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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
500 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
SUBJECT: CHICAGO ILLINOIS WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 3, 1994.
Effective Monday, October 3, 1994 at 8:00 a.m. Central Daylight
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for 12 counties in northwest Indiana and
5 counties in north-central Illinois (Table 1) TO the Chicago
(CHI), Illinois Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) FROM the
Indianapolis (IND), Indiana WSFO, the South Bend (SBN), Indiana
Weather Service Office (WSO), and the Rockford (RFD), Illinois
WSO.
For these counties, WSFO CHI will issue short-fuse warning
products (Table 2) and related products that give followup
information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS
Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this
transfer is the 31st update in 1994 of the chapter.
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 17 counties using the CHI identifier(Tables 2
and 3) instead of the IND, SBN and RFD identifiers.
The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged
(as shown in Table 1).
Table 1. Transfers TO CHI (Z= zone code; C= county code)
..INDIANA... ...ILLINOIS...
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Benton INZ019- INC007- IND Boone ILZ004- ILC007- RFD
Elkart INZ005- INC039- SBN De Kalb ILZ011- ILC037- RFD
Fulton INZ015- INC049- SBN Lee ILZ010- ILC103- RFD
Jasper INZ011- INC073- IND Ogle ILZ008- ILC141- RFD
Kosciusko INZ016- INC085- SBN Winnebago ILZ003- ILC201- RFD
La Porte INZ003- INC091- SBN
Marshall INZ014- INC099- SBN
Newton INZ010- INC111- IND
Pulaski INZ013- INC131- SBN
St.Joseph INZ004- INC141- SBN
Starke INZ012- INC149- SBN
White INZ020- INC181- IND
Table 2. Short-fuse warning products for the 17 counties
transferred to CHI. UGC county (C) codes are used in these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes CHITORCHI WFUS1 KCHI
Severe thunderstorms CHISVRCHI WUUS1 KCHI
Flash floods CHIFFWCHI WRUS1 KCHI
Table 3. Key related products for the 17 counties transferred to
CHI. UGC zone (Z) codes are used in these.Related products
AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement CHISPSCHI WWUS35 KCHI
Severe weather statement CHISVSCHI WWUS34 KCHI
Civil emergency message CHICEMCHI MMUS40 KCHI
Public info. statement CHIPNSCHI ABUS34 KCHI
* Winter weather warnings CHIWSWCHI WWUS46 KCHI
* Non-precipitation warnings CHINPWCHI WWUS45 KCHI
Short-term forecast CHINOWCHI FXUS21 KCHI
Flash flood statement CHIFFSCHI RWUS32 KCHI
Local storm report CHILSRCHI WWUS30 KCHI
* For the 12 Indiana counties, these are only for emergency
backup to WSFO IND.
For the 12 Indiana counties, WSFO IND will continue to issue the
following products for longer-fuse events using UGC Z codes.
product AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement INDSPSIND WWUS35 KIND
Severe weather statement INDSVSIND WWUS34 KIND
Civil emergency message INDCEMIND MMUS40 KIND
Public info. statement INDPNSIND ABUS34 KIND
Winter weather warnings INDWSWIND WWUS46 KIND
Non-precipitation warnings INDNPWIND WWUS45 KIND
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
(MIC = Meteorologist in Charge; OIC = Official in Charge)
...(WSFO Chicago)...
John T. Curran, MIC Paul Dailey, MIC
NWS Forecast Office NWS Forecast Office
John T. Curran, MIC Paul Dailey, MIC
NWS Forecast Office NWS Forecast Office
6900 West Hanna Avenue 333 W. University Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46341-9526 Romeoville, IL 60441-1804
(317-856-0360) (815-834-0673)
Ron D. Fields, OIC John S. Jamison, OIC
NWS Office NWS Office
5 Airport Circle Michiana Regional Airport
Greater Rockford Airport 4475 Terminal Drive
Rockford, IL 61109-2927 South Bend, IN 46628-5519
(815-963-4557) (219-234-5178)
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
510 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
SUBJECT: DENVER COLORADO WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 4, 1994.
Effective Tuesday October 4, 1994 at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight warning
responsibility for two counties in Eastern Colorado
(Table 1)
TO the Denver (DEN), Colorado Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO) FROM the Colorado Springs (COS), Colorado Weather
Service Office (WSO).
For these 2 counties, WSFO DEN will issue short-fuse warning
products (Table 2) and related products that give followup
information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS
Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this
transfer is the 32nd update in 1994 of the chapter.
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 2 counties using the DEN identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the COS identifier. The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).
Table 1. Transfers TO DEN (Z= zone code; C= county code)
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
Elbert COZ041- COC039- COS DEN
and COZ046-
and COZ047-
Lincoln COZ046- COC073- COS DEN
and COZ047-
Table 2. Short-fuse warning products for the 2 counties
transferred to DEN. UGC county (C) codes are used in these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes DENTORDEN WFUS1 KDEN
Severe thunderstorms DENSVRDEN WUUS1 KDEN
Flash floods DENFFWDEN WRUS1 KDEN
Table 3. Key related products for the 2 counties transferred to
DEN. UGC zone (Z) codes are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement DENSPSDEN WWUS35 KDEN
Severe weather statement DENSVSDEN WWUS34 KDEN
Civil emergency message DENCEMDEN MMUS40 KDEN
Public info. statement DENPNSDEN ABUS34 KDEN
Winter weather warnings DENWSWDEN WWUS46 KDEN
Non-precipitation warnings DENNPWDEN WWUS45 KDEN
Short-term forecast DENNOWDEN FXUS21 KDEN
Flash flood statement DENFFSDEN RWUS32 KDEN
Local storm report DENLSRDEN WWUS30 KDEN
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
(MIC = Meteorologist in Charge; OIC = Official in Charge)
Larry E. Mooney, MIC
NWS Forecast Office
10230 Smith Road
Denver, CO 80239-3238 (303-361-0661)
Jim Maxwell, OIC
NWS Office
1599 Aviation Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80916-2709 (719-948-4656)
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