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856 NOXX10 KWBC 061212 DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-03.14 TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT SUBJECT EVANSVILLE... IN WEATHER RADAR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION THE EVANSVILLE WEATHER RADAR... KVWX... BEGAN TRANSMITTING DATA ON 31 JANUARY 2003. THE RADAR HAS NOT YET BEEN COMMISSIONED AND THE DATA ISSUES THE RADAR IS EXPERIENCING SHOULD BE RESOLVED BEFORE COMMISSIONING. THE RADAR CONTRACTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE SOME DATA QUALITY ISSUES. THUS... THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 10 MAY 2003... USERS MAY NOTICE THE FOLLOWING 1. FREQUENT CHANGING OF VOLUME COVERAGE PATTERNS /VCPS/ AS TESTING IS PERFORMED. 2. VOLUME COVERAGE PATTERNS OF LONGER DURATION THAN EXPECTED. THE FINAL VCPS WILL HAVE TIMES VERY CLOSE TO THE STANDARD WSR-88D VCPS. 3. LESS THAN OPTIMAL DATA QUALITY ON OCCASION. THE PADUCAH WFO WILL ISSUE A FREE TEXT MESSAGE WHEN THE ABOVE CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WILL ISSUE AN EMAIL TO FAMILY OF SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS AT THE SAME TIME. IF USERS HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... CONTACT MICHAEL CARELLI AT MICHAEL.CARELLI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV OR /301-713-2092 X 115/ FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE... PLEASE CONTACT DATA MANAGEMENT LOWER CASE EMAIL NWS.DM/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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