A.M. EASTERN
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIRTY FIVE /35/ COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND
INDIANA /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
IN LOUISVILLE /SDF/...KENTUCKY. FOURTEEN /14/ COUNTIES WILL BE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN EVANSVILLE
/EVV/...INDIANA. TWENTY ONE /21/ COUNTIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED
FROM THE WSO IN LEXINGTON /LEX/...KENTUCKY.
WSFO SDF 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 4TH UPDATE FOR
1996.
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 SDF IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE EVV AND LEX IDENTIFIERS. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN
TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 - AREAS TRANSFERRED TO SDF. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
KY COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM KY COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
FRANKLIN KYZ035- KYC073- LEX SCOTT KYZ036- KYC209- LEX
HARRISON KYZ037- KYC097- LEX NICHOLAS KYZ043- KYC181- LEX
FLEMING KYZ044- KYC069- LEX ANDERSON KYZ039- KYC005- LEX
WOODFORD KYZ040- KYC239- LEX FAYETTE KYZ041- KYC067- LEX
BOURBON KYZ042- KYC017- LEX BATH KYZ051- KYC011- LEX
ROWAN KYZ052- KYC205- LEX MERCER KYZ047- KYC167- LEX
JESSAMINE KYZ048- KYC113- LEX CLARK KYZ049- KYC049- LEX
MONTGOMERY KYZ050- KYC173- LEX GARRARD KYZ056- KYC079- LEX
MADISON KYZ057- KYC151- LEX POWELL KYZ059- KYC197- LEX
ESTILL KYZ058- KYC065- LEX HANCOCK KYZ023- KYC091- EVV
OHIO KYZ026- KYC183- EVV GRAYSON KYZ027- KYC085- EVV
HART KYZ063- KYC099- EVV BUTLER KYZ061- KYC031- EVV
EDMONSON KYZ062- KYC061- EVV LOGAN KYZ070- KYC141- EVV
WARREN KYZ071- KYC227- EVV BARREN KYZ074- KYC009- EVV
SIMPSON KYZ072- KYC213- EVV ALLEN KYZ073- KYC003- EVV
MONROE KYZ075- KYC171- EVV BOYLE KYZ055- KYC021- LEX
MENIFEE KYZ060- KYC165- LEX
IN COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM IN COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
DUBOIS INZ083- INC037- EVV PERRY INZ089- INC123- EVV
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO SDF. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES SDFTORSDF WFUS1 KSDF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SDFSVRSDF WUUS1 KSDF
FLASH FLOODS SDFFFWSDF WRUS1 KSDF
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO SDF. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSPSSDF WWUS35 KSDF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSVSSDF WWUS34 KSDF
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SDFCEMSDF MMUS40 KSDF
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SDFPNSSDF ABUS34 KSDF
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SDFWSWSDF WWUS46 KSDF
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING SDFNPWSDF WWUS45 KSDF
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SDFNOWSDF FXUS21 KSDF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SDFFFSSDF RWUS32 KSDF
LOCAL STORM REPORT SDFLSRSDF WWUS30 KSDF
WSFO /SDF/ WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER-FUSE
EVENTS.
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
MARVIN R. MADDOX /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE NOAA
6201 THEILER LANE
LOUISVILLE KY 40229-1476
502-969-8842
NORMAN E. CARROLL /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
5603 HIGHWAY 41 N.
EVANSVILLE IN 47711-1919
812-425-0538
JAMES P. SPERAY /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
BLUE GRASS AIRPORT
LEXINGTON KY 40510-9609
606-233-0650
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