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@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ This is actually a misleading error message. The problem has nothing to do with
 
 The configure script stores the model configuration to a file called `configure.wrf`. This is specific to the source code version, to the server where the source code is compiled, and to the software environment. If you a have a working `configure.wrf` file for a given source code/server/environment, back it up.
 
-To solve the NETCDF4 error on srvx1, these changes to `configure.wrf` are needed:
+To solve the NETCDF4 error on srvx1: first, run `configure` and interrupt the process (`Ctrl+C`) before it raises the NetCDF warning; so, `configure.wrf` will not be deleted. Then, make the following changes to the automatically-generated `configure.wrf`:
 ```sh
 (base) [serafin@srvx1 WRF]$ diff configure.wrf configure.wrf.dmpar
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