Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service will recognize the John F. Kennedy Space Center as a certified “StormReady” facility on Friday, June 22. KSC is the first government site in Florida and only the eighth in the nation to be recognized as StormReady. It is also the first NASA field center to earn this certification. The StormReady program is designed to reduce the number of injuries, fatalities and property damage from severe storms through preparedness and education.
Working together with the National Weather Service, KSC has developed a highly effective and proactive hazardous weather action plan. Also, as part of the severe weather notification process, there are multiple methods to provide warnings to the work force and visitors of KSC in the event of approaching hazardous weather.
Participating in the certification recognition presentation will be:
Bill Parsons, director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA
Mike Benik, director, Center Operations, NASA
Steven Cooper, acting director, National Weather Service Southern Region
Scott Rayder, chief of staff, NOAA
Bart Hagemeyer, meteorologist-in-charge National Weather Service Forecast Office, Melbourne, Fla.
Media wishing to attend the presentation will depart from the KSC Press Site at 9:15 a.m. for Operations Support Building II.
For further information, contact the NASA-KSC News Center at 321-867-2468.
