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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EDT THU MAY 2 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE...OFFICE OF
METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE 96-29
MIAMI...FLORIDA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE JULY
16 1996
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 16 1996...AT NOON EASTERN
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE /1/ COUNTY /SEE TABLE 1/ IN FLORIDA TO THE
MIAMI /MIA/...FLORIDA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN KEY WEST /EYW/. FOR
THIS COUNTY...AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS...WSFO MIA WILL ISSUE
SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT
GIVE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION ON WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF
THE NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47 /COUNTY WARNING
AREAS/...THIS IS THE 29TH 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 THE 1 COUNTY AND ADJOINING COASTAL
WATERS USING THE MIA IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE
EYW IDENTIFIER. FOR EXAMPLE...IF YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS USING THE NWWS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER
MIASVREYW...YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PRODUCT IDENTIFIER TO
MIASVRMIA. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL
REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO MIA /C/ COUNTY CODE /Z/ ZONE CODE
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
+ /MAINLAND/ MONROE FLC087- FLZ075- EYW MIA
+ /UPPER KEYS/ MONROE FLC087- FLZ076- EYW MIA
+ /MIDDLE KEYS/ MONROE FLC087- FLZ077- EYW MIA
+ /LOWER KEYS/ MONROE FLC087- FLZ078- EYW MIA
+ ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS - FLZ503- EYW MIA
TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
1 COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO MIA. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS...EXCEPT FOR AFFECTED COASTAL WATERS IN WHICH UGC
ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED.
WARNING PRODUCTS FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ TORNADOES MIATORMIA WFUS1 KMIA
+ SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MIASVRMIA WUUS1 KMIA
++ SPECIAL MARINE WARNING MIASMWMIA WMUS1 KMIA
FLASH FLOODS MIAFFWMIA WRUS1 KMIA
+ MEANS THAT THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS WHEN
ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS ARE AFFECTED.
++ FOR COASTAL WATERS.
TABLE 3 THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE 1 COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO MIA. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MIASPSMIA WWUS35 KMIA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT MIASVSMIA WWUS34 KMIA
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE MIACEMMIA MMUS40 KMIA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT MIAFFSMIA RWUS32 KMIA
COASTAL FLOOD WRNGS/STMTS MIACFWMIA FZUS68 KMIA
WINTER WEATHER WRNGS/ADVSYS MIAWSWMIA WWUS46 KMIA
NON-PRECIPITATION WRNGS/ADVSYS MIANPWMIA WWUS45 KMIA
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT MIAPNSMIA ABUS34 KMIA
SHORT-TERM FORECAST MIANOWMIA FXUS21 KMIA
LOCAL STORM REPORT MIALSRMIA WWUS30 KMIA
+ MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT MIAMWSMIA FZUS60 KMIA
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT MIAHLSMIA WWUS31 KMIA
+ FOR COASTAL WATERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE
MR. PAUL HEBERT OR MR. ROBERT BALFOUR
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE DEPUTY METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE OR MR. JAMES LUSHINE
11691 S. W. 17TH STREET WARNING & COORDINATION
MIAMI FL 33165-2149 METEOROLOGIST
PHONE /305/ 229-4502 MON. - FRI. 800 AM - 430 PM
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION /IN
SMALL CASE LETTERS/ IS
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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