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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EDT MON AUG 12 1996
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
MUSKEGON ... MICHIGAN
..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE GRAND RAPIDS ... MICHIGAN DOPPLER WEATHER
SURVEILLANCE RADAR /WSR-88D/ HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING WSR-74C
AT MUSKEGON ... MICHIIGAN /RADAR IDENTIFIER - MKG/ HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE MUSKEGON WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... AUGUST 13 ... 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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