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From:Christine_Alex_at_W-OM13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I sent the attached 2 WSHPNSWSH messages (ADMN81 KWBC) on AFOS, NWWS, TG this aftn. ZCZC WSHPNSWSH ALL TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 210 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994 TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH SUBJECT: MT. HOLLY, NEW JERSEY (PHILADELPHIA AREA) WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 1994. Effective Monday, August 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for five counties in eastern Pennsylvania (Table 1) TO the Mt. Holly (PHL), New Jersey (Philadelphia area) Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO), FROM the Weather Service Office (WSO) in Allentown (ABE), Pennsylvania. For these counties, WSFO PHL will issue short-fuse warning products (Table 2) and related products that give followup information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 16th update in 1994 of the latest chapter issuance. 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 five counties using the PHL identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the ABE identifier. (For example, if you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings under NWWS product identifier PHLSVRABE, you will have to change your NWWS product identifier to PHLSVRPHL. The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1). Table 1. County UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY From To code code Berks PAZ060- PAC011- ABE PHL Carbon PAZ054- PAC025- ABE PHL Lehigh PAZ061- PAC077- ABE PHL Monroe PAZ055- PAC089- ABE PHL Northhampton PAZ062- PAC095- ABE PHL Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the five counties transferred to WSFO PHL. UGC county codes are used in these products. Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS) Tornadoes PHLTORPHL WFUS1 KPHL Severe thunderstorms PHLSVRPHL WUUS1 KPHL Flash floods PHLFFWPHL WRUS1 KPHL Table 3. The following are key related products for the five counties transferred to PHL. UGC zone codes are used in these products. Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS) Special weather statement PHLSPSPHL WWUS35 KPHL Severe weather statement PHLSVSPHL WWUS34 KPHL Civil emergency message PHLCEMPHL MMUS40 KPHL Public info. statement PHLPNSPHL ABUS34 KPHL Winter weather warnings PHLWSWPHL WWUS46 KPHL Non-precipitation warnings PHLNPWPHL WWUS45 KPHL Short-term forecast PHLNOWPHL FXUS21 KPHL Flash flood statement PHLFFSPHL RWUS32 KPHL Local storm report PHLLSRPHL WWUS30 KPHL If you have further questions, you may contact the following: Chet Henricksen (Meteorologist In Charge) or Joe Miketta (Warning Cordination Meteorologist) National Weather Service Forecast Office 732 Woodlane Road Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 (609) 261-6602 Steven H. Porter, Official in Charge National Weather Service Government Building Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Arpt. Allentown, PA 18103 (610) 266-0356 END NNNN ZCZC WSHPNSWSH ALL TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 210 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994 TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) EMPLOYEES, FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY, CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH SUBJECT: PHASE TWO OF BINGHAMTON (BGM), NEW YORK WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE'S SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANSION... EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 1994. Effective Monday, August 1, 1994 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the National Weather Service (NWS) will transfer short-fuse warning responsibility for seven counties in Northeast Pennsylvania (Table 1) TO the Binghamton (BGM), New York Weather Service Office (WSO), FROM WSOs in Wilkes-Barre Scranton (AVP), Williamsport (IPT), and Allentown (ABE), Pennsylvania. For these counties, WSO BGM will issue short-fuse warning products (Table 2) and related products that give followup information on the warnings (Table 3). For holders of NWS Operations Manual Chapter C-47, County Warning Areas, this transfer is the 17th update in 1994 of the latest chapter issuance. 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 seven counties using the BGM identifier (Tables 2 and 3) instead of the AVP, IPT, and ABE identifiers. (For example, if you have been receiving severe thunderstorm warnings using the NWWS product identifier PHLSVRAVP, PHLSVRIPT, or PHLSVRABE, etc., you will have to change your NWWS product identifier to ALBSVRBGM). The Universal Generic Codes (UGC), however, will remain unchanged (as shown in Table 1). Table 1. COUNTY UGC ZONE CODE UGC COUNTY CODE FROM TO Pike PAZ048- PAC103- ABE BGM Lackawanna PAZ044- PAC069- AVP BGM Luzerne PAZ047- PAC079- AVP BGM Susquehanna PAZ039- PAC115- AVP BGM Wayne PAZ040- PAC127- AVP BGM Wyoming PAZ043- PAC131- AVP BGM Bradford PAZ038- PAC015- IPT BGM Table 2. The following are short-fuse warning products for the seven counties transferred to BGM. UGC county codes are used in these products. Warning product for: AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS) Tornadoes ALBTORBGM WFUS1 KBGM Severe thunderstorms ALBSVRBGM WUUS1 KBGM Flash floods ALBFFWBGM WRUS1 KBGM Table 3. The following are key related products for the seven counties transferred to BGM. UGC zone codes are used in these products. Related products AFOS/NWWS ID WMO header (for FOS) Special weather statement ALBSPSBGM WWUS35 KBGM Severe weather statement ALBSVSBGM WWUS34 KBGM Civil emergency message ALBCEMBGM MMUS40 KBGM Public info. statement ALBPNSBGM ABUS34 KBGM *Winter weather warnings ALBWSWBGM WWUS46 KBGM *Non-precipitation warnings ALBNPWBGM WWUS45 KBGM Short-term forecast ALBNOWBGM FXUS21 KBGM Flash flood statement ALBFFSBGM RWUS32 KBGM Local storm report ALBLSRBGM WWUS30 KBGM * used for emergency backup to the Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in Mt. Holly (PHL), NJ (Philadelphia area). WSFO PHL will issue products for longer fuse events for these counties, including those from the first 6 categories of Table 3. If you have further questions, you may contact the following: Peter R. Ahnert, Meteorologist In Charge (MIC) or Herb White (Warning Cordination Meteorologist) National Weather Service Binghamton Regional Airport 32 Dawes Drive Johnsons City, NY 13790 (607) 729-7629 Ronald J. Yankes, Steven H. Porter, OIC Official in Charge (OIC) National Weather Service National Weather Service Government Building Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Arpt. Avoca, PA 18641 Allentown, PA 18103 (717) 457-2711 (610) 266-0356 Frank Gough, OIC Roland G. Loffredo, MIC National Weather Service National Weather Service Administration Bldg., 2nd Floor Albany County Airport Williamsport-Lycoming County Arpt. Albany, NY 12211 Montoursville, PA 17754 (518) 869-6347 (717) 368-8744 END
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