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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
115 PM CST FRI NOV 20 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...FISHER-PORTER REBUILD / FPR/ NOW IMPLEMENTED AT COOPERATIVE
STATIONS...CHILDRESS...DUMONT...JAYTON...KRESS...LUBBOCK 9N...
...MATADOR...MULESHOE...ODONNELL...PEP...PITCHFORK RANCH...AND PLAINS
TEXAS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 11 AND NOVEMBER 20 2009.

THIS EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION WILL CHANGE THE WAY THE PRECIPITATION
MEASUREMENT IS TAKEN. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE QUALITY OR
THE TIMELINESS OF THIS STATION'S HOURLY PRECIPITATION DATA /HPD/.
DATA WILL CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED IN MONTHLY HPD PUBLICATIONS.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF ELEVEN SITES WHICH RECEIVED THE FISHER-
PORTER REBUILD IN THE WFO-LUBBOCK COUNTY WARNING AREA /CWA/. ALL
OF THE SITES HAVE NOW BEEN REBUILT. SITES THAT WERE UPGRADED ARE
LISTED WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION DATES BELOW.

COOP STATION NAME.............COOP NUMBER..............IMPLEMENTED
LUBBOCK 9N....................41-5410..................NOV 11 2009
PEP...........................41-6935..................NOV 12 2009
DUMONT........................41-2621..................NOV 13 2009
CHILDRESS.....................41-1694..................NOV 13 2009
PITCHFORK RANCH...............41-7060..................NOV 13 2009
KRESS.........................41-4880..................NOV 17 2009
MULESHOE......................41-6135..................NOV 17 2009
MATADOR.......................41-5656..................NOV 19 2009
JAYTON........................41-4570..................NOV 19 2009
ODONNELL......................41-6504..................NOV 19 2009
PLAINS........................41-7074..................NOV 20 2009

THE DATA FROM FPR GAGES WILL BE REPORTED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATE 
DATA CENTER /NCDC/ AS A MONTHLY PRODUCT IN THE HOURLY PRECIPITATION 
PRECIPITATION DATA /HPD/ BULLETIN FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE MONTH OF 
MEASUREMENT.

INFORMATION ON HPD PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE FROM NCDC.

HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OA/MPP/   USE LOWER CASE LETTERS AND
SCROLL DOWN TO /MOST REQUESTED F/ SECTION - THE SIXTH SECTION ON
THE PAGE - AND THEN CLICK ON THE WORD /SAMPLE/ TO VIEW AN HPD
BULLETIN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
FISHER-PORTER REBUILD, AT THE ABOVE LISTED SITES, PLEASE CONTACT:

JERRY ENGLISH
NWS/WFO-LUB...OBSERVATIONS PROGRAM LEADER (OPL)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS
PHONE: 806 745-3916 EXT 225
EMAIL: JERRY.ENGLISH@NOAA.GOV
THIS AND OTHER NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
    
 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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