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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1010 AM EDT Wed Jun 1 2011
TO: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
-Other NWS Partners, Users, and Employees
FROM: Iftikhar Jamil
NWS Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: NWS Presence on Twitter
NWS is exploring use of Twitter to provide microblogging
services. Twitter is a commonly used social networking service
that allows participants to share information with other users.
Microblogging services like Twitter serve as an important source
of real-time news updates. The short nature of updates allows
users to post news items quickly, reaching their audience in
seconds. Because microblogging services are two-way, readers of
posts can reply to posts with various responses, such as a
weather report with location, time and images/videos. For the
NWS, aggregate analysis of this data provides information on
storm evolution, and partner/public perceptions and response.
NWS has already experimented with collection of storm reports
via Twitter (http://www.weather.gov/stormreports/) and is now
beginning to explore the potential for use of Twitter to
communicate weather information. Because exploration of possible
use of Twitter cannot be done outside of the public Twitter
environment, our prototyping efforts will be publicly visible.
Over the next several weeks, prototype Twitter feeds will be
established for the following sites:
NWS Norman OK
NWS LMRFC (Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center)
NWS Pleasant Hill MO
NWS Salt Lake City UT
NWS Charleston SC
NWS Western Region
NWS Honolulu HI
NHC Atlantic | NHC Pacific - The National Hurricane Center will
run 2 accounts, basin specific.
Work on these Twitter feeds is in preparation for an
experimental service that will be open for public comment and
review. The period of prototyping, expected to last
approximately through September 30, 2011, will enable NWS staff
to become proficient at maintaining a useful presence on Twitter
and will allow a period of service adjustments as staff
determine the level of automation needed, type of information to
post, and how to effectively address problems. NWS will provide
more information and initiation of a public comment and review
period when a decision is made to offer this service on a more
consistent basis.
Please note that as a prototype service, these Twitter feeds may
be discontinued at any time, the amount and content of
information provided may change, and the frequency of "tweets"
may vary and is not guaranteed.
Tweets will be posted on a time-available basis and may be
extremely limited during periods of severe weather. In addition,
users should not rely on this service as the primary means of
receiving NWS alerts and warnings of hazardous weather. NWS
alerts and warnings are available on NOAA Weather Radio and our
official website:
http://www.weather.gov/
Disclaimers regarding NWS use of social media services can be
found at:
http://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
http://www.weather.gov/credits.php#socialmedia
If you have comments or questions regarding this public
information statement, please contact:
Ronald C. Jones
National Weather Service
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring Maryland 20910
301-713-3513 x 110
ronald.c.jones@xxxxxxxx
For technical questions regarding the Twitter prototype, please
contact:
Darone Jones
National Weather Service
125 S State Street Room 1235
Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1102
801-524-4000
darone.jones@xxxxxxxx
National Public Information Statements are online:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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