20000418: AWIPS Commiss-

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• Subject: 20000418: AWIPS Commiss-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:03:40 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT TUE APRIL 18... 2000

ATTENTION:     ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ FAMILY
              OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAAPORT USERS / NOAA
              WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS
              PRODUCT USERS

SUBJECT:       AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

              ..... NOTICE .....

ON APRIL 11... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:

EL PASO WEATHER FORECAST CENTER /KEPZ/... SANTA TERESA... NM

THIS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO:   58

COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL NWS
PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES UPON
THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.

THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... AS WELL AS THE
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS
NEEDED.

FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS... REFER
TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS_COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV

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