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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 1 OF 2 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
          WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

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

SUBJECT   SHORT FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA TRANSFER NOTICE 95-65 
          GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG /GSP/ WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE/S 
          SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA IS EXPANDED...EFFECTIVE
          OCTOBER 2 1995  

          ...PART 1 OF A 2-PART MESSAGE

     EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 1995...AT 12 NOON...EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
/1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY-EIGHT
COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA /NC/...SIX COUNTIES IN GEORGIA /GA/ AND TWO
ADDITIONAL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA /SC/ TO THE GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG /GSP/ WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/.  TRANSFERS WILL BE
FROM WSOS IN CHARLOTTE /CLT/ NC...GREENSBORO /GSO/ NC...ASHEVILLE
/AVL/ NC...ATHENS /AHN/ GA...AND COLUMBIA /CAE/...SC /TABLE 1/. 

     FOR THESE COUNTIES...WSO GSP WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING
PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOWUP INFORMATION
ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/.  FOR HOLDERS OF THE NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL
CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS IS THE 65TH UPDATE 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 USING THE GSP IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/
INSTEAD OF THE CLT...GSO...AVL...AHN AND CAE IDENTIFIERS.  THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED /AS
SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
  
TABLE 1  COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GSP. /C/ COUNTY CODE    /Z/ ZONE CODE

NORTH CAROLINA                        NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY       UGC C   UGC Z  FROM      COUNTY     UGC C   UGC Z  FROM
AVERY        NCC011- NCZ033- AVL      ALEXANDER  NCC003- NCZ035- GSO  
BUNCOMBE     NCC021- NCZ053- AVL      BURKE      NCC023- NCZ055- AVL
CABARRUS     NCC025- NCZ072- CLT      CALDWELL   NCC027- NCZ034- AVL
CATAWBA      NCC035- NCZ056- CLT      CLEVELAND  NCC045- NCZ068- CLT
DAVIE        NCC059- NCZ037- GSO      GASTON     NCC071- NCZ070- CLT
GRAHAM       NCC075- NCZ058- AVL      HAYWOOD    NCC087- NCZ052- AVL
HENDERSON    NCC089- NCZ065- AVL      IREDELL    NCC097- NCZ036- GSO
N. JACKSON   NCC099- NCZ059- AVL      S. JACKSON NCC099- NCZ063- AVL
LINCOLN      NCC109- NCZ069- CLT      MCDOWELL   NCC111- NCZ054- AVL  
MACON        NCC113- NCZ062- AVL      MADISON    NCC115- NCZ048- AVL
MECKLENBURG  NCC119- NCZ071- CLT      MITCHELL   NCC121- NCZ050- AVL
POLK         NCC149- NCZ066- AVL      ROWAN      NCC159- NCZ057- GSO
RUTHERFORD   NCC161- NCZ067- AVL      SWAIN      NCC173- NCZ051- AVL
TRANSYLVANIA NCC175- NCZ064- AVL      UNION      NCC179- NCZ082- CLT
YANCEY       NCC199- NCZ049- AVL                                    

GEORGIA                               GEORGIA 
COUNTY       UGC C   UGC Z   FROM     COUNTY     UGC C   UGC Z  FROM
ELBERT       GAC105- GAZ029- AHN      FRANKLIN   GAC119- GAZ026- AHN
HABERSHAM    GAC137- GAZ017- AHN      HART       GAC147- GAZ028- AHN
STEPHENS     GAC257- GAZ018- AHN      RABUN      GAC241- GAZ010- AHN

SOUTH CAROLINA                        SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY       UGC C   UGC Z   FROM     COUNTY     UGC C   UGC Z  FROM
CHESTER      SCC023- SCZ014- CAE      YORK       SCC091- SCZ009- CAE

TABLE 2   THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE  
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO GSP.  UGC C CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
          
WARNING PRODUCTS         NWWS ID     WMO HEADER FOR FOS     
  TORNADOES              CAETORGSP   WFUS1 KGSP
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS   CAESVRGSP   WUUS1 KGSP
  FLASH FLOODS           CAEFFWGSP   WRUS1 KGSP

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