950802: NOUS40 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950802: NOUS40 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 14:40:11 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS40 KWBC 021425
FOS NOTICE NO. 732 08-02-95
TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS

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 3-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 FOR1995.

     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