20000425: AWIPS Commiss-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20000425: AWIPS Commiss-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 06:52:34 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
830 AM EDT TUE  APRIL 25... 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 20... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KHNX)... SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY... CA

EUREKA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KEKA)... EUREKA... CA

PHOENIX WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KPSR)... PHOENIX... AZ

THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO:   64

COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN 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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