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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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