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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EDT THU SEP 19 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 96-41
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES/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 THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY IN
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA /TABLE 1/ TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
/FAT/...CALIFORNIA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ FROM THE WSO IN
SACRAMENTO /SAC/...CALIFORNIA.
FOR THIS PART OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY...WSO FAT 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 41ST 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 SOUTHEAST TUOLUMNE COUNTY USING THE FAT
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SAC IDENTIFIER.
THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR THE
COUNTY /C/ CODE BUT THE UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE LISTED IN TABLE 1
BECOMES EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 1996 AT 1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME.
TABLE 1. TRANSFER TO FAT. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
SOUTHEAST TUOLUMNE CAZ022- CAC109- SAC FAT
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
AREA TRANSFERRED TO FAT. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES SFOTORFAT WFUS1 KFAT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SFOSVRFAT WUUS1 KFAT
FLASH FLOODS SFOFFWFAT WRUS1 KFAT
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE AREA
TRANSFERRED TO FAT. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSPSFAT WWUS35 KFAT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SFOSVSFAT WWUS34 KFAT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SFOCEMFAT MMUS40 KFAT
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SFOPNSFAT ABUS34 KFAT
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SFONOWFAT FXUS21 KFAT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SFOFFSFAT RWUS32 KFAT
LOCAL STORM REPORT SFOLSRFAT WWUS30 KFAT
+WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SFOWSWFAT WWUS46 KFAT
+NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SFONPWFAT WWUS45 KFAT
+ 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
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5
MONTEREY CA 93943-5505
/408/ 656-1710
ELIZABETH MORSE...MIC STEVE MENDENHALL...MIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
3310 EL CAMINO ROOM 228 900 FOGGY BOTTOM ROAD
SACRAMENTO CA 95821-6308 HANFORD CA 93230-5236
/916/ 979-3041 /209/ 584-0583
NOTE: THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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