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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1626 MARCH 21... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON MARCH 19... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS
AT
OHIO RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KTIR/... WILMINGTON... OH
THIS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 26
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 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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