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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ...TO CORRECT CHARLESTON'S SID...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
0815 AM EST THU FEBRUARY 17... 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 .....
...THIS CORRECTS THE CHARLESTON'S SID...
ON FEBRUARY 15... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
MISSOULA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KMSO)... MISSOULA... MT
POCATELLA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KPIH)... POCATELLA... ID
CHARLESTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KRLX)... CHARLESTON... WV
THIS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO: 12
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.../IN LOWER CASE/
WWW.AWIPS_COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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