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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
320 PM EDT TUE MAY 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: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 97-1:
GREAT FALLS MONTANA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 1 1997
...CORRECTION FOR EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1 1997. ALL OTHER
INFORMATION REMAINS THE SAME...
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 1997...AT 5:00 A.M. MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT
TIME.../1100 UNIVERSAL STANDARD TIME/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA TO THE
GREAT FALLS /GTF/...MONTANA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
/WSFO/. WSFO GTF WILL ASSUME THIS RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN MISSOULA /MSO/...MONTANA. FOR
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY...WSFO GTF WILL ISSUE ALL SHORT FUSE WARNING
PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS
OF APPENDIX A TO WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS IS THE 1ST UPDATE FOR 1997.
BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTY WARNING AREA 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 GREAT FALLS
IDENTIFIER /GTF/ /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE MISSOULA
IDENTIFIER /MSO/. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...
WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO GREAT FALLS. /Z= ZONE CODE; C= COUNTY CODE/
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
BEAVERHEAD MTZ008- MTC001- MSO
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO GREAT FALLS. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN
THESE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES GTFTORGTF WFUS1 KGTF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GTFSVRGTF WUUS1 KGTF
FLASH FLOODS GTFFFWGTF WRUS1 KGTF
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO GREAT FALLS. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN
THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSVSGTF WWUS34 KGTF
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE GTFCEMGTF MMUS40 KGTF
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT GTFPNSGTF ABUS34 KGTF
SHORT-TERM FORECAST GTFNOWGTF FPUS75 KGTF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT GTFFFSGTF RWUS32 KGTF
LOCAL STORM REPORT GTFLSRGTF WWUS30 KGTF
WSFO GTF WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS
AFFECTING BEAVERHEAD COUNTY.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT GTFSPSGTF WWUS35 KGTF
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT GTFPNSGTF ABUS34 KGTF
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS GTFWSWGTF WWUS46 KGTF
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS GTFNPWGTF WWUS45 KGTF
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
KENNETH MIELKE...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
5324 TRI-HILL FRONTAGE ROAD
GREAT FALLS MT 59404
/406/ 453-9957
BRENDA BROCK...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
P O BOX 9350
MISSOULA MT 59802
/406/ 329-4715
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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