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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1140 AM EDT WED SEP 18 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
SUBJECT: SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER 96-38 PHOENIX
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 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 IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE
PHOENIX /PHX/...ARIZONA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN SAN DIEGO /SAN/...
CALIFORNIA. CONCURRENTLY...THE NWS WILL ALSO TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO WSFO PHX FROM THE WSFO IN LOS ANGELES
/LAX/...CALIFORNIA...LOCATED IN OXNARD. TABLE 1 LISTS THESE
TRANSFERS.
FOR THESE COUNTIES /OR PORTIONS THEREOF/...WSFO PHX 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 38TH 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 /OR PORTIONS THEREOF/
USING THE PHX IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SAN
IDENTIFIER /FOR IMPERIAL COUNTY/ AND THE LAX IDENTIFIER /FOR
EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY/. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/
WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR COUNTY /C/ CODES BUT THE ZONE /Z/ CODES
IN TABLE 1 WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE NOV 5 1996 AT 1100 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO PHX. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
IMPERIAL CAZ031- CAZ033- CAC025- SAN PHX
RIVERSIDE
/EASTERN HALF/ CAZ030- CAZ031- CAC065- LAX PHX
CAZ032-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THESE
COUNTIES /OR PORTIONS THEREOF/ TRANSFERRED TO PHX. UGC C CODES
ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES PHXTORPHX WFUS1 KPHX
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PHXSVRPHX WUUS1 KPHX
FLASH FLOODS PHXFFWPHX WRUS1 KPHX
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THESE
COUNTIES /OR PORTIONS THEREOF/ TRANSFERRED TO PHX. UGC Z CODES
ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT PHXSVSPHX WWUS34 KPHX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE PHXCEMPHX MMUS40 KPHX
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT PHXPNSPHX ABUS34 KPHX
SHORT-TERM FORECAST PHXNOWPHX FXUS21 KPHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT PHXFFSPHX RWUS32 KPHX
LOCAL STORM REPORT PHXLSRPHX WWUS30 KPHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT PHXSPSPHX WWUS35 KPHX
+WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS PHXWSWPHX WWUS46 KPHX
+NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS PHXNPWPHX WWUS45 KPHX
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WSFO LAX.
WSFO LAX WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUES THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR
LONGER FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT LAXSPSLAX WWUS35 KLAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT LAXSVRLAX WWUS34 KLAX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE LAXCEMLAX MMUS40 KLAX
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT LAXPNSLAX ABUS34 KLAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT LAXFFSLAX RWUS32 KLAX
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS LAXWSWLAX WWUS46 KLAX
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS LAXNPWLAX WWUS45 KLAX
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
ANTON /TONY/ HAFFER
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...PAB 500
P.O. BOX 52025
PHOENIX AZ 85072-2025
/602/ 379-4607
ARMANDO GARZA TODD MORRIS...AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
11440 W BERNARDO COURT STE 230 520 N. ELEVAR ST.
SAN DIEGO CA 92127-1643 OXNARD CA 93030
/619/ 675-8700 /805/ 988-6615
NOTE: THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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