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FOS NOTICE NO. 833 12-13-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FROM DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-6
INDIANAPOLIS...INDIANA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 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 THREE /3/ COUNTIES IN INDIANA TO THE WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN INDIANAPOLIS /IND/ FROM THE
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ EVANSVILLE /EVV/...INDIANA.
WSFO IND 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 6TH 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 IND 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.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
KNOX INZ067- INC083- EVV IND
DAVIESS INZ068- INC027- EVV IND
MARTIN INZ069- INC101- EVV IND
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO IND. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE
USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES INDTORIND WFUS1 KIND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INDSVRIND WUUS1 KIND
FLASH FLOODS INDFFWIND WRUS1 KIND
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