951201: Louisville, KY-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 951201: Louisville, KY-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:55:39 -0700 (MST)

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NOUS41 KWBC 011755
PNSWSH
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EST FRI DEC 1 1995
 
TO -      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF    
          SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE  
          /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
 
FROM -    DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVIVE
 
SUBJECT - SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-4 
          LOUISVILLE...KENTUCKY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHORT-FUSE
          COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1 1996
 
     EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 1996 AT 1100 A.M. EASTERN
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIRTY FIVE /35/ COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND
INDIANA /TABLE 1/ TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/
IN LOUISVILLE /SDF/...KENTUCKY.  FOURTEEN /14/ COUNTIES WILL BE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN EVANSVILLE
/EVV/...INDIANA.  TWENTY ONE /21/ COUNTIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED
FROM THE WSO IN LEXINGTON /LEX/...KENTUCKY.
 
     WSFO SDF 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 4TH UPDATE FOR
1996.
 
     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 SDF IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE EVV AND LEX IDENTIFIERS.  THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS SHOWN IN
TABLE 1/.
 
TABLE 1 -  AREAS TRANSFERRED TO SDF. /Z/ ZONE CODE  /C/ COUNTY CODE
 
KY COUNTY   UGC Z   UGC C   FROM    KY COUNTY  UGC Z   UGC C   FROM
FRANKLIN    KYZ035- KYC073- LEX     SCOTT      KYZ036- KYC209- LEX
HARRISON    KYZ037- KYC097- LEX     NICHOLAS   KYZ043- KYC181- LEX
FLEMING     KYZ044- KYC069- LEX     ANDERSON   KYZ039- KYC005- LEX
WOODFORD    KYZ040- KYC239- LEX     FAYETTE    KYZ041- KYC067- LEX
BOURBON     KYZ042- KYC017- LEX     BATH       KYZ051- KYC011- LEX
ROWAN       KYZ052- KYC205- LEX     MERCER     KYZ047- KYC167- LEX
JESSAMINE   KYZ048- KYC113- LEX     CLARK      KYZ049- KYC049- LEX
MONTGOMERY  KYZ050- KYC173- LEX     GARRARD    KYZ056- KYC079- LEX
MADISON     KYZ057- KYC151- LEX     POWELL     KYZ059- KYC197- LEX
ESTILL      KYZ058- KYC065- LEX     HANCOCK    KYZ023- KYC091- EVV
OHIO        KYZ026- KYC183- EVV     GRAYSON    KYZ027- KYC085- EVV
HART        KYZ063- KYC099- EVV     BUTLER     KYZ061- KYC031- EVV
EDMONSON    KYZ062- KYC061- EVV     LOGAN      KYZ070- KYC141- EVV
WARREN      KYZ071- KYC227- EVV     BARREN     KYZ074- KYC009- EVV
SIMPSON     KYZ072- KYC213- EVV     ALLEN      KYZ073- KYC003- EVV
MONROE      KYZ075- KYC171- EVV     BOYLE      KYZ055- KYC021- LEX
MENIFEE     KYZ060- KYC165- LEX
 
IN COUNTY   UGC Z   UGC C   FROM    IN COUNTY  UGC Z   UGC C   FROM
DUBOIS      INZ083- INC037- EVV     PERRY      INZ089- INC123- EVV    
 
TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO SDF. UGC COUNTY CODES /C/ ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
 
WARNING PRODUCT FOR      AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
 
TORNADOES                SDFTORSDF      WFUS1 KSDF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     SDFSVRSDF      WUUS1 KSDF
FLASH FLOODS             SDFFFWSDF      WRUS1 KSDF
 
TABLE 3.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO SDF.  UGC ZONE CODES /Z/ ARE USED IN THESE.
 
RELATED PRODUCTS              AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     SDFSPSSDF      WWUS35 KSDF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      SDFSVSSDF      WWUS34 KSDF
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       SDFCEMSDF      MMUS40 KSDF
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        SDFPNSSDF      ABUS34 KSDF
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS       SDFWSWSDF      WWUS46 KSDF
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING     SDFNPWSDF      WWUS45 KSDF      
SHORT-TERM FORECAST           SDFNOWSDF      FXUS21 KSDF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         SDFFFSSDF      RWUS32 KSDF
LOCAL STORM REPORT            SDFLSRSDF      WWUS30 KSDF
 
     WSFO /SDF/ WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR LONGER-FUSE
EVENTS.
 
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING 
 
MARVIN R. MADDOX /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE NOAA
6201 THEILER LANE
LOUISVILLE KY  40229-1476
502-969-8842
 
NORMAN E. CARROLL /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
5603 HIGHWAY 41 N.
EVANSVILLE IN  47711-1919
812-425-0538
 
JAMES P. SPERAY /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
BLUE GRASS AIRPORT
LEXINGTON KY  40510-9609
606-233-0650
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