951102: Harftford decommissioning-NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 951102: Harftford decommissioning-NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 12:53:24 -0700 (MST)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
1100 AM EST THU NOV 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... 
             HARTFORD... CONNECTICUT        


                       ***** NOTICE *****

      WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS... (WSR-88D)
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) FOR ALBANY...
NEW YORK... BOSTON... MASSACHUSETTS... AND NEW YORK CITY... 
NEW YORK... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR 
CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C AT HARTFORD... CONNECTICUT
(RADAR IDENTIFIER - BDL) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE... THE
WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON NOV 2... 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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