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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1633 MARCH 28... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON MARCH 27... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
DAVENPORT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KDVN/... QUAD CITIES... IA
OMAHA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KOAX/... VALLEY... NE
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 28
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL
NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES
UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH 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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