970311: Radar decomiss

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• Subject: 970311: Radar decomiss
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 06:38:06 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EST MON MAR 10 1997
 
ATTENTION:   ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/ 
             FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
             WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
             USERS
 
SUBJECT:     A. RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE ..... 
             CORPUS CHRISTI ... TEXAS
 
             B. RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE ..... 
             VICTORIA ... TEXAS
 
 
             A.   ..... NOTICE .....
 
SINCE THE CORPUS CHRISTI ... TEXAS ... DOPPLER WEATHER
SURVEILLANCE RADAR /WSR-88D/ HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C
AT CORPUS CHRISTI ... TEXAS /RADAR IDENTIFIER - CRP/ HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.  THEREFORE ... THE CORPUS CHRISTI WSR-74C RADAR WILL
BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... MARCH 11 ... 1997.
 
DECOMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THIS RADAR IS NO LONGER ISSUING
PRODUCTS ... SUCH AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION /ROB/ MESSAGE ... IN
AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
 
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CURRENT RADAR
NETWORK SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE OF CALL /301/ 713-0070.