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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
830 AM EST THU JAN 19 1995
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: FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TRANSFERRED TO THE AMARILLO
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 21, 1995.
Effective at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST) (1500
Universal Coordinated Time), Tuesday, February 21, 1995, forecast and
long-fuse warning responsibilities for 23 zones in the Texas and
Oklahoma Panhandles (table 1) will be transferred to the Weather
Service Office (WSO) in Amarillo (AMA), Texas from the Lubbock (LBB),
Texas Weather Service Forecast Office.
Because of this forecast and long-fuse warning transfer,
subscribers to the NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) and the Family of
Services (FOS) must take appropriate action to receive the products
listed in table 2 for these 23 zones using the new product identifiers
from WSO AMA.
Table 1. Texas zones 1-20 and Oklahoma zones 1-3 will be transferred
to WSO AMA for forecasts and long-fuse warnings. Universal Generic
Codes (UGC) for these zones (Z) are shown in the table.
UGC Z Zone name UGC Z Zone name UGC Z Zone name
code (by county) code (by county) code (by county)
TXZ001- Dallam TXZ009- Roberts TXZ017- Randall
TXZ002- Sherman TXZ010- Hemphill TXZ018- Armstrong
TXZ003- Hansford TXZ011- Oldham TXZ019- Donley
TXZ004- Ochiltree TXZ012- Potter TXZ020- Collingsworth
TXZ005- Lipscomb TXZ013- Carson
TXZ006- Hartley TXZ014- Gray OKZ001- Cimarron
TXZ007- Moore TXZ015- Wheeler OKZ002- Texas
TXZ008- Hutchinson TXZ016- Deaf Smith OKZ003- Beaver
Table 2. For the 23 zones in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, the
following forecast and long-fuse warning information will switch to
the new product identifiers from WSO AMA.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO ID for FOS
TX/OK PANHANDLE AREA FORECAST (new) LBBAFPAMA FPTX41 KAMA
(old) LBBSFPTX FPUS1 KLBB
TX/OK PANHANDLE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST (new) LBBZFPAMA FPUS5 KAMA
(old) LBBZFPTX FPUS5 KLBB
TX/OK PANHANDLE AGRICULTURAL FORECAST (new) LBBAGFAMA FXUS08 KAMA
(old) LBBAGFLBB FXUS8 KLBB
FLASH FLOOD WATCH (new) LBBFFAAMA RWUS31 KAMA
(old) LBBFFALBB RWUS31 KLBB
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING (new) LBBNPWAMA WWUS45 KAMA
(old) LBBNPWLBB WWUS45 KLBB
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING (new) LBBWSWAMA WWUS46 KAMA
(old) LBBWSWLBB WWUS46 KLBB
For holders of Weather Service Operations Manual Chapter C-11,
Appendix A (Zone Forecast Area Maps), this notice updates pages A-7,
A-47, A-63, and A-71. Replacement pages will be distributed to all
holders of this Appendix.
Also, since the Amarillo Local and Vicinity Forecast is
essentially the same as the public zone forecast for Texas zones 12
and 17, the NWS will discontinue the Amarillo Local and Vicinity
Forecast (NWWS ID LBBLFPAMA; WMO header for FOS: FQUS1 KAMA) effective
9:00 a.m. CST (1500 Universal Coordinated Time), Tuesday, February 21,
1995.
"Local" forecast information for Amarillo is still available from
the appropriate zone forecast, as indicated in table 3 below.
Table 3.
INFORMATION ON: OLD PRODUCT IDs: WILL FOUND BE FOUND UNDER:
AMARILLO NWWS: LBBLFPAMA NWWS ID LBBZFPAMA (ZONES 12 17)
LOCAL FORECAST WMO: FQUS1 KAMA UGC Z TXZ012-017-
WMO ID FPUS5 KAMA (for FOS)
A forecast for the Amarillo listening area will continue to be
broadcast on the Amarillo NOAA Weather Radio (WXK-38 operating on a
frequency of 162.550 Mhz).
If you have any questions, please contact:
JOSE GARCIA ANDY ANDERSON
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
R. R. 3, BOX 578 SUITE 100
AMARILLO, TX 79107 2579 SOUTH LOOP 289
PHONE: M-F 8AM-4PM, 806-335-1121 LUBBOCK, TX 79423-1400
PHONE: M-F 8AM-4PM, 806-745-4260
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