970122: Radar updates-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 970122: Radar updates-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:30:54 -0700 (MST)

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FOS NOTICE NO. 1034           JANUARY 21  1997

ATTENTION   FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
            WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS

ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADAR... /WSR-88D/ PROGRAM WAS REACHED  ON
JAN 15... 1997... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
COMMISSIONED 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.



SUBJECT      RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
             WATERLOO ... IOWA

SINCE THE DES MOINES AND QUAD CITIES... IOWA AND
MILWAUKEE... WISCONSIN DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADARS /WSR-88D/ HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74C AT WATERLOO... IOWA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - ALO/ HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE... THE WATERLOO WSR-74C RADAR
WAS DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON FRIDAY...
JANUARY 17 ... 1997.


SUBJECT      RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE .....
             ALLIANCE ... NEBRASKA

SINCE THE CHEYENNE ... WYOMING ... NORTH PLATTE ... NEBRASKA
AND RAPID CITY ... SOUTH DAKOTA DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADARS /WSR-88D/ HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES CONFIRMED...
THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74S AT ALLIANCE
... NEBRASKA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - AIA/ HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THEREFORE ... THE ALLIANCE WSR-74S RADAR WAS
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON FRIDAY ...
JANUARY 17 ... 1997.

DECOMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THESE RADARS ARE 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 OF CALL /301/ 713-0070.

PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING DAILY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT TO YOUR DATA
DIRECTORIES

WMO HEADING     AFOS PIL
CDUS43 KMKX     MKECLIEAU
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