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PNSWSH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0115 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: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE... LAKE CHARLES... LA...
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER, WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADAR... (WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON MAY 11... 1995
... WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE
WSR-88D RADAR FOR LAKE CHARLES... LOUISIANA (RADAR IDENTIFIER
- LCH). THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS
WSR-88D RADARS TO 46.
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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