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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1120 AM EDT MON JUN 30 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 .....
JACKSON ... KENTUCKY
..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE JACKSON ... KENTUCKY ... 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-74S AT JACKSON /RADAR
IDENTIFIER - JKL/ HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE JACKSON
WSR-74S RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ...
JULY 1 ... 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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