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NOAA and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Address Potential Race Day Weather Hazards
 Just
in time for the 2008 Indianapolis 500, officials from National
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Indianapolis National
Weather Service office and Indianapolis Motor Speedway have
improved awareness, planning and communications for protecting
race fans from severe weather.
Earlier this week, National Weather Service central region director Lynn Maximuk presented speedway officials with a certificate recognizing the race venue as a StormReady® Supporter.
“StormReady® encourages communities and businesses to take a proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations and public awareness," said Dave Tucek, warning coordination meteorologist at NOAA’s Indianapolis weather forecast office. “StormReady® arms participants with improved communication and safety skills needed to protect lives and property. Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have done an outstanding job in developing the necessary infrastructure to meet the criteria set forth by the StormReady® program.”
Speedway personnel worked with Tucek and
other local Weather Service personnel to meet the guidelines
necessary to earn NOAA’s StormReady® Supporter recognition.
To earn StormReady® designation, Speedway officials addressed:
 Establishing
a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations;
Redundant ways to receive weather forecasts and warnings
and to alert race fans;
Creating an internal system to monitor local weather conditions;
Promoting the importance of public readiness through seminars;
Developing a formal hazardous weather plan for training
severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.
 The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency
of the U.S. Commerce Department, is dedicated to enhancing
economic security and national safety through the prediction
and research of weather and climate-related events and information
service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental
stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources.
Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System
of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal
partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission
to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated
as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.
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