NEXRAD Commissioning Notice: Colorado and St. Louis, Missouri

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• Subject: NEXRAD Commissioning Notice: Colorado and St. Louis, Missouri
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• Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 13:29:45 -0600

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
205 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 1994

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

SUBJECT:     NEXRAD Commissioning Notice - Front Range (Denver),
             Colorado and St. Louis, Missouri

                       ***** NOTICE *****

Two more milestones in the Doppler, Weather Surveillance
Radar (WSR-88D) program will be reached on July 13, and July 15
1994, when the National Weather Service (NWS) commissions the
WSR-88D radars at Front Range (Denver), Colorado (call letters
FTG), and at St. Louis, Missouri (call letters LSX).  This brings
the total of commissioned NWS WSR-88D radars to 12.

Commissioning means that these radars will now issue products,
such as the Radar Observation (AFOS category ROB) message, in an
official capacity.  Also, products from the NEXRAD Information
Dissemination Service will 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.