20000511: AWIPS Commiss-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20000511: AWIPS Commiss-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 07:26:23 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2000

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

SUBJECT:     AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

..... NOTICE .....


ON MAY 4... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A NEW
MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:

NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER (KMSR)... CHANHASSEN... MN

CHANHASSEN WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KMPX)... CHANHASSEN... MN

DULUTH WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KDLH)... DULUTH... MN

DETROIT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KDTX)... DETROIT... MI

THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO:   92

COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL NWS
PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES UPON
THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.

THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... AS WELL AS THE
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS
NEEDED.

FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS... REFER
TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS_COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV

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