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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1591 FEBRUARY 3... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON FEBRUARY 1... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF
AWIPS AT
TOPEKA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KTOP/
TOPEKA... KS
COLORADO RIVER BASIN RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KSTR/
SALT LAKE CITY... UT
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KKRF/
KANSAS CITY... MO
THIS COMMISSIONING BRING THE TOTAL TO 7
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS
ALL NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS
CEASES UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... 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 COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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