PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1032 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
 
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          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          -NOAAPORT
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FROM:     FAITH BORDEN
          WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
 
SUBJECT:  WSR-88D DUAL POLARIZATION MODIFICATION OF
          KRLX RADAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 24 2012
 
KRLX WSR-88D RADAR...THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA RADAR...OPERATED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA WILL
UNDERGO MAINTENANCE TO INSTALL DUAL POLARIZATION TECHNOLOGY BEGINNING
SEPTEMBER 24 OF 2012. THE RADAR WILL BE INOPERABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY
12 DAYS DURING THIS MODIFICATION.  DURING THIS TIME THE CHARLESTON
WEST VIRGINIA RADAR WILL BE OFF LINE AND NO DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE.
THE NEIGHBORING DOPPLER RADARS AT PITTSBURGH PA (KPBZ)... STERLING
VA (KLWX)...BLACKSBURG/ROANOKE VA (KFCX)...MORRISTOWN TN (KMRX)...
JACKSON KY (KJKL) AND WILMINGTON OH (KILN)...WILL CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE COVERAGE OVER PARTS OF THE KRLX AREA DURING THE INSTALLATION.
 
THIS MODIFICATION IS PART OF AN UPGRADE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NETWORK OF RADARS.  SO FAR THE PITTSBURGH PA...STERLING VA...
MORRISTOWN TN...AND WILMINGTON OH...RADARS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED AROUND US.
THE BLACKSBURG/ROANOKE VA...RADAR WILL BE UPGRADED IN OCTOBER...AND
THE JACKSON KY...RADAR WILL BE UPGRADED IN NOVEMBER.  DUAL POLARIZATION
TECHNOLOGY WILL GIVE FORECASTERS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PRECIPITATION
TYPE...SHAPE...SIZE...AND INTENSITY.  THIS WILL LEAD TO BETTER DETECTION
OF HEAVY RAINFALL DURING FLASH FLOODING EVENTS...THE PRESENCE OF HAIL
IN THUNDERSTORMS...AND PRECIPITATION TYPE DURING WINTER WEATHER
EVENTS...AS WELL AS BETTER ESTIMATES OF RAIN AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
 
FAITH BORDEN
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
FAITH.BORDEN@NOAA.GOV
304-746-0180 EXT. 223
http://WEATHER.GOV/RLX
 
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