950524: NEXRAD Commissioning - Indianapolis, IN

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• Subject: 950524: NEXRAD Commissioning - Indianapolis, IN
• From: Don Murray <dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 14:47:14 -0600

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0300 PM EDT WED MAY 24 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... INDIANAPOLIS... IN...
              


                       ***** NOTICE *****

      ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER, WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADAR... (WSR-88D) PROGRAM WAS REACHED ON MAY 23... 1995...
WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D
RADAR FOR INDIANAPOLIS... INDIANA (RADAR IDENTIFIER - IND).
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 47.

      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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