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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: PORTLAND MAINE (AT GRAY) WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS ON
NOVEMBER 1, 1994.
Effective Tuesday, November 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for northern Maine and eight
counties in New Hampshire (Table 1) TO the Portland (PWM), Maine
(at Gray) Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO), FROM Weather
Service Offices (WSOs) in Caribou (CAR), Maine and Concord (CON),
New Hampshire. For these counties, WSFO PWM 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 38th update of 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 counties using the PWM identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the CAR and CON identifiers. (For
example, if you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings
using the product identifier PWMSVRCAR and PWMSVRCON, you will
have to change the product identifier to PWMSVRPWM). 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
Northwest Aroostook MEZ001- MEC003- CAR PWM
Northeast Aroostook MEZ002- MEC003- CAR PWM
Southern Aroostook MEZ006- MEC003- CAR PWM
Northern Somerset MEZ003- MEC025- CAR PWM
Northern Piscataquis MEZ004- MEC021- CAR PWM
Northern Penobscot MEZ005- MEC019- CAR PWM
Northern Coos NHZ001- NHC007- CON PWM
Southern Coos NHZ002- NHC007- CON PWM
Northern Grafton NHZ003- NHC009- CON PWM
Southern Grafton NHZ005- NHC009- CON PWM
Northern Carroll NHZ004- NHC003- CON PWM
Southern Carroll NHZ006- NHC003- CON PWM
Sullivan NHZ007- NHC019- CON PWM
Merrimack NHZ008- NHC013- CON PWM
Belknap NHZ009- NHC001- CON PWM
Strafford NHZ010- NHC017- CON PWM
Interior Rockingham NHZ013- NHC015- CON PWM
Coastal Rockingham * NHZ014- NHC015- CON PWM
* adjacent to NH MEZ501- remains with PWM
seacoast waters
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties transferred to PWM. UGC county codes are used in these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes PWMTORPWM WFUS1 KPWM
Severe thunderstorms PWMSVRPWM WUUS1 KPWM
Flash floods PWMFFWPWM WRUS1 KPWM
Note: Special marine warnings for the New Hampshire seacoast
waters (part of UGC MEZ501-) will continue to be issued by PWM
under the header PWMSMWPWM (WMUS1 KPWM) or as product combined
with a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning.
Table 3. The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to PWM. UGC zone codes are used in these products.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement PWMSPSPWM WWUS35 KPWM
Severe weather statement PWMSVSPWM WWUS34 KPWM
Civil emergency message PWMCEMPWM MMUS40 KPWM
Public info. statement PWMPNSPWM ABUS34 KPWM
Winter weather warnings PWMWSWPWM WWUS46 KPWM
Non-precipitation warnings PWMNPWPWM WWUS45 KPWM
Short-term forecast PWMNOWPWM FXUS21 KPWM
Flash flood statement PWMFFSPWM RWUS32 KPWM
Local storm report PWMLSRPWM WWUS30 KPWM
Hurricane Local Statement PWMHLSPWM WWUS31 KPWM
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Albert W. Wheeler, Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC)
Richard J. Naistat, Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)
...BEFORE SEPT. 20..... .....AFTER SEPT. 20......
Portland International Jetport 1 Weather Lane
4 Al McKay Avenue Gray, Maine 04039
Portland, Maine 04102 207-688-3216
207-773-0352
Margaret M. Nordberg (MIC) Randall Ravasio (Official-in-Charge)
Municipal Airport Municipal Airport
65 Airport Road 664 Main Street
Concord, NH 03301 Caribou, Maine 04736
603-228-1997 207-496-8931
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES, 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 (THIRD PHASE)...
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 1994
Effective Tuesday, November 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for two counties in New
Hampshire (Table 1) TO the Taunton/Boston (BOS), Massachusetts
Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) FROM the Weather Service
Office (WSO) in Concord (CON), New Hampshire. For these
counties, WSFO BOS 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 39th
update of 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 two counties using the BOS identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the CON identifier. (For example, if
you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings using the
product identifier PWMSVRCON, 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 ZONE UGC COUNTY From To
code code
Cheshire NHZ011- NHC005- CON BOS
Hillsborough NHZ012- NHC011- CON BOS
Table 2.
The following are short-fuse warning products for the two
counties transferred to BOS. UGC county codes are used in these
products.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes BOSTORBOS WFUS1 KBOS
Severe thunderstorms BOSSVRBOS WUUS1 KBOS
Flash floods BOSFFWBOS WRUS1 KBOS
Table 3.
The following are key related products for the two 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
* Used only for emergency backup to WSFO Portland (PWM), Maine.
WSFO PWM will continue to issue the following products for longer
fuse events affecting these two counties.
products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special weather statement PWMSPSPWM WWUS35 KPWM
Severe weather statement PWMSVSPWM WWUS34 KPWM
Civil emergency message PWMCEMPWM MMUS40 KPWM
Public info. statement PWMPNSPWM ABUS34 KPWM
Winter weather warnings PWMWSWPWM WWUS46 KPWM
Non-precipitation warnings PWMNPWPWM WWUS45 KPWM
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Robert Thompson (Meteorologist-in-Charge) or
Glenn Field (Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
Weather Forecast Office
445 Myles Standish Blvd
Taunton, MA 02780
508-823-1900/1983
Margaret M. Nordberg (Meteorologist-in-Charge)
National Weather Service Office
Municipal Airport
65 Airport Road
Concord, NH 03301
603-228-1997
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