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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS
(SECOND PHASE)...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1994.
Effective Thursday, September 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for three counties in northern
Connecticut and all counties (five) in Rhode Island (Table 1) TO
the Taunton/Boston (BOS) Massachusetts, Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO), FROM Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Hartford
(BDL), Connecticut and Providence (PVD), Rhode Island. For these
counties, WSFO BOS will issue short-fuse warning products
(Table 2) and related products that give follow-up information on
the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual
Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 22nd
update of the latest chapter issuance in 1994.
Because of this county warning 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 these eight counties using the BOS
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the BDL and PVD
identifiers. (For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product identifiers BOSSVRBDL and
BOSSVRPVD, you will have to change the product identifier to
BOSSVRBOS). The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will
remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
Table 1.
County UGC COUNTY UGC ZONE From To
code code
Hartford CTC003- CTZ002- BDL BOS
Tolland CTC013- CTZ003- BDL BOS
Windham CTC015- CTZ004- BDL BOS
Providence * RIC007- RIZ001-002- PVD BOS
Kent * RIC003- RIZ003-004- PVD BOS
Bristol * RIC001- RIZ005- PVD BOS
Washington * x RIC009- RIZ006- PVD BOS
Newport * x RIC005- RIZ007- PVD BOS
* adjoining Narragansett Bay RIZ502- PVD BOS
x Adjoining RI coastal waters RIZ501- remains with BOS
(ocean)
Table 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
8 counties transferred to BOS. UGC county codes are used in
these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes BOSTORBOS WFUS1 KBOS
Severe thunderstorms BOSSVRBOS WUUS1 KBOS
Flash floods BOSFFWBOS WRUS1 KBOS
Note: Special marine warnings for the Rhode Island coastal
waters (ocean) and Narragansett Bay will be issued by BOS under
the header BOSSMWBOS (WMUS1 KBOS) or as a product combined with a
severe thunderstorm or tornado warning. The local marine
forecast for Narragansett Bay will be issued by BOS under the
header BOSCWFBOS (FZUS6 KBOS).
Table 3: The following are key related products for the eight
counties transferred to BOS. UGC zone codes are used in these
products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement BOSSPSBOS WWUS35 KBOS
Severe weather statement BOSSVSBOS WWUS34 KBOS
Civil emergency message BOSCEMBOS MMUS40 KBOS
Public info. statement BOSPNSBOS ABUS34 KBOS
Winter weather warnings BOSWSWBOS WWUS46 KBOS
Non-precipitation warnings BOSNPWBOS WWUS45 KBOS
Short-term forecast BOSNOWBOS FXUS21 KBOS
Flash flood statement BOSFFSBOS RWUS32 KBOS
Local storm report BOSLSRBOS WWUS30 KBOS
Marine Weather Statement BOSMWSBOS FZUS60 KBOS
Hurricane Local Statement BOSHLSBOS WWUS31 KBOS
Coastal Flood Warning/Statemt BOSCFWBOS FZUS68 KBOS
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Robert Thompson, Meteorologist In Charge (MIC)
Glenn Field (Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
Weather Forecast Office
445 Myles Standish Blvd
Taunton, Massachusetts 02780
508-823-1900/1983
Andrew Woodcock, MIC Sergio Marsh, MIC
National Weather Service Office National Weather Service
Bradley International Airport T.F. Green Airport
Windsor Locks, Connecticut 06096 562 Airport Road
203-627-3440 Warwick, RI 02886-2442
401-732-5175
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS
(SECOND PHASE)...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1994.
Effective Thursday, September 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for five counties in
West Virginia and one county in extreme Northwest Maryland
(Table 1) TO the Pittsburgh (PIT), Pennsylvania Weather Service
Forecast Office (WSFO), FROM the Weather Service Office (WSO) in
Elkins, (EKN), West Virginia and WSFO Charleston (CRW),
West Virginia. For these counties, WSFO PIT will issue
short-fuse warning products (Table 2) and related products that
give follow-up information on the warnings (Table 3). For
holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning
Areas, this transfer is the 23rd update in 1994 of the latest
chapter issuance.
Because of this county warning 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 these six counties using the PIT
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the EKN and CRW
identifiers. (For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product identifier CRWSVREKN, you
will have to change the product identifier to PITSVRPIT). The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as
shown in Table 1).
Table 1.
County UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY From To
code code
Wetzel WVZ012- WVC103- CRW PIT
Marion WVZ021- WVC049- EKN PIT
Monongalia WVZ022- WVC061- EKN PIT
Preston WVZ023- WVC077- EKN PIT
Tucker WVZ041- WVC093- EKN PIT
Garrett MDZ001- MDC023- EKN PIT
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
six counties transferred to PIT. UGC county codes are used in
these products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes PITTORPIT WFUS1 KPIT
Severe thunderstorms PITSVRPIT WUUS1 KPIT
Flash floods PITFFWPIT WRUS1 KPIT
Table 3. The following are key related products for the six
counties transferred to PIT. UGC zone codes are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement PITSPSPIT WWUS35 KPIT
Severe weather statement PITSVSPIT WWUS34 KPIT
Civil emergency message PITCEMPIT MMUS40 KPIT
Public info. statement PITPNSPIT ABUS34 KPIT
* Winter weather warnings PITWSWPIT WWUS46 KPIT
* Non-precipitation warnings PITNPWPIT WWUS45 KPIT
Short-term forecast PITNOWPIT FXUS21 KPIT
Flash flood statement PITFFSPIT RWUS32 KPIT
Local storm report PITLSRPIT WWUS30 KPIT
WSFO CRW issues products for longer fuse events in the
West Virginia counties, including those from the first six
categories in Table 3.
WSFO Washington (WBC), DC (at Sterling, Virginia) issues products
for longer fuse events in Garrett County, Maryland including
those from the first six categories in Table 3.
* Used only as emergency backup to WSFO CRW for the West Virginia
counties and to WSFO WBC for Garrett County, Maryland.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Theresa Rossi Drake (Meteorologist-in-Charge) or
James C. Weyman (Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
National Weather Service Forecast Office, NOAA
192 Shafer Road
Moon Township, PA 15108
412-262-1591
Marvin Hill (Official-in-Charge)
National Weather Service Office, NOAA
Route 1, Box 271
Elkins, WV 26241
304-636-6950
Alan Rezek (Meteorologist-in-Charge)
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Yeager Aiport
501 Eagle Mountain Road
Charleston, WV 25311
304-342-7771
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