960402: Decommissionings of Four Radars (fwd)

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• Subject: 960402: Decommissionings of Four Radars (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 07:37:21 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
0900 AM EST TUE APR 2 1996

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

FROM       DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE CORE

SUBJECT    RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICES FOR...

           A.  MINNEAPOLIS...MINNESOTA

           B.  LUBBOCK...TEXAS

           C.  MACON AND COLUMBUS...GEORGIA

                       ..... NOTICES .....


A.    WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS...
(WSR-88D) COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
FOR MINNEAPOLIS... MINNESOTA... USERS NOTIFIED... AND
SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING
THE WSR-57 AT MINNEAPOLIS... MINNESOTA (RADAR IDENTIFIER -
MSP) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE... THE WSR-57 RADAR
WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON APR 3... 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.


B.    WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR...
(WSR-88D) COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
FOR LUBBOCK... TEXAS... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74C AT LUBBOCK... TEXAS (RADAR IDENTIFIER - LBB) HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE... THE WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON APR 3... 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.


C.    WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS...
(WSR-88D) COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
FOR ATLANTA... GEORGIA AND TALLAHASSEE... FLORIDA... USERS
NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR
DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C AT MACON... GEORGIA (RADAR
IDENTIFIER - MCN) AND THE WSR-74C AT COLUMBUS... GEORGIA
(RADAR IDENTIFIER - CSG) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.  THEREFORE...
THE WSR-74C RADARS WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON
APR 3... 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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