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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1200 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...LAUGHLIN AFB DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR INSTALLATION MOVED UP TO 
OCTOBER 22ND TO 29TH 2012...

FASTER THAN EXPECTED WORK AT OTHER SITES HAS ALLOWED THE LAUGHLIN 
AFB WSR-88D RADAR (KDFX)...LOCATED NEAR BRACKETTVILLE...TO HAVE ITS 
DUAL POLARIZATION TECHNOLOGY INSTALLED BEGINNING MONDAY...OCTOBER 
22ND.  KDFX WILL BE UNAVAILABLE MOST OF THE TIME BETWEEN OCTOBER 
22ND AND 29TH.  DURING THIS PERIOD...USE SURROUNDING RADARS 
AUSTIN-SAN ANTONIO (KEWX)...CENTRAL TEXAS (KGRK)...CORPUS CHRISTI 
(KCRP)...AND SAN ANGELO (KSJT).  

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR...SEE THE WARNING 
DECISION TRAINING BRANCH WEBSITE AT:
WWW.WDTB.NOAA.GOV/COURSES/DUALPOL/OUTREACH/INDEX.HTML

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE INSTALLATION PROGRESS AND RADAR OUTAGE 
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
WEATHER.GOV/AUSTIN

PLEASE CONTACT METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE JOE ARELLANO BY PHONE AT 
830-629-0130 EXT. 222 OR BY EMAIL AT JOE.ARELLANO@NOAA.GOV WITH ANY 
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.  

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