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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1145 AM EST MON FEBRUARY 14 2000
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ FAMILY OF
SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAAPORT USERS / NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
..... NOTICE .....
ON FEBRUARY 10... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KFGF)...AND
NORTHEASTERN RIVER BASIN RIVER FORECAST CENTER (KTAR) TAUTON... MA
THIS COMMISSIONING BRING THE TOTAL TO: 9
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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