970115: WSR-88D - Yuma-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 970115: WSR-88D - Yuma-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:52:33 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST WED JAN 15 1997
 
 
ATTENTION:     ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ FAMILY
               OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/ NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
               SUBSCRIBERS/ OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
 
FROM:          DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
 
SUBJECT:       WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR (WSR-88D) COMMISSIONING
               AT YUMA ARIZONA
 
 
                       ..... NOTICE .....
 
     ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADAR...(WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JAN 15... 1997... WHEN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR
FOR YUMA ... ARIZONA  (RADAR IDENTIFIER - YUX).  THIS WILL BRING
THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 114.
 
     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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