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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
310 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2009

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

FROM:     BILL SAMMLER
          WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST...NWS WAKEFIELD

SUBJECT:  WINTER STORM CRITERIA FOR SNOWFALL IN NORTHEAST
          NORTH CAROLINA CHANGING ON DECEMBER 1 2009

BEGINNING TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 2009...THE WINTER STORM WARNING
CRITERIA FOR SNOWFALL IN THE 9 NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES
SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (WFO)
IN WAKEFIELD VIRGINIA WILL CHANGE TO 3 INCHES IN 12 HOURS AND 4
INCHES IN 24 HOURS. THIS CHANGE IS BEING MADE BASED UPON CUSTOMER
FEEDBACK...AND ALSO BRINGS THE CRITERIA IN LINE WITH THE CRITERIA
USED BY NWS WFOS NEWPORT NORTH CAROLINA AND RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA.
PREVIOUSLY...THE CRITERIA WERE 4 INCHES IN 12 HOURS AND 5 INCHES IN
24 HOURS.

THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE ARE:
BERTIE...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...CURRITUCK...GATES...HERTFORD...
NORTHAMPTON...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES
ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA.

TO REPEAT...ON DECEMBER 1 2009...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD VIRGINIA WILL CHANGE THE WINTER
STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR SNOWFALL IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

BILL SAMMLER
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
OR
TONY SIEBERS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
10009 GENERAL MAHONE HWY.
WAKEFIELD, VA 23888-2742
PHONE: 757-899-5730 OR 757-899-5732
E-MAIL: WILLIAM.SAMMLER@NOAA.GOV OR ANTHONY.SIEBERS@NOAA.GOV