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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 SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-5
PADUCAH...KENTUCKY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1
1996.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 1996 AT 1000 A.M. CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY /20/ COUNTIES /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN PADUCAH /PAH/...KENTUCKY FROM THE WSO IN
EVANSVILLE /EVV/...INDIANA.
WSO PAH 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 5TH 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 PAH IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE EVV IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 AREAS TRANSFERRED TO PAH. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
WAYNE ILZ076- ILC191- EVV EDWARDS ILZ077- ILC047- EVV
WABASH ILZ078- ILC185- EVV WHITE ILZ083- ILC193- EVV
GALLATIN ILZ087- ILC059- EVV GIBSON INZ081- INC051- EVV
PIKE INZ082- INC125- EVV POSEY INZ085- INC129- EVV
VANDENBURGH INZ086- INC163- EVV WARRICK INZ087- INC173- EVV
SPENCER INZ088- INC147- EVV UNION KYZ014- KYC225- EVV
HENDERSON KYZ018- KYC101- EVV DAVIESS KYZ019- KYC059- EVV
WEBSTER KYZ015- KYC233- EVV MCLEAN KYZ020- KYC149- EVV
HOPKINS KYZ016- KYC107- EVV MUHLENBERG KYZ021- KYC177- EVV
CHRISTIAN KYZ017- KYC047- EVV TODD KYZ022- KYC219- EVV
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO PAH. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/...ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES SDFTORPAH WFUS1 KPAH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SDFSVRPAH WUUS1 KPAH
FLASH FLOODS SDFFFWPAH WRUS1 KPAH
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO PAH. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSPSPAH WWUS35 KPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSVSPAH WWUS34 KPAH
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SDFCEMPAH MMUS40 KPAH
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SDFPNSPAH ABUS34 KPAH
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SDFWSWPAH WWUS46 KPAH
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING SDFNPWPAH WWUS45 KPAH
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SDFNOWPAH FXUS21 KPAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SDFFFSPAH RWUS32 KPAH
LOCAL STORM REPORT SDFLSRPAH WWUS30 KPAH
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES
/WSFO/.
FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED BY WSFO CHICAGO /CCC OF CHI/ FOR ILLINOIS COUNTIES...WSFO
LOUISVILLE /CCC OF SDF/ FOR KENTUCKY COUNTIES...AND WSFO
INDIANPOLIS /CCC OF IND/ FOR INDIANA COUNTIES.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CCCSPSCCC WWUS35 KCCC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT CCCSVSCCC WWUS34 KCCC
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE CCCCEMCCC MMUS40 KCCC
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT CCCPNSCCC ABUS34 KCCC
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS CCCWSWCCC WWUS46 KCCC
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING CCCNPWCCC WWUS45 KCCC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT CCCFFSCCC RWUS32 KCCC
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
BEVERLY A. POOLE /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
8250 U.S. HIGHWAY 60
WEST PADUCAH KY 42086-9762
502-744-6440
NORMAN E. CARROLL /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
5603 HIGHWAY 41 N.
EVANSVILLE IN 47711-1919
812-425-0538
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