961206: RADAR DECOMMISS-Alpena & Houghton Lake

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• Subject: 961206: RADAR DECOMMISS-Alpena & Houghton Lake
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:59:59 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EST FRI DEC 6 1996
 
ATTENTION:   ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ 
             FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAA WEATHER
             WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/OTHER NWS PRODUCT
             USERS
 
FROM:        DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
 
SUBJECT:     RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE ..... ALPENA AND
             HOUGHTON LAKE ... MICHIGAN
 
                       ..... NOTICE .....
 
A.   SINCE THE NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN (GAYLORD) DOPPLER
WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR (WSR-88D) HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C
AT ALPENA ... MICHIGAN (RADAR IDENTIFIER - APN) HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.  THEREFORE ... THE ALPENA WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON MONDAY ... DECEMBER 9 ... 1996.
 
B.   SINCE THE NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN (GAYLORD) DOPPLER
WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR (WSR-88D) HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS NOTIFIED AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C
AT HOUGHTON LAKE ... MICHIGAN (RADAR IDENTIFIER - HTL) HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.  THEREFORE ... THE HOUGHTON LAKE WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE
DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON MONDAY ... DECEMBER 9 ... 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 OF CALL (301) 713-0070.
 
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