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FOS NOTICE NO. 851 02-29-96
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT LONG-FUSE WARNING AND FORECAST RESPONSIBILITIES
TRANSFERRED FOR 6 ZONES IN EXTREME EASTERN
KANSAS...EFFECTIVE MAY 1 1996
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY MAY 1 1996...AT 400 A.M....CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
TIME /0900 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN SAINT LOUIS /STL/...MISSOURI
WILL ASSUME LONG-FUSE WARNING AND FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIX
/6/ ZONES IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS /TABLE 1/ FROM THE WSFO IN
TOPEKA /TOP/...KANSAS.
FOR THESE ZONES...WSFO STL WILL ISSUE THE PRODUCTS IN TABLE 2.
THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /STLZFPMO - FPUS5 KSTL/ WILL BE ISSUED
AT 4 A.M. AND 4 P.M....CENTRAL TIME AND AT OTHER UNSCHEDULED
TIMES...AS CONDITIONS REQUIRE. THE OTHER PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED
AS REQUIRED.
FOR THE ZONES IN TABLE 1...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ WILL NEED TO TAKE
ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS IN TABLE 2 USING THE STL
IDENTIFIER...INSTEAD OF THE TOP IDENTIFIER /E.G. NWWS ID STLZFPMO
INSTEAD OF TOPZFPKS/.
TABLE 1 ZONES IN EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO
WSFO STL /FROM WSFO TOP/ FOR LONG-FUSE WARNINGS AND FORECASTS.
ZONE NUMBER ZONE NAME /BY COUNTY/
KSZ025- ATCHISON
KSZ057- MIAMI
KSZ060- LINN
KSZ073- BOURBON
KSZ097- CRAWFORD
KSZ101- CHEROKEE
TABLE 2 FOR THE ZONES IN TABLE 1...THE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE
NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FROM WSFO STL FOR LONG-FUSE WARNINGS AND
FORECASTS.
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS STLZFPMO FPUS5 KSTL
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING STLWSWSTL WWUS46 KSTL
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING STLNPWSTL WWUS45 KSTL
FLASH FLOOD WATCH STLFFASTL RWUS31 KSTL 1 2
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