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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
255 PM EST MON NOV 28 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: SHORT-FUSE WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE 95-2: BLACKSBURG,
VIRGINIA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING
AREA IS ESTABLISHED, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1995
Effective February 1, 1995 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, the
National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for four counties in southeastern West Virginia (WV),
twenty seven counties and thirteen independent cities in southwest
Virginia (VA), and seven counties in north-central North Carolina (NC)
(Table 1) TO the Blacksburg (RNK), Virginia Weather Service Office.
Transfers will be FROM Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Beckley (BKW)
WV, Lynchburg (LYH) VA, Roanoke (ROA) VA, Richmond (RIC) VA,
Greensboro (GSO) NC, and Tri-Cities (TRI) Tennessee.
For these counties, WSO RNK will issue short-fuse warning products
(Table 2) and related products that give follow-up information on the
warnings (Table 3). For holders of the NWS Operations Manual Chapter
C-47, County Warning Areas, this is update #2 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 these counties and cities using the RNK identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the BKW, LYH, ROA, RIC, GSO and TRI
identifiers. The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain
unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
TABLE 1: Areas transferred to RNK. Z=zone code; C=county code
WEST VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Greenbrier WVC025- WVZ045- BKW Monroe WVC063- WVZ044- BKW
Mercer WVC055- WVZ042- BKW Summers WVC089- WVZ043- BKW
VIRGINIA VIRGINIA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Alleghany VAC005- VAZ019- ROA Giles VAC071- VAZ011- ROA
Amherst VAC009- VAZ035- LYH Grayson VAC077- VAZ015- ROA
Appomattox VAC011- VAZ046- LYH Halifax VAC083- VAZ058- LYH
Bath VAC017- VAZ020- ROA Henry VAC089- VAZ043- ROA
Bedford VAC019- VAZ034- LYH Montgomery VAC121- VAZ014- ROA
Bland VAC021- VAZ010- ROA Patrick VAC141- VAZ032- ROA
Botetourt VAC023- VAZ023- ROA Pittsylvania VAC143- VAZ044- LYH
Buckingham VAC029- VAZ047- RIC Pulaski VAC155- VAZ013- ROA
Campbell VAC031- VAZ045- LYH Roanoke VAC161- VAZ022- ROA
Carroll VAC035- VAZ016- ROA Rockbridge VAC163- VAZ024- ROA
Charlotte VAC039- VAZ059- LYH Smyth VAC173- VAZ009- TRI
Craig VAC045- VAZ018- ROA Tazewell VAC185- VAZ007- TRI
Floyd VAC063- VAZ017- ROA Wythe VAC197- VAZ012- ROA
Franklin VAC067- VAZ033- ROA
VIRGINIA VIRGINIA
CITY UGC C UGC Z FROM CITY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Bedford VAC515- VAZ034- LYH Lynchburg VAC680- VAZ045- LYH
Buena Vista VAC530- VAZ024- ROA Martinsville VAC690- VAZ043- ROA
Clifton Forge VAC560- VAZ019- RIC Radford VAC750- VAZ014-
ROACovington VAC580- VAZ019- RIC Roanoke VAC770- VAZ022- ROA
Danville VAC590- VAZ044- LYH Salem VAC775- VAZ022- ROA
Galax VAC640- VAZ016- ROA South Boston VAC780- VAZ058- LYH
Lexington VAC678- VAZ024- RIC
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Alleghany NCC005- NCZ002- GSO Surry NCC171- NCZ003- GSO
Caswell NCC033- NCZ006- GSO Wilkes NCC193- NCZ019- GSO
Rockingham NCC157- NCZ005- GSO Yadkin NCC197- NCZ020- GSO
Stokes NCC169- NCZ004- GSO
TABLE 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties and cities transferred to RNK. UGC in C are used for these.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
tornadoes WBCTORRNK WFUS01 KRNK
severe thunderstorms WBCSVRRNK WUUS01 KRNK
flash floods WBCFFWRNK WRUS01 KRNK
TABLE 3: The following are key related products for the counties and
cities transferred to RNK. UGC in Z are used in these products.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
special weather statement WBCSPSRNK WWUS35 KRNK
severe weather statement WBCSVSRNK WWUS34 KRNK
civil emergency message WBCCEMRNK MMUS40 KRNK
public information stmnt WBCPNSRNK ABUS34 KRNK
* winter weather warnings WBCWSWRNK WWUS46 KRNK
* non-precipitation WBCNPWRNK WWUS45 KRNK
short-term forecast WBCNOWRNK FXUS21 KRNK
flash flood statement WBCFFSRNK RWUS32 KRNK
local storm report WBCLSRRNK WWUS30 KRNK
* used for emergency backup to Weather Service Forecast Offices (WSFO)
in Sterling (WBC), VA, Raleigh (RDU), NC, and Charleston (CRW), WV.
Users should continue to receive products from WSFO WBC, WSFO RDU and
WSFO CRW covering longer-fuse events for these counties, including
those from the first six categories listed in Table 3.
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Dennis Jones, OIC Harry McIntosh, MIC
National Weather Service, NOAA National Weather Service, NOAA
Richmond International Airport Regional Airport, Old Term. Bldg.
Executive Terminal 1635 Aviation Drive
Sandstone, VA 23150-2505 Roanoke, VA 24012
804-222-7411 703-366-0922
Gene Poag, MIC Howard Moneypenny, OIC
National Weather Service, NOAA National Weather Service, NOAA
P.O. Box 1078 Main Terminal Building
Tri-City Airport Station 176 Airport Circle, Room 204
Blountville, TN 37617 Beaver, WV 25813-9350
615-323-5711 304-252-0791
Johnnie M. Smith, OIC Terry J. Benthall, OIC (804-239-0344)
National Weather Service, NOAA National Weather Service, NOAA
6425 Airport Parkway Airport Tower Building
Greensboro, NC 27409 2011 Airport Road
910-668-7132 Lynchburg, VA 24502
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