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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1200 NOON EDT WED JUNE 14...2000
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/ FAMILY
OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/ NOAAPORT USERS/ NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS/ OTHER NWS
PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: NEWS CONFERENCE
...NOAA UNVEILS NEW FORECAST TOOL TO PREDICT "SILENT KILLER"...
WHAT: NEWS CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE A NEW FORECAST PRODUCT
THAT GIVES HEALTH OFFICIALS AND CITY LEADERS UP TO A
WEEK'S NOTICE FOR WHEN HEAT WAVES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
WHEN: MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2000 AT 1 P.M. EDT
WHERE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING
14TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE...N.W.
WASHINGTON...D.C.
ROOM 4830
WHO: RETIRED AIR FORCE BRIG. GEN. JACK KELLY...DIRECTOR...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DR. MICHAEL MCGEEHIN...DIRECTOR...DIVISION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND HEALTH AFFECTS...NATIONAL
CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH...CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL
DR. LAWRENCE ROBINSON...DEPUTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROMOTION IN PHILADELPHIA
BASED ON A 10-YEAR AVERAGE, FROM 1989-1998, HEAT-RELATED DEATHS
ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE
WEATHER MORE THAN TORNADOES, HURRICANES AND FLOODS. OFFICIALS
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT NOAA'S NEW
EXCESSIVE HEAT OUTLOOK WILL HAVE ON SAVING LIVES WHEN
TEMPERATURES REACH DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS.
SATELLITE COORDINATES:
DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2000 TIME: 1300-1345 EDT
TRANSPONDER: TELSTAR 4K-13
BAND: KU
ORBITAL POSITION: 89 DEGREES
BANDWIDTH: 54 MHZ
DOWNLINK FREQ.: 12094 MHZ (V)
AUDIO: 6.8 AND 6.4
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