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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT THU AUG 1 1996
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 96-35
SPOKANE NEXRAD WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 1996
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...OCTOBER 2 1996...AT 900 A.M. PACIFIC
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SHOSHONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN IDAHO TO THE SPOKANE
/GEG/...WASHINGTON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN
MISSOULA /MSO/...MONTANA. FOR THIS COUNTY...WSO GEG 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 35TH 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 SHOSHONE COUNTY USING THE GEG IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE MSO IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN
TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO GEG. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE/
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
SHOSHONE IDZ009- IDC079- MSO GEG
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO GEG. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES SEATORGEG WFUS1 KGEG
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SEASVRGEG WUUS1 KGEG
FLASH FLOODS SEAFFWGEG WRUS1 KGEG
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO GEG. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SEASPSGEG WWUS35 KGEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SEASVSGEG WWUS34 KGEG
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SEACEMGEG MMUS40 KGEG
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SEAPNSGEG ABUS34 KGEG
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SEANOWGEG FXUS21 KGEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SEAFFSGEG RWUS32 KGEG
LOCAL STORM REPORT SEALSRGEG WWUS30 KGEG
+WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SEAWSWGEG WWUS46 KGEG
+NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SEANPWGEG WWUS45 KGEG
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN BOISE /BOI/...IDAHO.
FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR SHOSHONE COUNTY FROM WSFO BOI.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT BOISPSBOI WWUS35 KBOI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT BOISVSBOI WWUS34 KBOI
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE BOICEMBOI MMUS40 KBOI
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT BOIPNSBOI ABUS34 KBOI
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS BOINPWBOI WWUS45 KBOI
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS BOIWSWBOI WWUS46 KBOI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT BOIFFSBOI RWUS32 KBOI
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING /MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
JOHN JANNUZZI...AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER
3833 S DEVELOPMENT AVE BLDG
BOISE ID 83705-5354
/208/ 334-9861
BRENDA BROCK...MIC JOHN LIVINGSTON...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
PO BOX 9350 2601 NORTH RAMBO ROAD
MISSOULA MT 59807 SPOKANE WA 99204-9164
/406/ 721-3939 /509/ 244-0110
...NOTE FOR 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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