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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST TUE JAN 16 1996
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 96-12
DULUTH MINNESOTA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MARCH 5 1996.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MARCH 5 1996 AT 1000 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME.../1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ONE /1/ COUNTY IN MINNESOTA /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO/ IN DULUTH /DLH/...MINNESOTA...FROM THE WSO IN
INTERNATIONAL FALLS /INL/...MINNESOTA.
WSO DLH 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 12TH UPDATE IN
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 THIS COUNTY USING THE DLH IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE INL 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
KOOCHICHING MNZ010- MNC071- INL DLH
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO DLH. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE
USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES MSPTORDLH WFUS1 KDLH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MSPSVRDLH WUUS1 KDLH
FLASH FLOODS MSPFFWDLH WRUS1 KDLH
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO DLH. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN
THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MSPSPSDLH WWUS35 KDLH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT MSPSVSDLH WWUS34 KDLH
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE MSPCEMDLH MMUS40 KDLH
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT MSPPNSDLH ABUS34 KDLH
SHORT-TERM FORECAST MSPNOWDLH FXUS21 KDLH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT MSPFFSDLH RWUS32 KDLH
LOCAL STORM REPORT MSPLSRDLH WWUS30 KDLH
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS MSPWSWDLH WWUS46 KDLH
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING MSPNPWDLH WWUS45 KDLH
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN MINNEAPOLIS /MSP/...MINNESOTA.
WSFO MSP WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR
LONGER-FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING KOOCHICHING COUNTY IN MINNESOTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MSPSPSMSP WWUS35 KMSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT MSPSVSMSP WWUS34 KMSP
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE MSPCEMMSP MMUS40 KMSP
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT MSPPNSMSP ABUS34 KMSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT MSPFFSMSP RWUS32 KMSP
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS MSPWSWMSP WWUS46 KMSP
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING MSPNPWMSP WWUS45 KMSP
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING
CRAIG SANDERS /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
4525 AIRPORT APPROACH RD.
DULUTH MN 55811-1555
218-726-1936
CRAIG M. EDWARDS /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE NOAA
1733 LAKE DRIVE WEST
CHANHASSEN MN 55317
612-361-6670
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