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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EST FRI FEB 28 1997
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY... CHIEF ... CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE... CEDAR CITY ... UTAH ... AND
BURLINGTON ... VERMONT ...
..... NOTICE .....
1) ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
(WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON MAR 5... 1997... WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR CEDAR CITY ...
UTAH (RADAR IDENTIFIER - ICX). THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED
NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 116.
2) ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER ... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
(WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON MAR 6... 1997 ... WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR BURLINGTON ...
VERMONT (RADAR IDENTIFIER - CXX). THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED
NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 117.
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.
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