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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 1 OF 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST TUE NOV 29 1994
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, 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 # 95-3: WAKEFIELD,
VIRGINIA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING
AREA IS ESTABLISHED, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1995
...PART 1 OF A 2-PART MESSAGE
Effective February 1, 1995, at 10 a.m., eastern standard time, the
National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for 38 counties and fifteen independent cities in
southern and eastern Virginia (VA), nine counties in northeast North
Carolina (NC) and four counties in the Lower Maryland (MD) Eastern
Shore TO the Wakefield (AKQ), Virginia Weather Service Office (WSO).
Transfers will be from Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Norfolk (ORF)
VA, Richmond (RIC) VA, Baltimore (BWI) MD, Cape Hatteras (HAT) NC and
the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in Raleigh (RDU) NC.
For these counties, WSO AKQ 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
Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this is update #3 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 AKQ identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the ORF, RIC, BWI, HAT and RDU
identifiers. The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain
unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
Table 1: Areas transferred to AKQ. C=county code; Z=zone code
VIRGINIA VIRGINIA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Accomack 1 * VAC001 VAZ099 ORF Amelia VAC007 VAZ068 RIC
Brunswick VAC025 VAZ079 RIC Caroline VAC033 VAZ064 RIC
Charles City VAC037 VAZ082 RIC Chesterfield VAC041 VAZ070 RIC
Cumberland VAC049 VAZ061 RIC Dinwiddie VAC053 VAZ080 RIC
Essex VAC057 VAZ074 ORF Fluvanna VAC065 VAZ048 RIC
Gloucester * VAC073 VAZ084 ORF Goochland VAC075 VAZ062 RIC
Greensville VAC081 VAZ087 ORF Hanover VAC085 VAZ063 RIC
Henrico VAC087 VAZ071 RIC Isle of Wight VAC093 VAZ093 ORF
James City VAC095 VAZ090 ORF King and Queen VAC097 VAZ073 RIC
King William VAC101 VAZ072 RIC Lancaster * VAC103 VAZ078 ORF
Louisa VAC109 VAZ049 RIC Lunenburg VAC111 VAZ066 RIC
Mathews * VAC115 VAZ086 ORF Mecklenburg VAC117 VAZ065 RIC
Middlesex * VAC119 VAZ085 ORF New Kent VAC127 VAZ083 RIC
Northampton*1 VAC131 VAZ100 ORF Northumberland*2 VAC133 VAZ077 ORF
Nottoway VAC135 VAZ067 RIC Powhatan VAC145 VAZ069 RIC
Prince Edward VAC147 VAZ060 RIC Prince George VAC149 VAZ081 RIC
Richmond VAC159 VAZ076 ORF Southampton VAC175 VAZ092 ORF
Surry VAC181 VAZ089 ORF Sussex VAC183 VAZ088 ORF
York * VAC199 VAZ091 ORF Westmoreland 2 VAC193 VAZ075 ORF
VIRGINIA VIRGINIA
CITY UGC C UGC Z FROM CITY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Chesapeake VAC550 VAZ097 ORF Colonial Heights VAC570 VAZ070 RIC
Emporia VAC595 VAZ087 ORF Franklin VAC620 VAZ092 ORF
Hampton * VAC650 VAZ095 ORF Hopewell VAC670 VAZ081 RIC
Newport News VAC700 VAZ094 ORF Norfolk * VAC710 VAZ095 ORF
Petersburg VAC730 VAZ080 RIC Poquoson VAC735 VAZ091 ORF
Portsmouth * VAC740 VAZ095 ORF Richmond VAC760 VAZ071 RIC
Suffolk VAC800 VAZ096 ORF Virginia Beach*1 VAC810 VAZ098 ORF
Williamsburg VAC830 VAZ090 ORF
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Bertie 4 NCC015 NCZ030 HAT Camden 4 NCC029 NCZ016 HAT
Chowan 4 NCC041 NCZ031 HAT Currituck 3 4 NCC053 NCZ017 HAT
Gates NCC073 NCZ014 HAT Hertford NCC091 NCZ013 HAT
Northampton NCC131 NCZ012 RDU Pasquotank 4 NCC139 NCZ015 HAT
Perquimans 4 NCC143 NCZ032 HAT
MARYLAND MARYLAND
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Dorchester 2 MDC019 MDZ021 BWI Somerset 2 MDC039 MDZ023 BWI
Wicomico 2 MDC045 MDZ022 BWI Worcester 1 MDC047 MDZ024 BWI
(1, 2, 3, 4, and/or *): ADJACENT TO MARINE AREAS:
MARINE AREA UGC Z MARINE AREA UGC Z
1 DE/MD/VA coastal waters MDZ501 2 N. Chesapeake Bay MDZ502
3 NC coastal waters NCZ501 4 Albemarle Sound NCZ502
* S. Chesapeake Bay VAZ501
Table 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties and cities transferred to AKQ. UGC C's are in these, except
for affected marine areas in which UGC Z's will be used.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
+ Tornadoes WBCTORAKQ WFUS01 KAKQ
+ Severe Thunderstorms WBCSVRAKQ WUUS01 KAKQ
Flash Floods WBCFFWAKQ WRUS01 KAKQ
# Special Marine Warning WBCSMWAKQ WMUS01 KAKQ
"#" means for marine areas only. "+" means that these will also
include special marine warnings when adjacent marine areas are also
threatened in addition to land areas.
END OF PART 1 OF 2
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 2 OF 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST TUE NOV 29 1994
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, 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 # 95-3:
WAKEFIELD, VIRGINIA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA IS ESTABLISHED, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1,
1995
...PART 2 OF A 2-PART MESSAGE
Table 3: The following are key related products for the 66
counties and cities transferred to AKQ. UGC Z codes are used in
these products.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement WBCSPSAKQ WWUS35 KAKQ
Severe Weather Statement WBCSVSAKQ WWUS34 KAKQ
Civil Emergency Message WBCCEMAKQ MMUS40 KAKQ
Public Information Statement WBCPNSAKQ ABUS34 KAKQ
# Winter Weather Warnings WBCWSWAKQ WWUS46 KAKQ
# Non-Precipitation Warnings WBCNPWAKQ WWUS45 KAKQ
Short-term Forecast WBCNOWAKQ FXUS21 KAKQ
Flash Flood Statement WBCFFSAKQ RWUS32 KAKQ
Local Storm Report WBCLSRAKQ WWUS30 KAKQ
* Hurricane Local Statement WBCHLSAKQ WWUS31 KAKQ
Marine Weather Statement WBCMWSAKQ FZUS60 KAKQ
* Coastal Flood Statement WBCCFWAKQ FZUS68 KAKQ
* for coastal zones
# used for emergency backup to the Weather Service Forecast
Offices (WSFO) in Sterling (WBC), VA and Raleigh (RDU), NC.
WSFO WBC may still issue the following for longer-fuse events
affecting 4 Maryland counties and 53 Virginia counties and
cities.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (FOR FOS)
Winter Weather Warnings WBCWSWWBC WWUS46 KWBC
Non-precipitation Warnings WBCNPWWBC WWUS45 KWBC
WSFO RDU may still issue the following for longer-fuse events
affecting 9 North Carolina counties.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Winter Weather Warnings RDUWSWRDU WWUS46 KRDU
Non-precipitation Warnings RDUNPWRDU WWUS45 KRDU
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
Dennis Jones, OIC Robert Bottom, OIc
NWS Office, NOAA NWS Office, NOAA
Richmond International Airport South Terminal
Executive Terminal Norfolk International Arpt.
Sandstone, VA 23150-2505 Norfolk, VA 23518-5806
804-222-7411 804-858-6195
Wallace DeMaurice, OIC Fred A. Davis, MIC
NWS Office, NOAA NWS Forecast Office, NOAA
P.O. Box 100 Baltimore-Washington Int'l Arpt.
Buxton, NC 27920-0100 Baltimore, MD 21240
919-995-5150 410-859-8909
Anthony Siebers, MIC Stephan Harned, MIC
NWS Office, NOAA NWS Forecast Office, NOAA
10009 General Mahone Hwy. Centennial Campus, NCSU
Wakefield, VA 23888-2742 1005 Capability Dr.
804-899-4200 Research Building III, Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-515-8211
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