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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
315 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1996
ATTENTION ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
SUBJECT RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
SHREVEPORT ... LOUISIANA
..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE SHREVEPORT ... LOUISIANA 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-74C AT SHREVEPORT ... LOUISIANA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - SHV/
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE SHREVEPORT WSR-74C
RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON WEDNESDAY ...
JUNE 5 ... 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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