950130: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE - JACKSON . MISSISSIPPI

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• Subject: 950130: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE - JACKSON . MISSISSIPPI
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• Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 12:48:51 -0700

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
205 PM EST MON JAN 30 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 - JACKSON . MISSISSIPPI


                       ***** NOTICE *****

ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER . WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR . (WSR-88D)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON FEBRUARY 1 . 1995 . WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR JACKSON . MISSISSIPPI
(CALL LETTERS JAN).  THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D
RADARS TO 27.

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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