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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT THU SEP 12 1996
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
USERS
SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
ATHENS ... GEORGIA
..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE ATLANTA ... GEORGIA AND GREER ... SOUTH CAROLINA
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-57 AT ATHENS ... GEORGIA /RADAR
IDENTIFIER - AHN/ HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE
ATHENS WSR-57 RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON
FRIDAY ... SEPTEMBER 12 ... 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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