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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EDT WED JUL 16 1997
TO - FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM - DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT - TRANSFER OF PUBLIC WARNING AND FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
TO THE LOS ANGELES WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 1997. THIS MESSAGE INCORPORATES
SHORT-FUSE WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE 97-04.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 1997 AT 4:00 A.M. PACIFIC DAYLIGHT
TIME /1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL TRANSFER PUBLIC FORECAST AND WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY...BOTH LONG-FUSE AND SHORT-FUSE...FOR SAN LUIS
OBISPO COUNTY ON THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST /TABLE 1/ TO THE
LOS ANGELES /LAX/ WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ AT
OXNARD FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA /SFO/ WSFO AT MONTEREY.
FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...WSFO LAX WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE
WARNINGS /TABLE 2/...ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS AND LONG-FUSE WATCH
AND WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 3/...AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE FORECASTS...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS.
/TABLE 4/. TRANSFERRING THESE SERVICES FROM SFO WILL
CONSOLIDATE ALL SERVICES FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...LONG AND
SHORT-FUSE...WITH WSFO LAX.
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...APPENDIX A...THIS UPDATES PAGE A-32
AND IS THE 4TH SHORT-FUSE WARNING TRANSFER FOR 1997. FOR HOLDERS
OF WSOM CHAPTER C-11...ZONE AND LOCAL FORECASTS ...APPENDIX A...
ZONE FORECAST MAPS...THIS UPDATES PAGES A-107 THROUGH A-110.
BECAUSE OF THESE TRANSFERS...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ MUST TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY USING THE LAX IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2...3...AND 4/ INSTEAD OF
THE SFO IDENTIFIER. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/ ON LAND...
HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN THE SAME. THE MARINE ZONE CODE IS NEW AND
GOES INTO EFFECT WITH THIS TRANSFER OCT 1 1997.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO LAX /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
ZONE UGC Z UGC C
+ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST CAZ034- CAC079-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CAZ037- CAC079-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CAZ051- CAC079-
+ ADJACENT MARINE ZONE PZZ670-
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR SAN
LUIS OBISPO COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO LAX. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN
THESE EXCEPT FOR THE Z CODE OF THE ADJACENT MARINE ZONE.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
+ TORNADOES LAXTORLAX WFUS1 KLAX
+ SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LAXSVRLAX WUUS1 KLAX
FLASH FLOODS LAXFFWLAX WRUS1 KLAX
SPECIAL MARINE LAXSMWLAX WMUS1 KLAX
+ WILL INCORPORATE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS IF BOTH LAND AND WATER
AREAS ARE THREATENED BY THE SAME STORM AT THE SAME TIME.
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS AND LONG-FUSE
WATCH AND WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE ZONES IN SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO LAX. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
PRODUCT NWWS ID FOS HEADER
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT LAXZFPCA FPUS56 KLOX +
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY LAXWSWLAX WWUS46 KLAX
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING LAXNPWLAX WWUS45 KLAX
FLASH FLOOD WATCH LAXFFALAX RWUS31 KLAX
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST /MARINE ZONE/ LAXCWFLAX FZUS6 KLAX
+ YES - LOX
TABLE 4. THE FOLLOW ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO LAX. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
PRODUCT NWWS ID FOS HEADER
SHORT TERM FORECAST LAXNOWLAX FPUS75 KLAX
STATE FORECAST LAXSFPCA FPUS1 KLAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT LAXSVSLAX WWUS34 KLAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT LAXSPSLAX WWUS35 KLAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT LAXFFSLAX RWUS32 KLAX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT LAXPNSLAX ABUS34 KLAX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE LAXCEMLAX MMUS40 KLAX
LOCAL STORM REPORT LAXLSRLAX WWUS30 KLAX
STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP LAXSWRCA ASUS46 KLAX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT /MARINE ZONE/ LAXMWSLAX FZUS60 KLAX
UPDATED ZONE MAPS CAN BE DOWNLOADED OFF THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MODERNIZE/ST-MAPS/MAPS.HTM - LOWER CASE
THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO POSTED ON THE FOLLOWING INTERNET ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM - LOWER CASE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
TODD MORRIS NORMAN HOFFMANN
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
520 NORTH ELEVAR STREET 21 GRACE HOPPER AVENUE STOP 5
OXNARD CA 93030 MONTEREY CA 93943-5505
/805/ 988-6615 /408/ 656-1710
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