NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
205 PM EST MON JAN 30 1995
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES .
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS . NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS . OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE - JACKSON . MISSISSIPPI
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER . WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR . (WSR-88D)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON FEBRUARY 1 . 1995 . WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR JACKSON . MISSISSIPPI
(CALL LETTERS JAN). THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D
RADARS TO 27.
COMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THESE RADARS ARE NOW ISSUING PRODUCTS . SUCH
AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION (ROB) MESSAGE . IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. ALSO .
PRODUCTS FROM THE NEXRAD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICE WILL NO
LONGER HAVE AN EXPERIMENTAL OR TEST MESSAGE APPENDED TO THEM.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WSR-88D SHOULD
CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR CALL
(301) 713-0070.
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