NEXRAD Commissioning Notice - Houston, Texas and Melbourne, Florida

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• Subject: NEXRAD Commissioning Notice - Houston, Texas and Melbourne, Florida
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• Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 08:51:23 -0700

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
600 PM EST FRI MAR 18 1994

ATTENTION:     ALL NWS OFFICES, FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS,
               NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS,
               OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT USERS

SUBJECT:       NEXRAD Commissioning Notice - Houston, Texas and
               Melbourne, Florida

                       ***** NOTICE *****

Two important milestones in the Doppler, Weather Surveillance
Radar, (WSR-88D) program will be reached on March 23 and 30, 1994
when the National Weather Service (NWS) commissions the WSR-88D
radar at Houston, Texas (call letters HGX) and at Melbourne,
Florida (call letters MLB).  The commissioning events will occur at
approximately 12 PM Local.  

Commissioning means that the AMA radar will begin issuing
products, such as the Radar Coded Message, in an official
capacity.  Also, products from the Melbourne and Houston radars
available through 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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