951218: Missoula-Decommissioning Notice (fwd)

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• Subject: 951218: Missoula-Decommissioning Notice (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 06:43:55 -0700 (MST)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0830 AM EST TUEN DEC 12 1995

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

SUBJECT:     RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE... MISSOULA... MONTANA      


                       ***** NOTICE *****

      WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... (WSR-88D)
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) FOR MISSOULA...
MONTANA... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR 
CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-57 AT MISSOULA... MONTANA (RADAR 
IDENTIFIER - MSO) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE... THE WSR-57 RADAR 
WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON DEC 12... 1995.

      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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