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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EST THU NOV 20 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: TULSA...OK...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S FORECAST
AND SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS ...
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 20 1998. THIS INCORPORATES SHORT
FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 98-01
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JANUARY 20 1998...AT 1000 A.M. CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER FORECAST AND SHORT-FUSE
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 1
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS /SEE TABLE 1/ TO THE TULSA /TUL -
TSA/ OKLAHOMA...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/. THESE TRANSFERS
WILL BE FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES IN NORMAN
/OKC/...OKLAHOMA AND LITTLE ROCK /LIT/...ARKANSAS. FOR THESE
THREE COUNTIES...WSO TULSA WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS
/TABLE 2/ AND ZONE FORECASTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE
FOLLOWUP INFORMATION ON WARNINGS /TABLE 3/.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...APPENDIX A...THIS IS THE FIRST
UPDATE FOR 1998. THIS ALSO UPDATES APPENDIX A OF WSOM CHAPTER
C-11...ZONE FORECAST MAPS...PAGES A-7...A-51...AND...A-63.
BECAUSE OF THIS FORECAST AND COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER...
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE
FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE
THE FORECASTS AND SHORT-FUSE WARNINGS AND RELATED PRODUCTS FOR
THESE COUNTIES. AS SHOWN IN TABLES 2 AND 3...NWWS CUSTOMERS WILL
NEED TO USE THE TUL IDENTIFIER AND WMO/FOS CUSTOMERS WILL NEED
TO USE TO KTSA IDENTIFER. FOR EXAMPLE..IF YOU HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS USING THE NWWS PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER OKCSVROKC...YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR NWWS PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER TO OKCSVRTUL. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES
/UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1: COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO TULSA. C=COUNTY CODE; Z=ZONE
CODE
COUNTY UGC COUNTY UGC ZONE FROM TO
CHOCTAW OKC023- OKZ053- OKC TUL/KTSA
PUSHMATAHA OKC127- OKZ049- OKC TUL/KTSA
FRANKLIN ARC047- ARZ020- LIT TUL/KTSA
TABLE 2: THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE 3
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO TULSA. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCTS FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES OKCTORTUL WFUS54 KTSA
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OKCSVRTUL WUUS54 KTSA
FLASH FLOODS OKCFFWTUL WGUS54 KTSA
TABLE 3: THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE 3
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO TULSA. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT OKCSPSTUL WWUS44 KTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT OKCSVSTUL WWUS54 KTSA
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE OKCCEMTUL WOUS44 KTSA
FLASH FLOOD WATCH OKCFFATUL WGUS64 KTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT OKCFFSTUL WGUS74 KTSA
WINTER WEA. WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY OKCWSWTUL WWUS44 KTSA
NON-PRECIP. WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY OKCNPWTUL WWUS44 KTSA
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT OKCPNSTUL ABUS34 KTUL +
LOCAL STORM REPORT OKCLSRTUL WWUS54 KTSA
SHORT-TERM FORECAST OKCNOWTUL FPUS74 KTSA
ZONE FORECAST OKCZFPTUL FPUS54 KTSA
+ WMO/FOS HEADER WILL CHANGE TO AXUS44 KTSA SOMETIME IN MARCH
1998.
NOTICES FOR ALL WMO HEADER CHANGES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING
WORLD WIDE WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
THIS AND ALL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING
WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... YOU MAY CALL OR WRITE:
MR. LANS ROTHFUSZ OR MR. STEVEN PILTZ
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE METEOROLOGIST
10159 EAST 11TH STREET SUITE 300
TULSA OK 74128
PHONE: /918/ 832-4115 MON. - FRI. 800 AM - 400 PM
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