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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1590 JANUARY 31... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON JANUARY 31... 2000 ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS
AT
TULSA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KTSA/ TULSA ... OK
THIS COMMISSIONING BRING THE TOTAL TO 4
COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL NWS
PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES UPON
THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE... AS WELL AS
THE NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND...
WILL MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS...
REFER TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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