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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
810 AM EST TUE JAN 24 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: SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE # 95-11:
AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS,
EFFECTIVE MARCH 23, 1995
Effective Thursday, March 23, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. Central
Standard Time (1600 Universal Coordinated Time), the National
Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning
responsibility for fourteen (14) counties in Texas to the
Austin/San Antonio (SAT), Texas, Weather Service Forecast Office
(WSFO) from the Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Austin (AUS),
Victoria (VCT), and Del Rio (DRT), Texas (see Table 1). For
these counties, WSFO SAT will issue short-fuse warning products
(Table 2) and related products that give followup information on
the warnings (Table 3). For holders of Weather Service
Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this is the
11th 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 the 14 counties using the SAT identifier
(Tables 2 and 3) instead of the AUS, VCT, or DRT identifiers.
The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged
(as shown in Table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties transferred to SAT. C=county code; Z=zone code
TEXAS
COUNTY UGC County UGC Zone From To
code code
Bastrop TXC021- TXZ193- AUS SAT
Blanco TXC031- TXZ190- AUS SAT
Burnet TXC053- TXZ172- AUS SAT
Caldwell TXC055- TXZ208- AUS SAT
DeWitt TXC123- TXZ224- VCT SAT
Fayette TXC149- TXZ209- AUS SAT
Gillespie TXC171- TXZ188- AUS SAT
Hays TXC209- TXZ191- AUS SAT
Lavaca TXC285- TXZ225- VCT SAT
Lee TXC287- TXZ194- AUS SAT
Llano TXC299- TXZ171- AUS SAT
Travis TXC453- TXZ192- AUS SAT
Val Verde TXC465- TXZ183- DRT SAT
Williamson TXC491- TXZ173- AUS SAT
TABLE 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the
14 counties transferred to SAT. UGC county codes are used in
these.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Tornadoes SATTORSAT WFUS1 KSAT
Severe Thunderstorms SATSVRSAT WUUS1 KSAT
Flash Floods SATFFWSAT WRUS1 KSAT
TABLE 3: The following are key related products for the 14
counties transferred to SAT. UGC zone codes are used in these
products.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement SATSPSSAT WWUS35 KSAT
Severe Weather Statement SATSVSSAT WWUS34 KSAT
Civil Emergency Message SATCEMSAT MMUS40 KSAT
Flash Flood Statement SATFFSSAT RWUS32 KSAT
Winter Weather Wrngs/Advsys SATWSWSAT WWUS46 KSAT
Non-precipitation Wrngs/Advsys SATNPWSAT WWUS45 KSAT
Public Information Statement SATPNSSAT ABUS34 KSAT
Short-term Forecast SATNOWSAT FXUS21 KSAT
Local Storm Report SATLSRSAT WWUS30 KSAT
If you have any questions, you may call or write:
Mr. Antonio Dreumont
Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service Forecast Office
2090 Airport Road
New Braunfels, TX 78130
or
Ms. Ester McKay Mr. Larry Eblen
Deputy Meteorologist in Charge Warning Coordination
Meteorologist
Phone: (210) 606-3617 Mon. - Fri. 800 am - 400 pm
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
810 AM EST TUE JAN 24 1995
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBER, 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 NOTICE # 95-12:
ATLANTA, GEORGIA WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-
FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS, EFFECTIVE MARCH 23, 1995
Effective Thursday, March 23, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time (1600 Universal Coordinated Time), the National Weather Service
(NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for 57 counties
in Georgia to the Atlanta (ATL), Georgia Weather Service Forecast
Office (WSFO), from the Weather Service Offices (WSO) in Augusta
(AGS), Athens (AHN), Macon (MCN), Colombus (CSG), and Savannah (SAV),
Georgia (see Table 1). For these counties, WSFO ATL 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 the
12th 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 the 57 counties using the ATL identifier (Tables 2 and 3)
instead of the AGS, AHN, MCN, CSG, or SAV identifiers. For example,
if you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings using the
product ATLSVRMCN, you will have to change your product identifier to
ATLSVRATL. The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain
unchanged (as shown in Table 1).
TABLE 1: Counties to be transferred to ATL. Z=zone code; C=county code
GA COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM GA COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
Banks GAC011- GAZ024- AHN Barrow GAC013- GAZ035- AHN
Clarke GAC059- GAZ036- AHN Dawson GAC085- GAZ014- AHN
Greene GAC133- GAZ050- AHN Hall GAC139- GAZ023- AHN
Jackson GAC157- GAZ025- AHN Lumpkin GAC187- GAZ015- AHN
Madison GAC195- GAZ027- AHN Morgan GAC211- GAZ049- AHN
Newton GAC217- GAZ048- AHN Oconee GAC219- GAZ037- AHN
Oglethorpe GAC221- GAZ038- AHN Taliaferro GAC265- GAZ051- AHN
Towns GAC281- GAZ009- AHN Union GAC291- GAZ008- AHN
Walton GAC297- GAZ047- AHN White GAC311- GAZ016- AHN
Emanuel GAC107- GAZ086- AGS Glascock GAC125- GAZ075- AGS
Hancock GAC141- GAZ061- AGS Jefferson GAC163- GAZ076- AGS
Johnson GAC167- GAZ085- AGS Warren GAC301- GAZ062- AGS
Washington GAC303- GAZ074- AGS Wilkes GAC317- GAZ039- AGS
Harris GAC145- GAZ078- CSG Macon GAC193- GAZ093- CSG
Marion GAC197- GAZ091- CSG Schley GAC249- GAZ092- CSG
Sumter GAC261- GAZ104- CSG Talbot GAC263- GAZ079- CSG
Taylor GAC269- GAZ080- CSG Webster GAC307- GAZ103- CSG
Baldwin GAC009- GAZ073- MCN Bibb GAC021- GAZ082- MCN
Bleckley GAC023- GAZ096- MCN Crawford GAC079- GAZ081- MCN
Crisp GAC081- GAZ106- MCN Dodge GAC091- GAZ109- MCN
Dooly GAC093- GAZ105- MCN Houston GAC153- GAZ095- MCN
Jasper GAC159- GAZ059- MCN Jones GAC169- GAZ072- MCN
Laurens GAC175- GAZ097- MCN Monroe GAC207- GAZ071- MCN
Montgomery GAC209- GAZ112- MCN Peach GAC225- GAZ094- MCN
Pulaski GAC235- GAZ107- MCN Putnam GAC237- GAZ060- MCN
Telfair GAC271- GAZ110- MCN Truetlen GAC283- GAZ098- MCN
Twiggs GAC289- GAZ083- MCN Wheeler GAC309- GAZ111- MCN
Wilcox GAC315- GAZ108- MCN Wilkinson GAC319- GAZ084- MCN
Toombs GAC279- GAZ113- SAV
TABLE 2: The following are short-fuse warning products for the 57
counties transferred to ATL. UGC county codes are used in these.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Tornadoes ATLTORATL WFUS1 KATL
Severe Thunderstorms ATLSVRATL WUUS1 KATL
Flash Floods ATLFFWATL WRUS1 KATL
TABLE 3: The following are key related products for the 57 counties
transferred to ATL. UGC zone codes are used in these products.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO Header (for FOS)
Special Weather Statement ATLSPSATL WWUS35 KATL
Severe Weather Statement ATLSVSATL WWUS34 KATL
Civil Emergency Message ATLCEMATL MMUS40 KATL
Flash Flood Statement ATLFFSATL RWUS32 KATL
Winter Weather Wrngs/Advsys ATLWSWATL WWUS46 KATL
Non-precipitation Wrngs/Advsys ATLNPWATL WWUS45 KATL
Public Information Statement ATLPNSATL ABUS34 KATL
Short-term Forecast ATLNOWATL FXUS21 KATL
Local Storm Report ATLLSRATL WWUS30 KATL
If you have any questions, you may call or write:
Mr. Carlos Garza
Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service Forecast Office
4 Falcon Drive
Peachtree City, GA 30269
or
Mr. Lans Rothfusz, Deputy Meteorologist in Charge or
Mr. Barry Gooden, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Phone: (404) 486-1333 Mon. - Fri. 800 am - 400 pm
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