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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-46
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1999
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT: SHORT-FUSED COUNTY WARNING AREA FOR CARIBOU /CAR/ MAINE
EXPANDS ON JULY 20 1999
EFFECTIVE JULY 20 1999 AT 900 A.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME...1300
UTC...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE
WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOUR COUNTIES IN EASTERN MAINE TO THE
CARIBOU /CAR/ ME OFFICE FROM THE PORTLAND /PWM/ ME OFFICE.
FOR THESE FOUR COUNTIES...NWS OFFICE CAR WILL BEGIN ISSUING
SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/ AND RELATED PRODUCTS GIVING
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF
THE NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER C-47...COUNTY WARNING
AREAS...THIS UPDATES PAGES A-3...A-39...AND A-40.
BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER...PRODUCT USERS MUST USE
THE CAR IDENTIFIER TO RECEIVE THE SHORT-FUSE WARNINGS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF
THE PWM IDENTIFIERS. THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/ FOR THESE
COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED ZONES ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
TABLE 1. AREAS TRANSFERRED TO CAR. C=COUNTY CODE; Z=ZONE CODE
MAINE
COUNTY UGC C UGC Z FROM TO
INTERIOR HANCOCK MEC009- MEZ016- PWM CAR
COASTAL HANCOCK MEC009- MEZ029- PWM CAR
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT MEC019- MEZ011- PWM CAR
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT MEC019- MEZ015- PWM CAR
INTERIOR WASHINGTON MEC029- MEZ017- PWM CAR
COASTAL WASHINGTON MEC029- MEZ030- PWM CAR
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS MEC021- MEZ010- PWM CAR
TABLE 2: THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSED WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO CAR. UGC COUNTY /C/ CODES ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADING
TORNADO WARNING PWMTORCAR WFUS1 KCAR **
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PWMSVRCAR WUUS1 KCAR **
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING PWMFFWCAR WRUS1 KCAR **
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING PWMSMWCAR WMUS1 KCAR **
* FOR MARINE ZONE ANZ150 FROM STONINGTON TO EASTPORT MAINE.
** WMO HEADINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
TABLE 3: THE FOLLOWING ARE PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES GIVING
FOLLOW-UP AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION TO THE SHORT-FUSE
WARNINGS. UGC ZONE /Z/ CODES ARE USED IN THESE PRODUCTS.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT PWMSPSCAR WWUS35 KCAR **
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT PWMSVSCAR WWUS34 KCAR **
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE PWMCEMCAR MMUS40 KCAR **
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT PWMPNSCAR ABUS34 KCAR **
SHORT TERM FORECAST PWMNOWCAR FPUS71 KCAR
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT PWMFFSCAR RWUS32 KCAR **
LOCAL STORM REPORT PWMLSRCAR WWUS30 KCAR **
* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT PWMMWSCAR FZUS71 KCAR
* FOR MARINE ZONE ANZ150 AND ADJACENT SHORELINE FROM STONINGTON
TO EASTPORT MAINE.
** WMO HEADINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
QUESTIONS MAY BE REFERRED TO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
LARRY GABRIC...MIC AL WHEELER...MIC
NWS OFFICE...NOAA NWS FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
810 MAIN STREET 1 WEATHER LANE
CARIBOU ME 04736 P.O. BOX 1208
207-498-2869 GRAY ME 04039-1208
207-688-3216
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM /LOWER CASE/
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WMO HEADINGS IS AT
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML /LOWER CASE/
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