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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT....RETRANSMISSION
305 PM EST MON JAN 23 1995
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES,
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE - NEW YORK CITY
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER, WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR, (WSR-88D)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JANUARY 26, 1995, WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
(CALL LETTERS OKX). THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D
RADARS TO 26.
COMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THESE RADARS ARE NOW ISSUING PRODUCTS, SUCH AS
THE RADAR OBSERVATION (ROB) MESSAGE, IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. ALSO,
PRODUCTS FROM THE NEXRAD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICE WILL NO
LONGER HAVE AN EXPERIMENTAL OR TEST MESSAGE APPENDED TO THEM.
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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