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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT MON JUN 3 1996
ATTENTION ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
SUBJECT RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICES .....
1. MIDLAND/ODESSA TEXAS
2. MONTGOMERY ALABAMA
1..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE MIDLAND/ODESSA ... TEXAS DOPPLER WEATHER
SURVEILLANCE RADAR /WSR-88D/ HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICE
CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-57 AT MIDLAND ... TEXAS /RADAR IDENTIFIER - MAF/ HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE MIDLAND WSR-57 RADAR WILL
BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... JUNE 4 ... 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.
2...... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE BIRMINGHAM AND MOBILE ... ALABAMA AND TALLAHASSEE
... FLORIDA DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS /WSR-88D/
HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...
USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICE CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA
FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C AT MONTGOMERY ... ALABAMA
/RADAR IDENTIFIER - MGM /HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ...
THE MONTGOMERY WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED
OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... JUNE 4 ... 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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