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WSHPNSNMC
NOUS41 KWBC 061404
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE /NTIM/ 96-27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
900 AM EST FRI DEC 6 1996
TO: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CUSTOMERS RECEIVING
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ DATA THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: PLANNED OUTAGE ON DECEMBER 11 1996 WITHIN FAA
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
/THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY AL MONGEON...NWS
TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY AND CHRISTINE ALEX...OFFICE OF
METEOROLOGY/
AN FAA COMMUNICATION OUTAGE IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON
DECEMBER 11...1996 BEGINNING AT 0615 UTC. WE DO NOT EXPECT THE
LINK BETWEEN THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY AND THE FAA TO
BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED; HOWEVER...SOME DATA MAY BE DELAYED. THE
LENGTH OF THE OUTAGE IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER...
SERVICE RESTORATION IS EXPECTED TO BE NO LATER THAN 0815 UTC.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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