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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST FRI FEB 4 2000
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...NOAAPORT
SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT SERVICE TRANSFER OF 1 TENNESSEE COUNTY FROM NASHVILLE
/OHX/ TO THE MEMPHIS /MEG/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON
MARCH 14 2000 TO FURTHER IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MARCH 14 2000 AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME /CST/ OR 1200 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME /EST/... 1700
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/... LONG-FUSED AND SHORT-FUSED
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECATUR COUNTY IN WEST-CENTRAL
TENNESSEE /TABLE 1/ WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE /MEG/ FROM THE NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE /OHX/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE. TRANSFERRING THESE
SERVICES WILL ENABLE A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER TO SERVE THIS
COUNTY.
BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS... CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2 AND TABLE 3 FOR
THIS COUNTY USING THE MEM IDENTIFIER.
TABLE 1. COUNTY TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM OHX TO MEG /LONG-FUSED
AND SHORT-FUSED/
COUNTY UGC COUNTY /C/ CODE UGC ZONE /Z/ CODE
DECATUR TNC039- TNZ055-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSED WARNING PRODUCTS TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO MEG. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
TORNADO WARNING /NEW/ MEMTORMEM WFUS54 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMTORBNA WFUS54 KOHX
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM /NEW/ MEMSVRMEM WUUS54 KMEG
WARNING * /OLD/ MEMSVRBNA WUUS54 KOHX
FLASH FLOOD WARNING /NEW/ MEMFFWMEM WGUS54 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMFFWBNA WGUS54 KOHX
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE PRODUCTS RELATED TO SHORT-FUSED
PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2. ROUTINE FORECAST PRODUCTS ARE ALSO
LISTED. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING.
PRODUCT: NWWS ID WMO HEADING
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /NEW/ MEMZFPMEM FPUS54 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMZFPBNA FPUS54 KOHX
FLASH FLOOD WATCH /NEW/ MEMFFAMEM WGUS64 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMFFABNA WGUS64 KOHX
NON-PRECIP. PRODUCTS /NEW/ MEMNPWMEM WWUS74 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMNPWBNA WWUS74 KOHX
SHORT TERM FORECAST /NEW/ MEMNOWMEM FPUS74 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMNOWBNA FPUS74 KOHX
SEVERE WEATHER /NEW/ MEMSVSMEM WWUS54 KMEG
STATEMENT * /OLD/ MEMSVSBNA WWUS54 KOHX
SPECIAL WEATHER /NEW/ MEMSPSMEM WWUS84 KMEG
STATEMENT * /OLD/ MEMSPSBNA WWUS84 KOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT /NEW/ MEMFFSMEM WGUS74 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMFFSBNA WGUS74 KOHX
PUBLIC INFORMATION /NEW/ MEMPNSMEM NOUS44 KMEG
STATEMENT * /OLD/ MEMPNSBNA AXUS44 KOHX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE /NEW/ MEMCEMMEM WOUS44 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMCEMBNA WOUS44 KOHX
LOCAL STORM REPORT /NEW/ MEMLSRMEM WWUS54 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMLSRBNA WWUS54 KOHX
WINTER WEATHER /NEW/ MEMWSWMEM WWUS44 KMEG
* /OLD/ MEMWSWBNA WWUS44 KBMX
* THESE OLD PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST...BUT WILL COVER
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE MEM COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...APPENDIX A....THIS UPDATES PAGES
A-15... A-38 AND A-40. THIS SERVICE CHANGE ALSO CHANGES WSOM
CHAPTER C-11...ZONE AND LOCAL FORECASTS...APPENDIX A...PAGE A-67.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:
JAMES DUKE DERREL MARTIN
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7777 WALNUT GROVE ROAD OM1 500 WEATHER STATION ROAD
MEMPHIS TN 38120-2198 OLD HICKORY TN 37138-1145
901-544-0399 615-754-4633
..NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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