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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1712 JUNE 20... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON JUNE 5... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
LAKE CHARLES WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KLCH/...
LAKE CHARLES... LA
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 107
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/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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