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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
120 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 2009

...CHANGES COMING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE
LUMBERTON AREA...

ON MAY 26 2009...NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WWF-89...OPERATING ON
A FREQUENCY OF 162.525 MEGAHERTZ OUT OF LUMBER BRIDGE NORTH
CAROLINA... WILL CEASE TRANSMITTING.

A NEW NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WILL BEGIN TRANSMITTING IN ITS PLACE.
THE NEW STATION WILL BE WXL-50...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY OF
162.475 MEGAHERTZ OUT OF SAINT PAULS...NORTH CAROLINA. THIS NEW
STATION WILL BOAST A TRANSMITTING POWER OF 1000 WATTS. THIS IS A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN POWER OVER THE OLD TRANSMITTER AND WILL
RESULT IN A STRONGER AND CLEARER SIGNAL FOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
LISTENERS.

GIVEN THE INCREASE IN TRANSMITTING POWER THIS NEW STATION WILL
COVER A BROADER LISTENING AREA. IT WILL NOW PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
FORECAST AND WARNING INFORMATION FOR THE COUNTIES OF BLADEN...
COLUMBUS...CUMBERLAND...DUPLIN...HARNNET...HOKE...MOORE...
ROBESON...SAMPSON AND SCOTLAND IN NORTH CAROLINA...AND FOR THE
COUNTIES OF DILLON AND MARLBORO IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

LISTENERS OF THIS NEW STATION WILL HEAR WEATHER INFORMATION FOR
THE LUMBERTON AREAS, BUT WILL ALSO HEAR FORECASTS, CLIMATE AND AIR
QUALITY INFORMATION FOR FAYETTEVILLE AND THE SURROUNDING SAND
HILLS.

CURRENT LISTENERS OF WWF-89 WILL NEED TO RE-TUNE THEIR NOAA
WEATHER RADIOS TO A FREQUENCY OF 162.475 MEGAHERTZ ON MAY 26TH IN
ORDER TO RECEIVE THE NEW TRANSMISSION. NO OTHER CHANGES WILL BE
NEEDED TO YOUR RADIOS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
UPCOMING CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-910-762-4289.

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ROSS