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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EDT WED JAN 8 1997
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
USERS
SUBJECT: DECOMMISSIONING THE ROCHESTER...
MINNESOTA... WSR-74C
SINCE THE MINNEAPOLIS...MINNESOTA...AND LA CROSSE...WISCONSIN...
DOPPLER WEATHER SURVILLANCE RADARS /WSR-88D/ HAVE BEEN
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...USERS NOTIFIED AND
SERVICE CONFIRMED...THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74C AT ROCHESTER...MINNESOTA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - RST/
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE THE ROCHESTER WSR-74C RADAR WILL
BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICALLY ON THURSDAY...JANUARY 9...1997.
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 OR CALL /301/ 713-0070.
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