950922: ASOS Commissioning Notice (fwd)

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• Subject: 950922: ASOS Commissioning Notice (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:37:08 -0600 (MDT)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
1100 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 1995

ATTENTION:   ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ 
             FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
             SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS

SUBJECT:     NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICES... 
            MILWAUKEE... WI... AND MIDLAND/ODESSA... TX            


                       ***** NOTICE *****

ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER, WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... (WSR-88D)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON SEPTEMBER 26... 1995... WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER 
SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADARS FOR MILWAUKEE... WISCONSIN
(RADAR IDENTIFIER - MKX) AND MIDLAND/ODESSA... TEXAS (RADAR IDENTIFIER - MAF). 

THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 76.

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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