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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1674 APRIL 28... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON APRIL 21... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
MIAMI WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMFL/... MIAMI... FL
SHREVEPORT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSHV/...
SHREVEPORT... LA
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KORN/...
NEW ORLEANS... LA
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 70
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/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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