ASOS and NEXRAD commissioning notifications

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• Subject: ASOS and NEXRAD commissioning notifications
• From: Christine_Alex_at_W-OM13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Date: Tue, 17 May 94 15:32:07 EST

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
300 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 1994

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

                       ***** NOTICE *****

Another milestone in the Automated Surface Observing System
(ASOS) program was reached on May 1, 1994 when the National
Weather Service (NWS) commissioned 4 ASOSes at: Macon, Columbus
and Augusta (call letters MCN, CSG and AGS), Georgia; and
Brownsville, Texas (call letters BRO).  The commissioning event
occurred at approximately 12 AM local at each of these sites.
This brings the total number of ASOSes commissioned to 35.
Commissioning of these ASOSes means that ASOS replaced the manual
observations being transmitted with automated, around-the-clock
surface aviation observations.

The NWS forecast offices responsible for these sites, as well as
the ASOS Operation and Monitoring Center (AOMC) in Silver Spring,
Maryland, will monitor ASOS products generated from these sites
and coordinate maintenance actions as needed.  In addition, the
National Meteorological Center in Washington, D.C. will oversee
the quality of the data.

NOTE: Because ASOS observational formats are different from
manual observational formats, automated decoder programs may
require software modifications.  Persons wishing more information
concerning ASOS should contact their local National Weather
Service office or call (301) 713-1781, FAX (301) 713-0003.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
300 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 1994

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

SUBJECT:       NEXRAD Commissioning Notice - Tulsa, Oklahoma and
               Phoenix, Arizona


Another milestone in the Doppler, Weather Surveillance
Radar, (WSR-88D) program will be reached on May 17, 1994 when the
National Weather Service (NWS) commissions the WSR-88D radar at
Tulsa, Oklahoma (call letters INX).  This brings the total of
commissioned NWS WSR-88D radars to eight.

NOTE:  The seventh NWS WSR-88D to be commissioned was at Phoenix,
Arizona (call letters IWA) on April 27, 1994.

Commissioning means that these radars are now issuing products,
such as the Radar Observation (AFOS category ROB) message, in an
official capacity.  Also, products from the NEXRAD Information
Dissemination Service no longer have an experimental or test
label 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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