950706: NEXRAD Commissioning Notice (fwd)

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• Subject: 950706: NEXRAD Commissioning Notice (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:16:26 -0600 (MDT)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0900 AM EDT THU JUL 6 1995

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

SUBJECT:     NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICES... 
            PORTLAND... OR... AND EUREKA... CA            


                       ***** NOTICE *****

      ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER, WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
(WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JULY 12... 1995... WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADARS FOR
PORTLAND... OREGON (RADAR IDENTIFIER - RTX) AND EUREKA...
CALIFORNIA (RADAR IDENTIFIER - BHX).
  
      THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS
TO 59.

      COMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THESE RADARS ARE NOW ISSUING PRODUCTS...
SUCH AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION (ROB) MESSAGE... IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. 
ALSO... PRODUCTS FROM 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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