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TO: ALL NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: FRED ZBAR
ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH
SUBJECT: TERMINATION OF FEUS50-53 BULLETINS
(THIS IS A RETRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE ORIGINALLY SENT ON
JULY 21, 1994.)
On September 28, 1994, transmission of the FEUS50 KWBC,
FEUS51 KWBC, FEUS52 KWBC, and FEUS53 KWBC bulletins will be
terminated. These messages are not distributed on AFOS, but are
available on the Public Products Service of the Family of Services.
The FEUS50-53 KWBC bulletins contain 1 to 8 day forecasts of
calendar-day maximum (max) and minimum (min) temperature.
Users of the FOUS50-53 KWBC bulletins should begin using the
MRF-based statistical forecast guidance which contains daytime
maximum and nighttime minimum temperature forecasts for periods
ranging from 1 to 8 days in advance for approximately 225 stations
in the contiguous U.S., approximately 30 stations in Alaska, and 12
stations in Canada. These messages are distributed on AFOS under
the FMR category and disseminated to external users as the FOXCxx,
FOXExx, FOXSxx, FOXWxx, FOAK20, and FECN21 KWBC messages, where xx
is a two digit number identifying each message. Note that there
are currently no plans to distribute the FOAK20 message on AFOS.
In addition to temperature guidance, the bulletins for U.S.
stations also contain forecasts of the probability of precipitation
(PoP), mean opaque cloudiness, mean wind speed, and conditional
probability of snow. This relatively new guidance is based on
output from the National Meteorological Center's Medium Range
Forecast (MRF) run of the Global Spectral Model. Forecast messages
are generated once a day during the 0000 UTC forecast cycle and are
available at about 0900 UTC.
If you have any concerns related to the termination of the
FEUS50-53 KWBC messages, please contact Mary Newton of the Office
of Meteorology at (301)-713-0462.
If you need further information about the MRF-based statistical
forecasts or forecast messages, please call John Jensenius of the
Techniques Development Laboratory at (301)-763-8151.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
205 PM EDT MON SEP 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: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS... EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 1, 1994.
Effective Thursday, December 1, 1994 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for five counties in east central Georgia
and four counties in west central South Carolina TO the Columbia
(CAE), South Carolina Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO),
FROM the Weather Service Office (WSO) in Augusta (AGS), Georgia
(see Table 1). For these counties, WSFO CAE will issue short-fuse
warnings products (Table 2) and related products that give
follow-up information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of
NWS Operations Manual C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer
is the 44th update for 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 nine counties using the CAE identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the AGS identifier. For example, if
you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings using the
product ATLSVRAGS, you will have to change to CAESVRCAE. TheUniversal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as
shown in Table 1).
TABLE 1
UGC
UGC COUNTY
COUNTY ZONE CODE CODE FROM TO
Lincoln GAZ040- GAC181- AGS CAE
Columbia GAZ064- GAC073- AGS CAE
Richmond GAZ065- GAC245- AGS CAE
McDuffie GAZ063- GAC189- AGS CAE
Burke GAZ077- GAC033- AGS CAE
McCormick SCZ018- SCC065- AGS CAE
Edgefield SCZ025- SCC037- AGS CAE
Aiken SCZ030- SCC003- AGS CAE
Barnwell SCZ035- SCC011- AGS CAE
TABLE 2
The following are short-fuse warning products for the nine
counties transferred to CAE. UGC county codes are used in these
products.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Tornadoes CAETORCAE WFUS1 KCAE
Severe Thunderstorms CAESVRCAE WUUS1 KCAE
Flash Floods CAEFFWCAE WRUS1 KCAE
TABLE 3
The following are key related products for the nine counties
ransferred to CAE. UGC zone codes are used in these products.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement CAESPSCAE WWUS35 KCAE
Severe Weather Statement CAESVSCAE WWUS34 KCAE
Civil Emergency Message CAECEMCAE MMUS40 KCAE
Public Information Statement CAEPNSCAE ABUS34 KCAE
* Winter weather warnings CAEWSWCAE WWSU46 KCAE
* Non-precipitation warnings CAENPWCAE WWSU45 KCAE
Short-term Forecast CAENOWCAE FXUS21 KCAE
Flash Flood Statement CAEFFSCAE RWUS32 KCAE
Local Storm Report CAELSRCAE WWUS30 KCAE
Hurricane Local Statement CAEHLSCAE WWUS31 KCAE
* These are used for South Carolina counties. For Georgia
counties these would only be used for emergency backup to WSFO
Atlanta (ATL), Georgia.
For longer-fuse events affecting the Georgia counties, WSFO ATL
will issue the following:
PRODUCT AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement ATLSPSATL WWUS35 KATL
Severe Weather Statement ATLSVSATL WWUS34 KATL
Civil Emergency Message ATLCEMATL MMUS40 KATL
Public Information Statement ATLPNSATL ABUS34 KATL
Winter weather warnings ATLWSWATL WWSU46 KATL
Non-precipitation warnings ATLNPWATL WWSU45 KATL
If you have further questions, you may contact Bernie Palmer
(Meteorologist-In-Charge) or Steve Naglic (Warning Coordination
Meteorologist) at:
National Weather Service Forecast Office
2909 Aviation Way
West Columbia, SC 29170-2102
(803) 765-5501
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