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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST MON DEC 19 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, 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 COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER #95-4: QUAD-CITIES
(DAVENPORT/MOLINE) WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 1995
Effective Wednesday March 1, 1995 at 8:00 a.m. Central Standard
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for twenty two (22) counties in Iowa and
Illinois to the Weather Service Office (WSO) in the Quad-Cities
(Davenport/Moline) (MLI). See table 1.
Eight (8) counties will be transferred from the Weather Service
Forecast Office (WSFO) in Des Moines (DSM), Iowa. Four (4) counties
will be transferred from the WSO in Dubuque (DBQ), Iowa. One county (1)
will be transferred from the WSO in Waterloo (ALO), Iowa. Three
counties (3) will be transferred from the WSO in Rockford (RFD),
Illinois. Six counties (6) will be transferred from the WSO in Peoria
(PIA), Illinois.
WSO MLI will issue short-fuse warning products (table 2) and
related products that give follow-up information on the warnings
(table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47,
County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 4th 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 these counties using the MLI identifier (tables 2
and 3) instead of the DSM, DBQ, ALO, RFD, and PIA identifiers. The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) will remain unchanged (table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties transferred to MLI. Z=zone code; C=county code
IOWA COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM IOWA COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Benton IAZ051- IAC011- DSM Linn IAZ052- IAC113- DSM
Iowa IAZ063- IAC095- DSM Johnson IAZ064- IAC103- DSM
Keokuk IAZ076- IAC107- DSM Washington IAZ077- IAC183- DSM
Jefferson IAZ087- IAC101- DSM Van Buren IAZ098- IAC177- DSM
Buchanan IAZ040- IAC019- ALO Deleware IAZ041- IAC055- DBQ
Dubuque IAZ042- IAC061- DBQ Jones IAZ053- IAC105- DBQ
Jackson IAZ054- IAC097- DBQ
IL COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM IL COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Jo Daviess ILZ001- ILC085- RFD Stephenson ILZ002- ILC177- RFD
Carroll ILZ007- ILC015- RFD Bureau ILZ017- ILC011- PIA
Putnam ILZ018- ILC155- PIA Henderson ILZ025- ILC071- PIA
Warren ILZ026- ILC187- PIA Hancock ILZ034- ILC067- PIA
McDonough ILZ035- ILC109- PIA
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the 22
counties transferred to MLI. UGC county codes (C) are used in these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes CHITORMLI WFUS1 KMLI
Severe Thunderstorms CHISVRMLI WUUS1 KMLI
Flash Floods CHIFFWMLI WRUS1 KMLI
Table 3. The following are key related products for the 22 counties
transferred to MLI. UGC zone codes (Z), are used in these.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR (FOS)
Special weather statement CHISPSMLI WWUS35 KMLI
Severe weather statement CHISVSMLI WWUS34 KMLI
Civil emergency message CHICEMMLI MMUS40 KMLI
Public info. statement CHIPNSMLI ABUS34 KMLI
* Winter weather warnings CHIWSWMLI WWUS46 KMLI
* Non-precipitation warning CHINPWMLI WWUS45 KMLI
Short-term forecast CHINOWMLI FXUS21 KMLI
Flash flood statement CHIFFSMLI RWUS32 KMLI
Local storm report CHILSRMLI WWUS30 KMLI
* For emergency backup to WSFO DSM or WSFO CHI.
For longer fuse events, WSFO DSM and WSFO Chicago (CHI), Illinois will
continue to issue these products for the Iowa and Illinois counties
respectively, including those from the first six categories of table
3. (e.g. DSMWSWDSM; WWUS46 KDSM or CHIWSWCHI, WWUS46 KCHI).
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
J. John Feldt, Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC)
National Weather Service Forecast Office, NOAA
9607 NW Beaver Drive
Johnston, Ia. 50131-1908
515-270-4501
Charles Fenley (MIC) Rod Palmer, OIC 309-697-9656
National Weather Service, NOAA National weather Service, NOAA
7501 68th St. Aviation Building
Milan, Il. 61264-3266 Greater Peoria Airport
309-793-5774 Peoria, Illinois 61607-1290
Meryln R. Goodson Bob Collins, OIC
Official-in-charge (OIC) National Weather Service, NOAA
National weather Service, NOAA 5 Airport Circle
Municipal Airport R.R. 2 Greater Rockford Airport
Waterloo, Iowa 50703-9677 Rockford, Illinois 61109-2927
319-233-4244 815-963-4557
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST MON DEC 19 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, 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 COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE # 95-5: OMAHA,
NEBRASKA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 1995
Effective Wednesday March 1, 1995 at 8:00 a.m. Central Standard
Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse
warning responsibility for 20 counties in Nebraska and 1 county in Iowa
to the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in Omaha (OMA), Nebraska
(table 1). Eleven (11) counties will be transferred from the Weather
Service Office (WSO) in Norfolk (OFK), Nebraska. Eight (8) counties
will be transferred from the WSO in Lincoln (LNK), Nebraska. Two (2)
counties will be transferred from the WSO in Sioux City (SUX), Iowa.
WSFO OMA will issue short-fuse warning products (table 2) and
related products that give follow-up information on the warnings
(table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47,
County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 5th 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 these counties using the OMA identifier
instead of the OFK, LNK, or SUX identifier (tables 2 and 3). The
Universal Generic Codes (UGC) will remain unchanged (Table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties transferred to OMA. Z=zone code; C=county code
NE COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM NE COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Knox NEZ011- NEC107- OFK Cedar NEZ012- NEC027- OFK
Antelope NEZ016- NEC003- OFK Pierce NEZ017- NEC139- OFK
Wayne NEZ018- NEC179- OFK Boone NEZ030- NEC011- OFK
Madison NEZ031- NEC119- OFK Stanton NEZ032- NEC167- OFK
Cuming NEZ033- NEC039- OFK Platte NEZ042- NEC141- OFK
Colfax NEZ043- NEC037- OFK Butler NEZ050- NEC023- LNK
Seward NEZ065- NEC159- LNK Lancaster NEZ066- NEC109- LNK
Saline NEZ078- NEC151- LNK Jefferson NEZ088- NEC095- LNK
Gage NEZ089- NEC067- LNK Johnson NEZ090- NEC097- LNK
Pawnee NEZ092- NEC133- LNK Thurston NEZ015- NEZ173- SUX
IA COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM
Monona IAZ043- IAC133- SUX
Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the
counties transferred to OMA. UGC county (C) codes are used in these.
Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Tornadoes OMATOROMA WFUS1 KOMA
Severe Thunderstorms OMASVROMA WUUS1 KOMA
Flash Floods OMAFFWOMA WRUS1 KOMA
Table 3. The following are key related products for the counties
transferred to OMA. UGC zone (Z) codes are used in these.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement OMASPSOMA WWUS35 KOMA
Severe weather statement OMASVSOMA WWUS34 KOMA
Civil emergency message OMACEMOMA MMUS40 KOMA
Public info. statement OMAPNSOMA ABUS34 KOMA
Winter weather warnings OMAWSWOMA WWUS46 KOMA
Non-precipitation warning OMANPWOMA WWUS45 KOMA
Short-term forecast OMANOWOMA FXUS21 KOMA
Flash flood statement OMAFFSOMA RWUS32 KOMA
Local storm report OMALSROMA WWUS30 KOMA
WSFO OMA will continue to issue products for longer-fuse
events in the Nebraska counties (except Thurston County), including
those in table 3.
For Thurston County, Nebraska, and Monona County, Iowa, WSFO Des
Moines (DSM), Iowa will continue to issue the following for
longer-fuse events.
Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header for (FOS)
Special weather statement DSMSPSDSM WWUS35 KDSM
Severe weather statement DSMSVSDSM WWUS34 KDSM
Civil emergency message DSMCEMDSM MMUS40 KDSM
Public info. statement DSMPNSDSM ABUS34 KDSM
Winter weather warnings DSMWSWDSM WWUS46 KDSM
Non-precipitation warning DSMNPWDSM WWUS45 KDSM
If you have further questions, you may contact the following:
David C. Theophilus Frederic B. Meier, MIC
Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC) National Weather Service,
National Weather Service, NOAA General Aviation Building
6707 North 288th Street P.O. Box 719 Lincoln Municipal Airport
Valley, Ne. 68064-0719 Lincoln, Ne. 68524-1847
402-359-5166 402-437-5434
Gene Bowman, MIC James A. Kline
National Weather Service, NOAA National Weather Service
R.R. 2, Box 383 2403 Ogden Box A5
Norfolk, Ne. 68701-9759 Sioux City, IA 51110-1223
402-371-5731 712-255-3944
J. John Feldt, MIC phone 515-270-4501
National Weather Service Forecast Office, NOAA
9607 NW Beaver Drive
Johnston, Iowa 50131-1908
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