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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
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 CHANGE NOTICE 97-3:
SEATTLE-TACOMA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
JULY 1 1997
EFFECTIVE JULY 1 1997...AT 4:00 A.M. PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME.../1100
UNIVERSAL STANDARD TIME/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL
TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEWIS COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON /TABLE 1/ TO THE SEATTLE-TACOMA /SEA/...
WASHINGTON WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ FROM THE WSFO IN
PORTLAND /PDX/...OREGON. FOR LEWIS COUNTY...WSFO SEA 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 3RD UPDATE FOR 1997.
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 THIS COUNTY USING THE SEATTLE-TACOMA
IDENTIFIER /SEA/ /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE PORTLAND
IDENTIFIER /PDX/. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/...BY COUNTY /C/
REMAINS UNCHANGED. HOWEVER THE LISTED UGCS BY ZONE /Z/ GO INTO
EFFECT JULY 1 1997.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO SEA. /Z= ZONE CODE; C= COUNTY CODE/
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C
LEWIS /WEST/ WAZ011- WAC041-
LEWIS /CENTRAL/ WAZ004- WAC041-
LEWIS /EAST/ WAZ018- WAC041-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO SEA. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES SEATORSEA WFUS1 KSEA
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SEASVRSEA WUUS1 KSEA
FLASH FLOODS SEAFFWSEA WRUS1 KSEA
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO SEA. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT SEASVSSEA WWUS34 KSEA
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE SEACEMSEA MMUS40 KSEA
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT SEAPNSSEA ABUS34 KSEA
SHORT-TERM FORECAST SEANOWSEA FPUS75 KSEA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT SEAFFSSEA RWUS32 KSEA
LOCAL STORM REPORT SEALSRSEA WWUS30 KSEA
WSFO SEA WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER FUSE EVENT
AFFECTING LEWIS COUNTY.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS SEAWSWSEA WWUS46 KSEA
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS SEANPWSEA WWUS45 KSEA
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
CHRIS HILL...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
7600 SAN POINT WAY NE...BIN C15700
SEATTLE...WASHINGTON 98115
/206/ 576-6095
STEVE TODD...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
5241 NE 122ND AVENUE
PORTLAND...OREGON 97230-1089
/503/ 326-2340
NOTE: THIS AND OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
/LOWER CASE/
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