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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
215 PM EDT THU JUL 18 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 96-34
GLASGOW WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 1996
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...OCTOBER 1 1996...AT 1000 A.M. MOUNTAIN
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAWSON...WIBAUX AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES IN EASTERN
MONTANA TO THE GLASGOW /GGW/...MONTANA...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
/WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN BILLINGS /BIL/...MONTANA. ALSO AT THE SAME
TIME...THE NWS WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FURE WARNING RESPONSIBILTY FOR
PETROLEUM COUNTY IN EAST-CENTRAL MONTANA TO WSO GGW FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN GREAT FALLS /GTF/...MONTANA. FOR
THESE FOUR COUNTIES /TABLE 1/...WSO GGW WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE
WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER
SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS
IS THE 34TH 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 GGW IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE BIL OR GTF IDENTIFIER. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS
SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO GGW. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z WGC C FROM TO
PETROLEUM MTZ006- MTC069- GTF GGW
DAWSON MTZ008- MTC021- BIL GGW
WIBAUX MTZ008- MTC109- BIL GGW
PRAIRIE MTZ009- MTC079- BIL GGW
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GGW. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES GTFTORGGW WFUS1 KGGW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GTFSVRGGW WUUS1 KGGW
FLASH FLOODS GTFFFWGGW WRUS1 KGGW
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GGW. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSPSGGW WWUS35 KGGW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSVSGGW WWUS34 KGGW
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE GTFCEMGGW MMUS40 KGGW
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT GTFPNSGGW ABUS34 KGGW
SHORT-TERM FORECAST GTFNOWGGW FXUS21 KGGW
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT GTFFFSGGW RWUS32 KGGW
LOCAL STORM REPORT GTFLSRGGW WWUS30 KGGW
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS GTFWSWGGW WWUS46 KGGW
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS GTFNPWGGW WWUS45 KGGW
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO WSFO GTF.
FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES FROM WSFO GTF.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSPSGTF WWUS35 KGTF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSVSGTF WWUS34 KGTF
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE GTFCEMGTF MMUS40 KGTF
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT GTFPNSGTF ABUS34 KGTF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT GTFFFSGTF RWUS32 KGTF
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS GTFNPWGTF WWUS45 KGTF
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS GTFWSWGTF WWUS46 KGTF
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING /MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE...OFFICIAL IN CHARGE
KEN MIELKE...AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
5324 TRI-HILL FRONTAGE ROAD
GREAT FALLS MT 59404
/406/ 453-9957
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
JIM REA...MIC BERT NELSON...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE 2170 OVERLAND AVE
101 AIRPORT ROAD BILLINGS MT 59102-6455
P.O. BOX 991 /406/ 652-0851
GLASGOW MT 59230-0991
/406/ 228-2850
...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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