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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 1 OF 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT THU AUG 3 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
TRANSFEERED FOR ZONES...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3 1995.
---PART 1 OF 2...FOR 66 ZONES IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST U.S.
EFFECTIVE AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ /8 A.M.
EDT.../ TUESDAY...OCTOBER 3 1995...FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 66 ZONES IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST U.S
/TABLE 2/ WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICES /WSFO/. CURRENTLY...LONG AND SHORT-FUSE FORECAST AND
WARNING RESPONSIBILITES FOR EACH OF THE 66 ZONES ARE SHARED BY
DIFFERENT WSFOS. THESE LONG FUSE TRANSFERS WILL CONSOLIDATE ALL
SERVICES FOR EACH OF THESE ZONES WITH ONE WSFO. THE WSFOS INVOLVED
IN THE TRANSFERS AND THEIR IDENTIFIER CODES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1.
THE ZONES BEING TRANSFERRED ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
BECAUSE OF THESE FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE WARNING TRANSFERS...
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 3 FOR THESE 66 ZONES USING THE NEW WSFO/S
CCC AND SS IDENTIFIER CODES FROM TABLE 1.
TABLE 1 WSFOS INVOLVED IN THSES TRANSFERS ARE LISTED. THE NEW
WSFO/S CCC AND SS CODES DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCT
IDENTIFIERS /FROM TABLE 3/ FOR A ZONE.
WSFO IDENTIFIER CODES WSFO IDENTIFIER CODES
/CCC/ /SS/ /CCC/ /SS/
COLUMBIA SC CAE GA BOSTON BOS NH
ALBANY NY ALB CT NEW YORK CITY NYC CT
PHILADELPHIA PHL ++ NJ DE MD + WASH. DC WBC --
PITTSBURGH PIT ++ OH WV MD + ATLANTA ATL --
CHARLESTON WV CRW ++ OH KY + LOUISVILLE SDF --
CLEVELAND CLE PA + PORTLAND ME PWM --
+ NO TRANSFERS TO WSFOS WBC...ATL...SDF...AND PWM
++ SS VARIES DEPENDING ON THE STATE THE ZONE RESIDES IN
TABLE 2. ZONES TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER WSFO. UNIVERSAL GENERIC
CODES /UGC/ FOR THESE ZONES /Z/ ARE SHOWN. THE FIRST TWO LETTERS IN
THE UGC CODE INDICATE WHICH STATE THE ZONE RESIDES IN.
UGC Z ZONE NAME FROM TO UGC Z ZONE NAME FROM TO
CODE /BY COUNTY/ /CCC/ /CCC/ CODE /BY COUNTY/ /CCC/ /CCC/
NHZ011- CHESHIRE PWM BOS NHZ012- HILLSBOROUGH PWM BOS
CTZ001- LITCHFIELD BOS ALB CTZ005- FAIRFIELD N. BOS NYC
CTZ009- FAIRFIELD S. BOS NYC CTZ006- NEW HAVEN N. BOS NYC
CTZ010- NEW HAVEN S. BOS NYC CTZ007- MIDDLESEX N. BOS NYC
CTZ011- MIDDLESEX S. BOS NYC CTZ008- NEW LONDON N. BOS NYC
CTZ012- NEW LONDON S BOS NYC NJZ001- SUSSEX NYC PHL
NJZ007- WARREN NYC PHL NJZ008- MORRIS NYC PHL
NJZ009- HUNTERDON NYC PHL NJZ010- SOMERSET NYC PHL
NJZ012- MIDDLESEX NYC PHL NJZ013- MONMOUTH W. NYC PHL
NJZ014- MONMOUTH E. NYC PHL DEZ001- NEW CASTLE WBC PHL
DEZ002- KENT WBC PHL DEZ003- SUSSEX-INLAND WBC PHL
DEZ004- SUSSEX-BEACH WBC PHL MDZ008- CECIL WBC PHL
MDZ012- KENT WBC PHL MDZ015- QUEEN ANNE'S WBC PHL
MDZ019- TALBOT WBC PHL MDZ020- CAROLINE WBC PHL
PAZ001- ERIE N. PIT CLE PAZ002- ERIE S. PIT CLE
PAZ003- CRAWFORD PIT CLE OHZ041- COLUMBIANA CLE PIT
OHZ050- JEFFERSON CLE PIT OHZ059- BELMONT CLE PIT
OHZ069- MONROE CLE PIT OHZ040- CARROLL CLE PIT
OHZ049- HARRISON CLE PIT OHZ039- TUSCARAWAS CLE PIT
OHZ058- GUERNSEY CLE PIT OHZ068- NOBLE CLE PIT
OHZ048- COSHOCTON CLE PIT OHZ057- MUSKINGUM CLE PIT
OHZ066- PERRY CLE CRW OHZ067- MORGAN CLE CRW
OHZ076- WASHINGTON CLE CRW OHZ075- ATHENS CLE CRW
OHZ084- VINTON CLE CRW OHZ085- MEIGS CLE CRW
OHZ083- JACKSON CLE CRW OHZ086- GALLIA CLE CRW
OHZ087- LAWRENCE CLE CRW WVZ012- WETZEL CRW PIT
WVZ022- MONONGALIA CRW PIT WVZ021- MARION CRW PIT
WVZ023- PRESTON CRW PIT WVZ041- TUCKER CRW PIT
MDZ001- GARRETT WBC PIT KYZ101- GREENUP SDF CRW
KYZ102- CARTER SDF CRW KYZ103- BOYD SDF CRW
KYZ105- LAWRENCE SDF CRW GAZ040- LINCOLN ATL CAE
GAZ063- MCDUFFIE ATL CAE GAZ064- COLUMBIA ATL CAE
GAZ065- RICHMOND ATL CAE GAZ077- BURKE ATL CAE
TABLE 3. FOR THESE ZONES...THE FOLLOWING FORECAST AND LONG-FUSE
WARNING INFORMATION WILL SWITCH TO THEIR NEW WSFO/S PRODUCT ID.
FOR EXAMPLE...THE ZONE FORECAST FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...NEW JERSEY
/NJZ001-/ WILL BE IN PHLZFPNJ /FPUS5 KPHL/ INSTEAD OF NYCZFPNJ
/FPUS5 KNYC/.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO ID FOR FOS
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST CCCZFPSS FPUS05 KCCC /1/
FLASH FLOOD WATCH CCCFFACCC RWUS31 KCCC
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CCCNPWCCC WWUS45 KCCC
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING CCCWSWCCC WWUS46 KCCC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CCCSPSCCC WWUS35 KCCC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT CCCSVSCCC WWUS34 KCCC
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT/WATCH/WARNING CCCCFWCCC FZUS68 KCCC
/1/ FOR NJ AND WV ZONES... USES FPUS5...NOT 05
PART 2 WILL FOLLOW FOR 25 MORE ZONE TRANSFERS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL
U.S. ALSO...PART 2 WILL HAVE ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON BOTH PARTS OF THIS MESSAGE.
...END OF PART 1 OF 2...
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