COUNTY WARNING AREA CHANGE - WICHITA FALLS

• To: MSD.NWS(REC), G.GRICE(REC)
• Subject: COUNTY WARNING AREA CHANGE - WICHITA FALLS
• From: C.ALEX
• Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:27:27 -0700

Posted: Mon, Jan 25, 1993   5:06 PM EST              Msg: IGJD-5529-8431
CC:     L.MILLER.UCAR(REC), T.WHITTAKER(REC)
Subj:   COUNTY WARNING AREA CHANGE - WICHITA FALLS    
 
I sent the following message on AFOS, NWWS, and the following NWSTG
circuits earlier this afternoon:
 
AFOS PIL:    WSHPNSWSH
 
WMO HEADER:  ADMN81 KWBC
 
NWSTG DISTRIBUTION:
 
FOS Public Products Service, Pacific Region, Alaska Region (thru WMSC),
FAA/Weather Message Switching Center, and ISPAN.
 
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WSHPNSWSH
ADMN81 KWBC 251837
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
145 PM EST MON JAN 25 1993
 
TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
          SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS 
 
FROM:     DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH,
          OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
 
Effective March 8, 1993 at 12:00 noon Central Standard Time, the
National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning 
responsibility for eleven counties in north Texas (Table 1) FROM
the Wichita Falls (SPS), Texas Weather Service Office (WSO) TO
other offices.  Eight counties will be transferred TO the
Oklahoma City (OKC), Oklahoma Weather Service Forecast Office
(WSFO) and three counties will be transferred to the Fort Worth
(FTW), Texas WSFO as indicated in Table 1.  For these counties,
WSFOs OKC and FTW will issue short-fuse warning products (Tables
2 and 4 respectively) and related products that give followup
information on the warnings (Table 3 and 5).  For holders of NWS
Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this
transfer is an official update.
 
Because of this county warning transfer, subscribers to the NWWS
and the FOS must take appropriate action to receive the short-
fuse warnings and related products for these eleven counties
using the OKC or FTW identifiers (Tables 2 through 5) instead of
the SPS identifier.  The Universal Generic Codes (UGC) for the
counties, however, will remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
 
1.   County    UGC county     UGC zone       From      To
               code           code
 
     Archer    TXC009-        TXZ077-        SPS       OKC
     Baylor    TXC023-        TXZ076-        SPS       OKC
     Clay      TXC077-        TXZ077-        SPS       OKC
     Foard     TXC155-        TXZ076-        SPS       OKC
     Hardeman  TXC197-        TXZ076-        SPS       OKC
     Knox      TXC275-        TXZ076-        SPS       OKC
     Wichita   TXC485-        TXZ077-        SPS       OKC
     Wilbarger TXC487-        TXZ076-        SPS       OKC
     Jack      TXC237-        TXZ020-        SPS       FTW
     Montague  TXC337-        TXZ020-        SPS       FTW
     Young     TXC503-        TXZ020-        SPS       FTW
 
2.   The following are short-fuse warning products for the eight
     counties transferred to OKC using their respective UGC
     county codes.
 
     Warning product for     AFOS/NWWS identifier  FOS identifier
     tornadoes                   OKCTOROKC         WFUS1 KOKC
     severe thunderstorms        OKCSVROKC         WUUS1 KOKC
     flash floods                OKCFFWOKC         WRUS1 KOKC
 
3.   The following are key products for the eight counties
     transferred to OKC using their respective UGC zone codes.
 
     Related products        AFOS/NWWS identifier  FOS identifier
     special weather statement   OKCSPSOKC         WWUS35 KOKC
     severe weather statement    OKCSVSOKC         WWUS34 KOKC
     civil emergency message     OKCCEMOKC         MMUS40 KOKC
     flash flood statement       OKCFFSOKC         RWUS32 KOKC
     local storm report          OKCLSROKC         WWUS30 KOKC
     short-term forecast         OKCNOWOKC         FXUS21 KOKC
     public info. statement      OKCPNSOKC         ABUS34 KOKC
 
4.   The following are short-fuse warning products for the three 
     counties transferred to FTW using their respective UGC
     county codes.
 
     Warning product for     AFOS/NWWS identifier  FOS identifier
     
     tornadoes                   FTWTORFTW         WFUS1 KFTW
     severe thunderstorms        FTWSVRFTW         WUUS1 KFTW
     flash floods                FTWFFWFTW         WRUS1 KFTW
 
5.   The following are key products for the three counties
     transferred to FTW using their respective UGC zone codes.
 
     Related products        AFOS/NWWS identifier  FOS identifier
     
     special weather statement   FTWSPSFTW         WWUS35 KFTW   
 
     severe weather statement    FTWSVSFTW         WWUS34 KFTW
     civil emergency message     FTWCEMFTW         to be added
     flash flood statement       FTWFFSFTW         RWUS32 KFTW
     local storm report          FTWLSRFTW         WWUS30 KFTW
     short-term forecast         FTWNOWFTW         FXUS21 KFTW
     public info. statement      FTWPNSFTW         ABUS34 KFTW
 
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
 
Dennis McCarthy, Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC)/or James Purpura
NOAA, National Weather Service Forecast Office 
1200 Westheimer Drive
Norman, OK 73069
telephone: 405-366-6583 (business hours or during severe weather)
 
Gifford ("Skip") Ely, MIC/ or Mike Foster, Deputy MIC  
NOAA, National Weather Service Forecast Office
819 Taylor Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
telephone: 817-429-2631 (business hours or during severe weather)
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