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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
252 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /152 PM CST WED DEC 7 2011/

...DUAL POL RADAR ON THE WAY AT NWS MORRISTOWN...

ON MONDAY...JANUARY 30 2012...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT
MORRISTOWN TN...WILL BE OFF-LINE FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS FOR AN UPGRADE
THAT WILL ALLOW DUAL POLARIZATION /ALSO KNOWN AS DUAL POL/ RADAR
CAPABILITIES ON THE RADAR. AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED...THE
PLANNED DATE FOR START-UP IS FRIDAY...FEBRUARY 10.

DURING THIS OUTAGE...RADARS AT SURROUNDING SITES...SUCH AS NASHVILLE
TN...HYTOP AL...JACKSON KY...BLACKSBURG VA...GREENVILLE /
SPARTANBURG SC...AND ATLANTA GA CAN BE USED FOR COVERAGE.

THE DUAL POL CAPABILITIES WILL INCLUDE MORE ACCURATE RAINFALL TOTALS
ESTIMATION...BETTER DELINEATION BETWEEN RAIN...SNOW...AND
HAIL...AS WELL IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS FOR SEVERE STORM INTERROGATION.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DUAL POL RADAR OR THE LATEST LOCAL
WEATHER...SEE THE NWS MORRISTOWN INTERNET SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MORRISTOWN ... OR CALL GEORGE MATHEWS AT
423-586-3771.


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