SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER

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• Subject: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER
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• Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1994 16:55:24 -0700

100 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994

TO:         FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER
            WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBER, OTHER NATIONAL
            WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) PRODUCT USERS, NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:       DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH

SUBJECT:    SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER # 95-1:
            FORT WORTH, TEXAS WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S
            SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE
            JANUARY 10, 1995

Effective Tuesday, January 10, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. central
standard time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer
short-fuse warning responsibility for fourteen (14) counties in
Texas to the Fort Worth (FTW), Texas Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO), from the Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Abilene
(ABI), Austin (AUS), and Waco (ACT), Texas (see Table 1).  For
these counties, WSFO FTW will issue short-fuse warning products
(Table 2) and related products that give followup information on
the warnings (Table 3).  For holders of the NWS Operations Manual
C-47, County Warning Areas, this is the 1st update for 1995.

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 the fourteen (14) counties using the FTW
identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the ABI, AUS, or ACT
identifiers.  For example, if you have been receiving severe
thunderstorm warnings using the product SATSVRAUS, you will have
to change your product identifier to FTWSVRFTW.  The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in

Table 1).

TABLE 1:  Counties transferred to FTW. C=county code; Z=zone code

TEXAS COUNTY   UGC C        UGC Z       From   To
Bell           TXC027-      TXZ158-     ACT    FTW
Bosque         TXC035-      TXZ144-     ACT    FTW
Coryell        TXC099-      TXZ157-     ACT    FTW
Falls          TXC145-      TXZ160-     ACT    FTW
Haskell        TXC207-      TXZ098-     ABI    FTW
Hill           TXC217-      TXZ145-     ACT    FTW
Lampasas       TXC281-      TXZ156-     AUS    FTW
Leon           TXC289-      TXZ162-     ACT    FTW
Limestone      TXC293-      TXZ161-     ACT    FTW
McLennan       TXC309-      TXZ159-     ACT    FTW
Milam          TXC331-      TXZ174-     AUS    FTW
Mills          TXC333-      TXZ142-     AUS    FTW
Robertson      TXC395-      TXZ175-     ACT    FTW
Throckmorton   TXC447-      TXZ099-     ABI    FTW

TABLE 2:  The following are short-fuse warning products for the
14 counties transferred to FTW.  UGC C codes are used in these.

WARNING PRODUCTS          NWWS ID         WMO Header (for FOS)
Tornado Warning           FTWTORFTW       WFUS1 KFTW
Severe Thunderstorm       FTWSVRFTW       WUUS1 KFTW
Flash Flood Warning       FTWFFWFTW       WRUS1 KFTW

TABLE 3:  The following are key related products for the 14
counties transferred to FTW.  UGC Z codes are used in these.

RELATED PRODUCTS                  NWWS ID    WMO Header (for FOS)
  Special Weather Statement       FTWSPSFTW  WWUS35 KFTW
 Severe Weather Statement        FTWSVSFTW  WWUS34 KFTW
  Civil Emergency Message         FTWCEMFTW  MMUS40 KFTW
  Flash Flood Statement           FTWFFSFTW  RWUS32 KFTW
  Winter Weather Wrngs/Advsys     FTWWSWFTW  WWUS46 KFTW
  Non-precipitation Wrngs/Advsys  FTWNPWFTW  WWUS45 KFTW
  Public Information Statement    FTWPNSFTW  ABUS34 KFTW
  Short-term Forecast             FTWNOWFTW  FXUS21 KFTW
  Local Storm Report              FTWLSRFTW  WWUS30 KFTW

"#" For longer fuse events affecting in Milam county, users
should also receive the following from WSFO San Antonio (SAT).

# Special Weather Statement       SATSPSSAT  WWUS35 KSAT
# Severe Weather Statement        SATSVSSAT  WWUS34 KSAT
# Civil Emergency Message         SATCEMSAT  MMUS40 KSAT
# Flash Flood Statement           SATFFSSAT  RWUS32 KSAT
# Winter Weather Wrngs/Advsys     SATWSWSAT  WWUS46 KSAT
# Non-precipitation Wrngs/Advsys  SATNPWSAT  WWUS45 KSAT
# Public Information Statement    SATPNSSAT  ABUS34 KSAT

If you have any questions, you may call or write:

   Mr. Gifford F. Ely                or      Mr. Jim Stefkovich
   Meteorologist in Charge                   Warning Coordination
   National Weather Service Forecast Office     Meteorologist
   3401 Northern Cross Blvd.
   Fort Worth, TX  76137-3610

   Phone: (817) 429-2631  Mon. - Fri.  800 am - 400 pm

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