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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0200 PM EST THU JAN 11 1996
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE... CHARLESTON AND
BECKLEY... WEST VIRGINIA
***** NOTICE *****
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS... (WSR-88D)
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) FOR CHARLESTON ...
WEST VIRGINIA AND ROANOKE... VIRGINIA... USERS NOTIFIED...
AND SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74C AT BECKLEY... WEST VIRGINIA (RADAR IDENTIFIER - BKW) AND THE
WSR-74S AT CHARLESTON... WEST VIRGINIA (RADAR IDENTIFIER - CRW) HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE... THE WSR-74C AND WSR-74S RADARS WILL BE
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON JAN 12... 1996.
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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