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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST MON JAN 29 1996
ATTENTION ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICES... GRAND RAPIDS... MI
AND MARQUETTE... MI
...... NOTICE .......
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER...WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
(WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON FEBRUARY 1... 1996... WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADARS
FOR GRAND RAPIDS... MICHIGAN (RADAR IDENTIFIER - GRR) AND
MARQUETTE... MICHIGAN (RADAR IDENTIFIER - MQT). THIS WILL BRING THE
TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 87.
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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