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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
500 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
ATTENTION: ALL NWS OFFICES, FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS,
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS,
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: NEXRAD Commissioning Notice - Wichita, Kansas
***** NOTICE *****
Another milestone in the Doppler, Weather Surveillance
Radar, (WSR-88D) program will be reached on April 20, 1994 when
the National Weather Service (NWS) commissions the WSR-88D radar
at Wichita, Kansas (call letters ICT). This brings the total of
commissioned NWS WSR-88D radars to six.
Commissioning means that this radar is now issuing products, such
as the Radar Observation (AFOS category ROB) message, in an
official capacity. Also, products from the NEXRAD Information
Dissemination Service no longer have an experimental or test
label appended to them.
Furthermore, the old WSR-57 radar has been dismantled because of
its close proximity to the new one being commissioned.
Persons wishing more information concerning the WSR-88D should
contact their local National Weather Service office or call
(301) 713-0070.
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