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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 1 OF 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT MON JUL 31 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 95-65
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG /GSP/ WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA IS EXPANDED...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 2 1995
...PART 1 OF A 2-PART MESSAGE
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 1995...AT 12 NOON...EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
/1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY-EIGHT
COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA /NC/...SIX COUNTIES IN GEORGIA /GA/ AND TWO
ADDITIONAL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA /SC/ TO THE GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG /GSP/ WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/. TRANSFERS WILL BE
FROM WSOS IN CHARLOTTE /CLT/ NC...GREENSBORO /GSO/ NC...ASHEVILLE
/AVL/ NC...ATHENS /AHN/ GA...AND COLUMBIA /CAE/...SC /TABLE 1/.
FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO GSP 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 65TH 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 GSP IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/
INSTEAD OF THE CLT...GSO...AVL...AHN AND CAE IDENTIFIERS. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS
SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1 COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GSP. /C/ COUNTY CODE /Z/ ZONE CODE
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
AVERY NCC011- NCZ033- AVL ALEXANDER NCC003- NCZ035- GSO
BUNCOMBE NCC021- NCZ053- AVL BURKE NCC023- NCZ055- AVL
CABARRUS NCC025- NCZ072- CLT CALDWELL NCC027- NCZ034- AVL
CATAWBA NCC035- NCZ056- CLT CLEVELAND NCC045- NCZ068- CLT
DAVIE NCC059- NCZ037- GSO GASTON NCC071- NCZ070- CLT
GRAHAM NCC075- NCZ058- AVL HAYWOOD NCC087- NCZ052- AVL
HENDERSON NCC089- NCZ065- AVL IREDELL NCC097- NCZ036- GSO
N. JACKSON NCC099- NCZ059- AVL S. JACKSON NCC099- NCZ063- AVL
LINCOLN NCC109- NCZ069- CLT MCDOWELL NCC111- NCZ054- AVL
MACON NCC113- NCZ062- AVL MADISON NCC115- NCZ048- AVL
MECKLENBURG NCC119- NCZ071- CLT MITCHELL NCC121- NCZ050- AVL
POLK NCC149- NCZ066- AVL ROWAN NCC159- NCZ057- GSO
RUTHERFORD NCC161- NCZ067- AVL SWAIN NCC173- NCZ051- AVL
TRANSYLVANIA NCC175- NCZ064- AVL UNION NCC179- NCZ082- CLT
YANCEY NCC199- NCZ049- AVL
GEORGIA GEORGIA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
ELBERT GAC105- GAZ029- AHN FRANKLIN GAC119- GAZ026- AHN
HABERSHAM GAC137- GAZ017- AHN HART GAC147- GAZ028- AHN
STEPHENS GAC257- GAZ018- AHN RABUN GAC241- GAZ010- AHN
SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM
CHESTER SCC023- SCZ014- CAE YORK SCC091- SCZ009- CAE
TABLE 2 THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GSP. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
WARNING PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR FOS
TORNADOES CAETORGSP WFUS1 KGSP
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAESVRGSP WUUS1 KGSP
FLASH FLOODS CAEFFWGSP WRUS1 KGSP
END OF PART 1 OF 2
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