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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
410 PM EDT MON JUL 29 1996
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
USERS
1. SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
AUGUSTA ... GEORGIA
2. SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
SPRINGFIELD ... ILLINOIS
1... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE COLUMBIA ... SOUTH CAROLINA AND ATLANTA ...
GEORGIA DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS /WSR-88D/ HAVE
BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS
NOTIFIED AND SERVICES CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR
DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C AT AUGUSTA ... GEORGIA /RADAR
IDENTIFIER - AGS/ HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE
AUGUSTA WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON
TUESDAY ... JULY 30 ... 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 OF CALL /301/ 713-0070.
2...... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS /LINCOLN/ DOPPLER WEATHER
SURVEILLANCE RADAR /WSR-88D/ HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74C AT SPRINGFIELD ... ILLINOIS /RADAR IDENTIFIER - SPI/
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE SPRINGFIELD WSR-74C
RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... JULY
30 ... 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 OF CALL /301/ 713-0070.
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