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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 AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-31...
MARQUETTE...MICHIGAN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE MAY 1...1995.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 1...1995 AT 1200 NOON EASTERN DAYLIGHT
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE /1/
COUNTY IN MICHIGAN /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN
MARQUETTE /MQT/...MICHIGAN FROM THE WSO IN SAULT STE. MARIE
/SSM/...MICHIGAN.
WSO MQT 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 31ST 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 MQT IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2
AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE SSM IDENTIFIER. HOWEVER...THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC
CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
LUCE + MIZ007- MIC095- SSM MQT
+ ADJACENT
MARINE ZONE MIZ505- SSM MQT
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO MQT. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS...EXCEPT ZONE /Z/ CODES FOR ADJACENT MARINE AREAS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR: NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES ++ ARBTORMQT WFUS1 KMQT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ++ ARBSVRMQT WUUS1 KMQT
FLASH FLOODS ARBFFWMQT WRUS1 KMQT
SPECIAL MARINE + ARBSMWMQT WMUS1 KMQT
++ WILL ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS IF ADJACENT LAKE SUPERIOR
WATERS ARE ALSO THREATENED
+ FOR ADJACENT MARINE AREAS ON LAKE SUPERIOR ONLY
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTY
TRANSFERRED TO MQT. UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ARBSPSMQT WWUS35 KMQT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT ARBSVSMQT WWUS34 KMQT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ARBCEMMQT MMUS40 KMQT
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT ARBPNSMQT ABUS34 KMQT
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS + ARBWSWMQT WWUS46 KMQT
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING + ARBNPWMQT WWUS45 KMQT
SHORT-TERM FORECAST ARBNOWMQT FXUS21 KMQT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT ARBFFSMQT RWUS32 KMQT
LOCAL STORM REPORT ARBLSRMQT WWUS30 KMQT
NEAR SHORE FORECAST ++ ARBNSHMQT FZUS64 KMQT
+ FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
IN DETROIT /DTX/...MICHIGAN.
++ FOR MARINE AREAS ONLY
WSFO DTX WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR LONGER-FUSE
EVENTS FOR LUCE COUNTY.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ARBSPSDTX WWUS35 KDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT ARBSVSDTX WWUS34 KDTX
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ARBCEMDTX MMUS40 KDTX
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT ARBPNSDTX ABUS34 KDTX
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS ARBWSWDTX WWUS46 KDTX
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING ARBNPWDTX WWUS45 KDTX
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING...
JOHN F. MACHOWSKI /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
134 AIRPORT ROAD
NEGAUNEE MI 49866-9661
906-475-5770
DEAN P. GULEZIAN /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD
WHITE LAKE MI 48386-1126
810-625-3309
R. ERIC KERSEY /OFFICIAL-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
214 W. 14TH AVENUE
SAULT STE. MARIE...MICHIGAN 49783-3532
906-632-8921
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