980709: Ft Smith ASOS-decomiss

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• Subject: 980709: Ft Smith ASOS-decomiss
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 08:42:56 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT THU JUL 9 1998

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

SUBJECT:     RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE ..... 
             FORT SMITH ... ARKANSAS


                       ..... NOTICE .....

SINCE THE LITTLE ROCK AND WESTERN ARKANSAS AND TULSA ... OKLAHOMA
DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS (WSR-88D) HAVE BEEN
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED
AND SERVICES CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING
THE WSR-74C AT FORT SMITH ... ARKANSAS (RADAR IDENTIFIER - FSM)
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE ... THE FORT SMITH WSR-74C RADAR
WAS DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY JULY 7 1998.

DECOMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THIS RADAR IS 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.

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