CWA changes for Albany, NY

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• Subject: CWA changes for Albany, NY
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• Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 14:14:04 -0700

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST WED MAR 23 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:    ALBANY (ALB), NEW YORK WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
            OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...
            EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1994.

Effective June 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the
National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for two counties in southern Vermont (Table 1) TO
the Albany (ALB), New York Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO)
FROM the Burlington (BTV), Vermont Weather Service Office (WSO). 
For these two counties, the WSFO ALB will issue short-fuse
warning products (Table 2) and related products that give
followup information on the warnings (Table 3).  For holders of
NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this
transfer is the eighth (8th) update of the latest chapter
issuance 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 two counties using the ALB identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the BTV identifier.  The Universal
Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in
Table 1).
      
1.    County      UGC county     UGC zone      From       To
                  code           code
      Bennington  VTC003-        VTZ013-       BTV        ALB
      Windham     VTC025-        VTZ014-       BTV        ALB   
            
2.    The following are short-fuse warning products for the two
      counties transferred to WSFO ALB.  UGC county codes are
      used in these products.

      Warning product for             AFOS/NWWS ID    WMO HEADER
        tornadoes                     ALBTORALB       WFUS1 KALB
        severe thunderstorms          ALBSVRALB       WUUS1 KALB
        floods                        ALBFFWALB       WRUS1 KALB

3.    The following are key related products for the two counties
      transferred to WSFO ALB.  UGC zone codes are used in these
      products.
      
      Related products              AFOS/NWWS ID    WMO HEADER 
        special weather statement   ALBSPSALB       WWUS35 KALB
        severe weather statement    ALBSVSALB       WWUS34 KALB
        civil emergency message     ALBCEMALB       MMUS40 KALB
        public info. statement      ALBPNSALB       ABUS34 KALB
        winter weather warnings     ALBWSWALB       WWUS46 KALB
        non-precipitation warnings  ALBNPWALB       WWUS45 KALB
        short-term forecast         ALBNOWALB       FXUS21 KALB
        flash flood statement       ALBFFSALB       RWUS32 KALB
        local storm report          ALBLSRALB       WWUS30 KALB


Longer-fuse event warnings for Bennington and Windham Counties
will continue to be issued by the WSFO ALB, including those from
the first six categories of Table 3.  

If you have further questions, you may contact the following:

    National Weather Service      National Weather Service
    Roland G. Loffredo            Robert E. Bell
    Albany County Airport         Burlington Internat'l Airport
    Albany, NY 12211              S. Burlington, VT 05403
    (518) 869-6347                (802) 862-2475

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