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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1672 APRIL 26... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON APRIL 21... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
MOBILE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMOB/... MOBILE... AL
PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KFFC/...
PEACHTREE CITY... GA
SOUTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KALR/... PEACHTREE
CITY... GA
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 67
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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