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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
145 PM EDT MON AUG 12 1996
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 96-36 -
JACKSON KENTUCKY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 23 1996
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...OCTOBER 23 1996 AT 1200 NOON EASTERN
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR /16/ COUNTIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY /TABLE 1/
TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN JACKSON /JKL/...KENTUCKY.
THIRTEEN /13/ COUNTIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN LOUISVILLE /SDF/...KENTUCKY.
THREE /3/ COUNTIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE WSFO IN
CHARLESTON /CRW/...WEST VIRGINIA.
WSO JKL 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 36TH 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 THESE COUNTIES USING THE JKL IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SDF OR CRW IDENTIFIERS. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN
TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO JKL. Z-ZONE CODE C-COUNTY CODE
KY COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM KY COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
BATH KYZ051- KYC011- SDF ESTILL KYZ058- KYC065- SDF
FLEMING KYZ044- KYC069- SDF LAUREL KYZ080- KYC125- SDF
MCCREARY KYZ084- KYC147- SDF MENIFEE KYZ060- KYC165- SDF
POWELL KYZ059- KYC197- SDF MONTGOMERY KYZ050- KYC173- SDF
PULASKI KYZ079- KYC199- SDF ROCKCASTLE KYZ068- KYC203- SDF
ROWAN KYZ052- KYC205- SDF WAYNE KYZ083- KYC231- SDF
WHITLEY KYZ085- KYC235- SDF ELLIOTT KYZ104- KYC063- CRW
JOHNSON KYZ107- KYC115- CRW MARTIN KYZ119- KYC159- CRW
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
16 COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO JKL. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
TORNADOES SDFTORJKL WFUS01 KJKL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SDFSVRJKL WUUS01 KJKL
FLASH FLOODS SDFFFWJKL WRUS01 KJKL
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE 16
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO JKL. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSPSJKL WWUS35 KJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSVSJKL WWUS34 KJKL
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SDFCEMJKL MMUS40 KJKL
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SDFPNSJKL ABUS34 KJKL
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SDFNOWJKL FXUS21 KJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SDFFFSJKL RWUS32 KJKL
LOCAL STORM REPORT SDFLSRJKL WWUS30 KJKL
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SDFWSWJKL WWUS46 KJKL
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING SDFNPWJKL WWUS45 KJKL
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WSFO SDF.
WSFO SDF WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR
LONGER-FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING THE 16 COUNTIES.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSPSSDF WWUS35 KSDF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SDFSVSSDF WWUS34 KSDF
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SDFCEMSDF MMUS40 KSDF
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SDFPNSSDF ABUS34 KSDF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SDFFFSSDF RWUS32 KSDF
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SDFWSWSDF WWUS46 KSDF
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SDFNPWSDF WWUS45 KSDF
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
/MIC METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE/
MICHAEL A. MATTHEWS MIC ALAN A. REZEK...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1328 AIRPORT ROAD YEAGER AIRPORT
JACKSON KY 41339 400 PARKWAY ROAD
606-666-5636 CHARLESTON WV 25309
304-746-0173
MARVIN R. MADDOX...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
6201 THEILER LANE
LOUISVILLE KY 40229-1476
502-969-8842
...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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