950825: NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 950825: NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 09:47:18 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS40 KWBC 251429
FOS NOTICE NO. 761
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
        WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS

FROM      DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH

SUBJECT   SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-68
          GRAND RAPIDS...MICHIGAN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
          SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
          OCTOBER 2 1995.

EFFECTIVE MONDAY OCTOBER 2 1995 AT NOON EASTERN DAYLIGHT
TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
NINE /9/ COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE /WSO/ IN GRAND RAPIDS /GRR/...MICHIGAN FROM THE WSO IN
LANSING /LAN/...MICHIGAN.

WSO GRR 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 68TH UPDATE IN
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  GRR
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE  LAN  IDENTIFIER. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN
TABLE 1/.

TABLE 1.
COUNTY         UGC ZONE  UGC COUNTY     FROM      TO
               CODE      CODE

ISABELLA       MIZ046-   MIC073-        LAN       GRR
GRATIOT        MIZ052-   MIC057-        LAN       GRR
CLINTON        MIZ059-   MIC037-        LAN       GRR
EATON          MIZ066-   MIC045-        LAN       GRR
INGHAM         MIZ067-   MIC065-        LAN       GRR
CALHOUN        MIZ073-   MIC025-        LAN       GRR
JACKSON        MIZ074-   MIC075-        LAN       GRR
BRANCH         MIZ080-   MIC023-        LAN       GRR
HILLSDALE      MIZ081-   MIC059-        LAN       GRR

TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GRR.  UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN THESE.

WARNING PRODUCT FOR      AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES                ARBTORGRR      WFUS1 KGRR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     ARBSVRGRR      WUUS1 KGRR
FLASH FLOODS             ARBFFWGRR      WRUS1 KGRR

TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO GRR.  UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.

RELATED PRODUCTS              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     ARBSPSGRR      WWUS35 KGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      ARBSVSGRR      WWUS34 KGRR
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       ARBCEMGRR      MMUS40 KGRR
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        ARBPNSGRR      ABUS34 KGRR
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS     ARBWSWGRR      WWUS46 KGRR
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING   ARBNPWGRR      WWUS45 KGRR
SHORT-TERM FORECAST           ARBNOWGRR      FXUS21 KGRR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         ARBFFSGRR      RWUS32 KGRR
LOCAL STORM REPORT            ARBLSRGRR      WWUS30 KGRR
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