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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST TUE FEB 13 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 NOTICE... POCATELLO... IDAHO
..... NOTICE .....
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
(WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON FEB 16... 1996... WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR
POCATELLO... IDAHO (RADAR IDENTIFIER - SFX). THIS WILL BRING THE
TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 89.
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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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
0200 PM EST TUE FEB 13 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 RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE... BUFFALO...
NEW YORK
..... NOTICE .....
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) WSR-57 RADAR AT
BUFFALO... NEW YORK... (RADAR IDENTIFIER - BUF)... WILL BE
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON FEB 14... 1996.
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) 713-0070.
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