NOUS41 KWBC 041854 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-54 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 250 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003 TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM GLENN AUSTIN ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT WARNING AND FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR LINCOLN...MOORE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO WFO HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 2003 EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5 2003 AT 600 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME /CST/...1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...WARNING AND FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SOUTHERN TENNESSEE COUNTIES LISTED IN TABLE 1 WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE /OHX/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA /HUN/. BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLES 2...3...AND 4 TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS. THE FOLLOWING SHAPEFILES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ADDITION OF THESE COUNTIES IN HUNTSVILLE/S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY...AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/. COUNTY WARNING AREA BOUNDARIES http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/cwa.htm PUBLIC ZONES http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm COUNTIES http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/county/html/county.htm IN ALL THE TABLES BELOW...OLD PRODUCTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK /*/ WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST...BUT WILL COVER AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HUNTSVILLE COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA. TABLE 1 COUNTIES TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM WFO NASHVILLE /OHX/ TO WFO HUNTSVILLE /HUN/ AND THEIR ASSOCIATED COUNTY AND ZONE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/. COUNTY COUNTY /C/ UGC ZONE /Z/ UGC FRANKLIN TNC051 TNZ097 LINCOLN TNC103 TNZ096 MOORE TNC127 TNZ076 TABLE 2 SHORT-DURATION WARNING PRODUCTS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO WFO HUNTSVILLE. COUNTY /C/ UGCS ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING. PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID TORNADO WARNING WFUS54 KHUN /NEW/ TORHUN WFUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ TORBNA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WUUS54 KHUN /NEW/ SVRHUN WARNING WUUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ SVRBNA SEVERE WEATHER WWUS54 KHUN /NEW/ SVSHUN STATEMENT WWUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ SVSBNA FLASH FLOOD WARNING WGUS54 KHUN /NEW/ FFWHUN WGUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ FFWBNA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS74 KHUN /NEW/ FFSHUN WGUS74 KOHX * /OLD/ FFSBNA CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE WOUS44 KHUN /NEW/ CEMHUN WOUS44 KOHX * /OLD/ CEMBNA TABLE 3 PRODUCTS RELATED TO SHORT-DURATION PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2. ROUTINE FORECAST PRODUCTS ARE ALSO LISTED. ZONE /Z/ UGC ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING. PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FPUS54 KHUN /NEW/ ZFPHUN FPUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ ZFPBNA FLOOD WATCH WGUS64 KHUN /NEW/ FFAHUN WGUS64 KOHX * /OLD/ FFABNA NON-PRECIP. WEATHER WWUS74 KHUN /NEW/ NPWHUN WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY WWUS74 KOHX * /OLD/ NPWBNA SHORT TERM FORECAST FPUS74 KHUN /NEW/ NOWHUN FPUS74 KOHX * /OLD/ NOWBNA SPECIAL WEATHER WWUS84 KHUN /NEW/ SPSHUN STATEMENT WWUS84 KOHX * /OLD/ SPSBNA HAZARDOUS WEATHER FLUS44 KHUN /NEW/ HWOHUN OUTLOOK FLUS44 KOHX * /OLD/ HWOBNA PUBLIC INFORMATION NOUS44 KHUN /NEW/ PNSHUN STATEMENT NOUS44 KOHX * /OLD/ PNSBNA PRELIMINARY NWUS54 KHUN /NEW/ LSRHUN LOCAL STORM REPORT NWUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ LSRBNA WINTER WEATHER WWUS44 KHUN /NEW/ WSWHUN WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY WWUS44 KOHX * /OLD/ WSWBNA FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FNUS54 KHUN /NEW/ FWFHUN FNUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ FWFBNA TABLE 4 PRODUCT CHANGES DUE TO HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA CHANGES. COUNTY /C/ CODES ARE USED IN THE FOLLOWING. PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS84 KHUN /NEW/ FLSHUN WGUS84 KOHX * /OLD/ FLSBNA FLOOD WARNING WGUS44 KHUN /NEW/ FLWHUN WGUS44 KOHX * /OLD/ FLWBNA HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FGUS84 KHUN /NEW/ RVSHUN FGUS84 KOHX * /OLD/ RVSBNA HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY SRUS44 KHUN /NEW/ RVAHUN SRUS44 KOHX * /OLD/ RVABNA HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FGUS74 KHUN /NEW/ ESFHUN FGUS74 KOHX * /OLD/ ESFBNA RIVER AND LAKE FGUS54 KHUN /NEW/ RVDHUN FORECAST FGUS54 KOHX * /OLD/ RVDBNA THESE CHANGES IN HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREAS INVOLVE THE TRANSFER OF RIVER FORECAST AND FLOOD WARNING ISSUANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ELK RIVER AT FAYETTEVILLE /FYTT1/ FROM NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. NOAA WEATHER RADIO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WINCHESTER /NWR STATION WNG554/ TRANSMITTER WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM NASHVILLE TO HUNTSVILLE. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT HOW YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEATHER INFORMATION OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSMITTER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT JOHN GORDON DERREL MARTIN METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WFO HUNTSVILLE WFO NASHVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 320 SPARKMAN DRIVE 500 WEATHER STATION ROAD HUNTSVILLE AL 35805 OLD HICKORY TN 37138 PHONE 256-890-8503 PHONE 615-754-4633 THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm $$ NNNN