950814: Re: CWA AHN to Greer (fwd)

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• Subject: 950814: Re: CWA AHN to Greer (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 13:21:03 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...AMENDMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
130 PM EDT MON AUG 14 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   AMENDMENT TO SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE
          95-65 REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG
          /GSP/ WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING
          AREA ON OCTOBER 2 1995.

REF       SEVEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED
          ON OCT 2 1995...AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ON JULY 31 1995 IN
          NOTICE 95-65.
    
     ON JULY 31 1995...A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WAS ISSUED
STATING THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRANSFERRING SHORT-FUSED
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SEVEN /7/ NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES /TABLE 1/
TO THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG /GSP/...SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO FROM THE CHARLOTTE /CLT/...NORTH CAROLINA WSO ON OCTOBER
3...1995.  THE TRANSFER OF THESE 7 COUNTIES HAS BEEN POSTPONED
INDEFINITELY. 

     FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO CLT WILL RETAIN SHORT-FUSE WARNING AND
RELATED PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY.  FOR HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL
CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS TRANSFER POSTPONEMENT IS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE 65TH UPDATE OF 1995.

TABLE 1   COUNTIES RETAINED BY WSO CLT.  /UGC/ UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE

COUNTY                UGC ZONE  UGC COUNTY                       
                       CODE        CODE
CABARRUS              NCZ072-     NCC025- 
CATAWBA               NCZ056-     NCC035-
CLEVELAND             NCZ068-     NCC045-                   
GASTON                NCZ070-     NCC071-
LINCOLN               NCZ069-     NCC109-
MECKLENBURG           NCZ071-     NCC119-
UNION                 NCZ082-     NCC179-

     USERS OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THESE COUNTIES SHOULD RETAIN THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS /TABLES 2 AND 3/ USING THE CLT IDENTIFIER CODE IN
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
IDENTIFIERS.
                           
TABLE 2   UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE SHORT-FUSE WARNING
PRODUCTS.


WARNING PRODUCT FOR      NWWS ID        WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES                RDUTORCLT      WFUS1 KCLT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     RDUSVRCLT      WUUS1 KCLT
FLASH FLOODS             RDUFFWCLT      WRUS1 KCLT

TABLE 3   THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS.  UGC ZONE CODES ARE
USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.

RELATED PRODUCTS              NWWS ID        WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     RDUSPSCLT      WWUS35 KCLT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      RDUSVSCLT      WWUS34 KCLT
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       RDUCEMCLT      MMUS40 KCLT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  RDUPNSCLT      ABUS34 KCLT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         RDUFFSCLT      RWUS32 KCLT
LOCAL STORM REPORT            RDULSRCLT      WWUS30 KCLT

     IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING 

     DR. JOSEPH PELISSIER...MIC 803-848-6670 EXT 222
     OR SAM BAKER...WCM 803-848-1591 EXT 223 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     1549 GSP DRIVE
     GREER SC  29651-9202

     JOHN WELCH...OFFICIAL IN CHARGE
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
     5318 MORRIS FIELD DR....STE. 200
     CHARLOTTE NC  28208     
     PH.  704-359-8144

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