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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
0200 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-67
LAS VEGAS NEXRAD WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S SHORT-FUSE
COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13 1995
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13 1995...AT 800 A.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
/1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWO COUNTIES /OR
PORTIONS THEREOF/ IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ONE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
ARIZONA TO THE LAS VEGAS /LAS/...NEVADA WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/.
TRANSFERS WILL BE FROM FROM THE LOS ANGELES /LAX/...CALIFORNIA WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/...THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY /FAT/...
CALIFORNIA WSO...AND THE WSFO IN PHOENIX /PHX/...ARIZONA. FOR THESE
COUNTIES...OR PORTIONS THEREOF...WSO LAS WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING
PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDER OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS
MANUAL CHAPTER C-47 /COUNTY WARNING AREAS/ THIS IS UPDATE 67 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...OR PORTIONS THEREOF...USING THE LAS
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE FAT...LAX...OR PHX
IDENTIFIERS. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN
UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1. TRANSFERS TO LAS. /Z/ ZONE CODE /C/ COUNTY CODE
COUNTY UGC Z UGC C FROM TO
INYO /1/ CAZ010- CAC027- FAT LAS
CAZ014-019- CAC027- LAX LAS
SAN BERNARDINO /2/ CAZ018-019- CAC071- LAX LAS
MOHAVE AZZ001-002-003- AZC015- PHX LAS
/1/ THAT PORTION OF INYO COUNTY IN ZONE 10 INCLUDES THE SIERRA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5,000 FEET AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 395
/2/ THE PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN ZONES 18 AND 19 IS EAST
OF...BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. SHORT-FUSE
WARNINGS FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY /IN ZONES 12 AND 13/ WILL REMAIN
ASSIGNED TO WSFO LAX.
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO LAS. UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
TORNADOES RNOTORLAS WFUS1 KLAS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RNOSVRLAS WUUS1 KLAS
FLASH FLOODS RNOFFWLAS WRUS1 KLAS
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO LAS. UGC Z CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RNOSPSLAS WWUS35 KLAS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT RNOSVSLAS WWUS34 KLAS
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE RNOCEMLAS MMUS40 KLAS
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT RNOPNSLAS ABUS34 KLAS
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS + RNOWSWLAS WWUS46 KLAS
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS + RNONPWLAS WWUS45 KLAS
SHORT-TERM FORECAST RNONOWLAS FXUS21 KLAS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT RNOFFSLAS RWUS32 KLAS
LOCAL STORM REPORT RNOLSRLAS WWUS30 KLAS
+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WSFOS.
FOR LONGER FUSE EVENTS AFFECTING THESE COUNTIESS THE FOLLOWING WILL BE
ISSUED BY WSFOS USING CCC OF SFO /SAN FRANCISCO/ FOR THE EXTREME
WESTERN PORTION OF INYO COUNTY LOCATED IN ZONE 10 /CAZ010-/...CCC OF
LAX FOR THE REMAINDER OF INYO COUNTY LOCATED IN ZONES 14 /CAZ014-/ AND
19 /CAZ019-/ AND ALL OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...AND CCC OF PHX FOR
MOHAVE COUNTY...ARIZONA.
RELATED PRODUCTS NWWS ID WMO HEADER /FOR FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CCCSPSCCC WWUS35 KCCC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT CCCSVRCCC WWUS34 KCCC
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE CCCCEMCCC MMUS40 KCCC
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT CCCPNSCCC ABUS34 KCCC
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS CCCWSWCCC WWUS46 KCCC
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS CCCNPWCCC WWUS45 KCCC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT CCCFFSCCC RWUS32 KCCC
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
MIC - METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
LARRY JENSEN-MIC PH 702 263-9744 STEVE MENDENHALL-MIC PH 209 584-0583
7851 INDUSTRIAL ROAD 900 FOGGY BOTTOM ROAD
LAS VEGAS NV 89139 HANDFORD...CA 93230-5236
TODD MORRIS...MIC...AREA MANAGER PH. /805/ 988-6615
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
520 N ELEVAR STREET
OXNARD...CA 93030
STEVE BROWN...MIC...AREA MANAGER ANTON HAFFER...MIC...AREA MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAB500
2350 RAGGIO PARKWAY P.O. BOX 52025
RENO...NV 89512-3900 PHOENIX...AZ 85072-2025
/702/ 673-8100 /602/ 379-4607
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