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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1998
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 98-03:
TRANSFER OF SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI TO THE JACKSON
MISSISSIPPI WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...EFFECTIVE
OCT 1 1998.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
TIME OR 1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN JACKSON /JAN/ MISSISSIPPI FROM
THE WSFO IN MEMPHIS /MEM/ TENNESSEE.
FOR LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES...WSFO JAN WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSED
WARNINGS /TABLE 2/... AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION CONCERNING WATCHES AND WARNINGS /TABLE 3/.
TRANSFERRING THESE SERVICES FROM WSFO MEM TO WSFO JAN WILL ENABLE
A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER TO SERVE LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...APPENDIX A....THIS UPDATES PAGES A-
13...A-14...A-38...AND A-40. THIS IS THE 3RD SHORT-FUSE TRANSFER
FOR 1998.
BECAUSE OF THESE TRANSFERS...PRODUCT USERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS FOR BOTH LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES
USING THE JAN IDENTIFIER /TABLE 2/ INSTEAD OF THE MEM
IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ ...HOWEVER...WILL
REMAIN THE SAME.
TABLE 1. COUNTIES TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM MEM TO JAN
COUNTY UGC COUNTY /C/ CODE UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE
CLAY MSC025- MSZ030-
LOWNDES MSC087- MSZ031-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSED WARNING PRODUCTS FOR
LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO JAN. UGC C CODES
ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING.
WARNING PRODUCTS FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADING
TORNADOES JANTORJAN WFUS1 KJAN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JANSVRJAN WUUS1 KJAN
FLASH FLOODS JANFFWJAN WRUS1 KJAN
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE PRODUCTS RELATED TO SHORT-FUSED
PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2. UGC COUNTY Z CODES ARE USED IN THE
FOLLOWING.
PRODUCT: NWWS ID WMO HEADING
SHORT TERM FORECAST JANNOWJAN FPUS74 KJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT JANSVSJAN WWUS34 KJAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT JANSPSJAN WWUS35 KJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT JANFFSJAN RWUS32 KJAN
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT JANPNSJAN ABUS34 KJAN
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE JANCEMJAN MMUS40 KJAN
LOCAL STORM REPORT JANLSRJAN WWUS30 KJAN
ALL PUBLIC PRODUCTS SUCH AS THE ZONE FORECAST...STATE
FORECAST...AND LONG FUSED WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL REMAIN WITH
WSFO JAN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
TICE WAGNER JIM DUKE
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
234 WEATHER SERVICE DRIVE 7777 WALNUT GROVE ROAD., OM1
JACKSON MS 39208 MEMPHIS TN 38120-2198
601-936-2189 901-544-0399
THIS AND ALL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING
WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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