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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT WED SEP 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 96-39
SACRAMENTO WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY
WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 1996
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...NOVEMBER 5 1996...AT 3:00 A.M. PACIFIC
STANDARD TIME /1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 4 COUNTIES AND PART OF A 5TH IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA /TABLE 1/ TO THE SACRAMENTO /SAC/...CALIFORNIA WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN REDDING /RDD/...CALIFORNIA.
FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO SAC 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 39TH 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 SAC IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE RDD IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL
GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR COUNTY /C/ CODE BUT
THE ZONE /Z/ CODES LISTED IN TABLE 1 BECOME EFFECTIVE NOV 5 1996 AT
1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO SAC. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
TEHAMA CAZ063- CAZ015- CAC103- RDD SAC
CAZ066- CAZ068-
SHASTA CAZ063- CAZ013- CAC089- RDD SAC
CAZ014- CAZ015-
CAZ066- CAZ068-
BUTTE CAZ016- CAZ066- CAC007- RDD SAC
GLENN CAZ063- CAZ016- CAC021- RDD SAC
WESTERN PLUMAS CAZ068- CAZ066- CAC063- RDD SAC
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO SAC. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES SFOTORSAC WFUS1 KSAC
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SFOSVRSAC WUUS1 KSAC
FLASH FLOODS SFOFFWSAC WRUS1 KSAC
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO SAC. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSPSSAC WWUS35 KSAC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSVSSAC WWUS34 KSAC
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SFOCEMSAC MMUS40 KSAC
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SFOPNSSAC ABUS34 KSAC
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SFONOWSAC FXUS21 KSAC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SFOFFSSAC RWUS32 KSAC
LOCAL STORM REPORT SFOLSRSAC WWUS30 KSAC
+WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SFOWSWSAC WWUS46 KSAC
+NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SFONPWSAC WWUS45 KSAC
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP USE TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE /WSFO/ IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA /SFO/...CALIFORNIA.
FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS...USERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES FROM WSFO SFO.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSPSSFO WWUS35 KSFO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSVSSFO WWUS34 KSFO
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SFOCEMSFO MMUS40 KSFO
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SFOPNSSFO ABUS34 KSFO
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SFONPWSFO WWUS45 KSFO
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SFOWSWSFO WWUS46 KSFO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SFOFFSSFO RWUS32 KSFO
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING: /MIC/ METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NORM HOFFMANN...AREA MANAGER ELIZABETH MORSE...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5 3310 EL CAMINO ROOM 228
MONTEREY CA 93943-5505 SACRAMENTO CA 95821-6308
/408/ 656-1710 /916/ 979-3041
NOTE: THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS /SMALL CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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