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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0800 AM EDT MON OCT 2 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...
SHREVEPORT... LA...
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER, WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... (WSR-88D)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON OCT 4... 1995... WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR SHREVEPORT... LOUISIANA
(RADAR IDENTIFIER - SHV). THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED
NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 79.
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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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0800 AM EDT MON OCT 2 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...
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
(ASOS) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON OCTOBER 1... 1995 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE NWS-SPONSORED
ASOSS AT:
(NOTE THAT THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND ELEVATION ARE FOR THE
ASOS DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM - THE SENSOR GROUP)
CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE (CHS)
CHARLESTON... SOUTH CAROLINA
LATITUDE: 32x 54' N
LONGITUDE: 80x 02' W
ELEVATION: 44'
CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CVG)
COVINGTON/CINCINNATI... KENTUCKY
LATITUDE: 39x 03' N
LONGITUDE: 84x 40' W
ELEVATION: 885'
ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ERI)
ERIE... PENNSYLVANIA
LATITUDE: 42x 05' N
LONGITUDE: 80x 11' W
ELEVATION: 730'
PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GSO)
GREENSBORO... NORTH CAROLINA
LATITUDE: 36x 06' N
LONGITUDE: 79x 57' W
ELEVATION: 905'
GREATER PEORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (PIA)
PEORIA... ILLINOIS
LATITUDE: 40x 40' N
LONGITUDE: 89x 41' W
ELEVATION: 673'
RED BLUFF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RBL)
RED BLUFF... CALIFORNIA
LATITUDE: 40x 09' N
LONGITUDE: 122x 15' W
ELEVATION: 342'
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RIC)
RICHMOND... VIRGINIA
LATITUDE: 37x 31' N
LONGITUDE: 77x 19' W
ELEVATION: 165'
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT (SHV)
SHREVEPORT... LOUISIANA
LATITUDE: 32x 27' N
LONGITUDE: 93x 49' W
ELEVATION: 265'
TRI-CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (TRI)
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT...TENNESSEE
LATITUDE: 36x 29' N
LONGITUDE: 82x 24' W
ELEVATION: 1556'
MC GHEE TYSON AIRPORT (TYS)
KNOXVILLE...TENNESSEE
LATITUDE: 35x 49' N
LONGITUDE: 83x 59' W
ELEVATION: 992'
MILLER FIELD (VTN)
VALENTINE... NEBRASKA
LATITUDE: 42x 52' N
LONGITUDE: 100x 33' W
ELEVATION: 2587'
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT (12
O'CLOCK AM) LOCAL TIME AT THESE SITES. THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 128 (101 NWS SITES AND 27 FAA
SITES). COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT ASOS WILL
PRODUCE AN AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
OBSERVATION.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS
WELL AS THE ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER (AOMC) IN
SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL MONITOR ASOS PRODUCTS AND
COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS NEEDED. NOTE: BECAUSE ASOS
OBSERVATIONAL FORMATS ARE DIFFERENT FROM MANUAL OBSERVATIONAL
FORMATS... AUTOMATED DECODER PROGRAMS MAY REQUIRE SOFTWARE
MODIFICATIONS.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING ASOS SHOULD
CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR CALL (301)
713-1792... FAX (301) 713-0959.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE ASOS COMMISSIONINGS...
CALL (301) 713-0070.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION
0800 AM EDT MON OCT 2 1995
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE...
NEW YORK CITY... NEW YORK
***** NOTICE *****
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS... (WSR-88D)
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) FOR BINGHAMTON...
NEW YORK... PHILADELPHIA... PENNSYLVANIA... AND NEW YORK CITY...
NEW YORK... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR
CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-57 AT NEW YORK CITY... NEW YORK
(RADAR IDENTIFIER - NYC) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE... THE
WSR-57 RADAR WAS BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON SEP 26... 1995.
DECOMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THIS RADAR IS NO LONGER ISSUING
PRODUCTS... SUCH AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION (ROB) MESSAGE... IN AN
OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CURRENT RADAR
NETWORK SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR
CALL (301) 713-0070.
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