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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EST MON MAR 24 1997
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
USERS
SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
DULUTH MINNESOTA
..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE DULUTH ... MINNESOTA DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR
/WSR-88D/ HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA
FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C AT DULUTH /RADAR IDENTIFIER -
DLH/ HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE DULUTH WSR-74C RADAR
WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... MARCH 25 ...
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 OF CALL /301/ 713-0070.
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