NEW WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND FORECAST OFFICE

A site just north of the town of North Webster, Ind., in Kosciusko County, has been identified as the preferred location for the new National Weather Service forecast office and Doppler radar that will serve northern Indiana and northwest Ohio, the National Weather Service announced today.

A site just north of the town of North Webster, Ind., in Kosciusko County, has been identified as the preferred location for the new National Weather Service forecast office and Doppler radar that will serve northern Indiana and northwest Ohio, the National Weather Service announced today.

Weather service employees working with our contractor completed an extensive investigation of almost 50 possible locations for the new office and Doppler radar to cover northern Indiana and northwest Ohio, said National Weather Service Director Elbert W. Friday Jr. This site near North Webster best satisfies the meteorological needs of the communities. We look forward to proceeding with property acquisition and construction of the radar tower and office.

The site is on land currently owned by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and adjacent to that agency's maintenance facility on State Highway 13. Current NWS plans call for installation of a WSR-88D weather radar on the site by mid- June 1997. The forecast office is expected to be completed in the summer of 1998.

When the WSR-88D is installed, our forecasters will occupy a temporary facility adjacent to the site, added Friday. We want to ensure that residents in the region realize immediate benefits from the new radar. Weather service employees working with our contractor completed an extensive investigation of almost 50 possible locations for the new office and Doppler radar to cover northern Indiana and northwest Ohio, said National Weather Service Director Elbert W. Friday Jr. This site near North Webster best satisfies the meteorological needs of the communities. We look forward to proceeding with property acquisition and construction of the radar tower and office.

The site is on land currently owned by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and adjacent to that agency's maintenance facility on State Highway 13. Current NWS plans call for installation of a WSR-88D weather radar on the site by mid- June 1997. The forecast office is expected to be completed in the summer of 1998.

When the WSR-88D is installed, our forecasters will occupy a temporary facility adjacent to the site, added Friday. We want to ensure that residents in the region realize immediate benefits from the new radar. For more information, on the latest GPS News see hand held gps.

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