951218: Central Ill-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 951218: Central Ill-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 07:02:48 -0700 (MST)

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FOS NOTICE NO. 834          12-13-95
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
          WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
          OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS

FROM      DONALD WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE

SUBJECT   SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 96-7
          CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ILINOIS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
          SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
          FEBRUARY 1 1996.

EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 1996 AT 1000 A.M. CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIVE/5/ COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS /TABLE 1/ TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/WSO/ IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS /SPI/...ILLINOIS
FROM THE WSO IN EVANSVILLE /EVV/ INDIANA.

WSO SPI 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 7TH 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 SPI IDENTIFIER
/TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE EVV 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
JASPER         ILZ067-   ILC079-        EVV       SPI
CRAWFORD       ILZ068-   ILC033-        EVV       SPI
CLAY           ILZ071-   ILC025-        EVV       SPI
RICHLAND       ILZ072-   ILC159-        EVV       SPI
LAWRENCE       ILZ073-   ILC101-        EVV       SPI

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

WARNING PRODUCT FOR      AFOS/NWWS ID   WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/

TORNADOES                CHITORSPI      WFUS1 KSPI
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     CHISVRSPI      WUUS1 KSPI
FLASH FLOODS             CHIFFWSPI      WRUS1 KSPI

FOS NOTICE NO. 834       12-13-95
PART 2 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE

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

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     CHISPSSPI      WWUS35 KSPI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      CHISVSSPI      WWUS34 KSPI
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       CHICEMSPI      MMUS40 KSPI
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        CHIPNSSPI      ABUS34 KSPI
+ WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS     CHIWSWSPI      WWUS46 KSPI
+ NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING   CHINPWSPI      WWUS45 KSPI
SHORT-TERM FORECAST           CHINOWSPI      FXUS21 KSPI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         CHIFFSSPI      RWUS32 KSPI
LOCAL STORM REPORT            CHILSRSPI      WWUS30 KSPI

+ ONLY FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP TO WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
/WSFO/ AT CHICAGO /CHI/...ILLINOIS.

     WSFO CHI WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR
LONGER-FUSE EVENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     CHISPSCHI      WWUS35 KCHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      CHISVSCHI      WWUS34 KCHI
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       CHICEMCHI      MMUS40 KCHI
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT        CHIPNSCHI      ABUS34 KCHI
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS       CHIWSWCHI      WWUS46 KCHI
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING     CHINPWCHI      WWUS45 KCHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         CHIFFSCHI      RWUS32 KCHI

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

ERNEST H. GOETSCH /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE...CENTRAL ILLINOIS/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA