Linda Miller
External Programs Coordinator Telephone: (303) 497-8646
UCAR/Unidata Program Center Fax: (303) 497-8690
P.O. Box 3000 E-mail: lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Boulder, CO 80307-3000 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0300 PM EDT MON MAY 8 1995
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE...
PITTSBURGH...PENNSYLVANIA
***** NOTICE *****
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... (WSR-88D)
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AT PITTSBURGH...
PENNSYLVANIA... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR
CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-57 AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
(RADAR IDENTIFIER - PIT) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE... THE
WSR-57 RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON MAY 10... 1995.
DECOMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THIS RADAR IS NO LONGER ISSUING
PRODUCTS... SUCH AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION (ROB) MESSAGE... IN AN
OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CURRENT RADAR
NETWORK SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR
CALL (301) 713-0700.
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