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FOS NOTICE NO. 850 02-29-96
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE... BROWNSVILLE...
TEXAS AND BISMARCK... NORTH DAKOTA
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS... /WSR-88D/
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FOR
BROWNSVILLE... TEXAS... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-57 AT BROWNSVILLE... TEXAS /RADAR IDENTIFIER - BRO/ HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED. THE WSR-57 RADAR HAS BEEN DECOMMISSIONED
OFFICIALLY /FEB 28... 1996/.
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... /WSR-88D/
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FOR
BISMARCK... NORTH DAKOTA... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74C AT BISMARCK... NORTH DAKOTA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - BIS/
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE WSR-74C RADAR HAS BEEN
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY AS OF FEB 28... 1996.
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 OR CALL /301/ 713-0070.
SUBJECT NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG... SOUTH CAROLINA
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADAR... /WSR-88D/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON MAR 7...
1996... WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ COMMISSIONS
THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG... SOUTH
CAROLINA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - GSP/. THIS WILL BRING THE
TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 90.
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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