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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
110 PM EST WED MARCH 8... 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 MARCH 7... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
DODGE CITY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KDDC)... DODGE CITY... KS
WICHITA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KICT)... WICHITA... KS
SPOKANE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KOTX)... SPOKANE... WA
THIS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO: 20
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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