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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
730 AM EDT THU SEP 5 1996
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECTS 1. NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE... LA CROSSE ...
WISCONSIN
2. NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE... CORPUS CHRISTI ...
TEXAS
1. ..... NOTICE .....
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
/WSR-88D/ PROGRAM WAS REACHED ON SEP 4 1996...WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ COMMISSIONED THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR
LA CROSSE... WISCONSIN /RADAR IDENTIFIER - ARX/. THIS BRINGS
THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 109.
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.
Linda Miller
External Liaison Telephone: (303) 497-8646
UCAR/Unidata Program Center Fax: (303) 497-8690
P.O. Box 3000 E-mail: lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Boulder, CO 80307-3000 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/