960701: Rapid City, Fargo/Grand Forks-WSR-88D commiss (fwd)

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• Subject: 960701: Rapid City, Fargo/Grand Forks-WSR-88D commiss (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 09:46:40 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1120 AM EDT MON JUL 1 1996

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

SUBJECTS 1. NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE... RAPID CITY... SOUTH DAKOTA
             
         2. NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE...FARGO/GRAND FORKS...NORTH DAKOTA


         1.     ..... NOTICE .....

ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... 
/WSR-88D/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JULY  3... 1996... WHEN THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR 
RAPID CITY... SOUTH DAKOTA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - UDX/.  THIS WILL
BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 101.

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.

        2.   ..... NOTICE .....

ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... 
/WSR-88D/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JULY  3... 1996... WHEN THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D RADAR FOR 
FARGO/GRAND FORKS... NORTH DAKOTA /RADAR IDENTIFIER - MVX/.  THIS
WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 100.

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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