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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
150 PM EST THU JAN 16 1997
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 ...WATERLOO ...IOWA
..... NOTICE .....
SINCE THE DES MOINES AND QUAD CITIES ... IOWA AND MILWAUKEE
... WISCONSIN DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS (WSR-88D) HAVE
BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... USERS
NOTIFIED AND SERVICES CONFIRMED ... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR
DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-74C AT WATERLOO ... IOWA (RADAR
IDENTIFIER - ALO) HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEREFORE ... THE
WATERLOO WSR-74C RADAR WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY ON
FRIDAY ... JANUARY 17 ... 1997.
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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