970211: Savanah Radar Decomiss

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• Subject: 970211: Savanah Radar Decomiss
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:12:04 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EST MON FEB 10 1997
 
ATTENTION:   ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/ 
             FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
             WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
             USERS
 
SUBJECT:     RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE ..... 
             SAVANNAH ... GEORGIA
 
 
                       ..... NOTICE .....
 
SINCE THE JACKSONVILLE ... FLORIDA AND CHARLESTON ... SOUTH
CAROLINA 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 SAVANNAH ... GEORGIA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - SAV/ HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE ... THE SAVANNAH WSR-74C  RADAR WILL
BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY ... FEBRUARY 11 ... 1997.
 
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 OF CALL /301/ 713-0070.
 
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