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Service Change Notice 12-43
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
920 AM EST Nov 8 2012
To: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Kolly Mars
Chief, NWS Internet Dissemination System
Subject: Termination of NWS Alerts by email/SMS on
www.weather.gov Effective November 8 2012
Effective November 8 2012, NWS is discontinuing the services associated
with the mass email/SMS service provided by GovDelivery, which provides
NWS alerts by email/SMS service for all subscribed users. This service
has been provided by free subscription on
www.weather.gov <file:///Users/lindamiller/Desktop/www.weather.gov>Current fiscal challenges require the NWS to review dissemination methods to ensure the most efficient means are used to provide the public with essential services.
The NWS will continue to provide alert and warning information in standard formats, such as RSS, XML, REST, and CAP, which are available to all users. Third party vendors also have services available which can provide email/SMS alerts for weather events, a sample listing of such services is available at
www.weather.gov/subscribe <http://www.weather.gov/subscribe> Official dissemination sources including NOAA Weather Radio, NWS Weather Wire Service, and www.weather.gov <http://www.weather.gov>will continue to be available to the public, and the iNWS service for emergency managers and other core partners will also continue.
The effective date of this change is sooner than specified by NWS policy (NWS Instruction 10-1805). The reduction of the normal advance lead time was approved by the NWS Office of Service Director.
For more information please contact: Mark Paese Director, Office of Operational Systems 1325 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910 Mark.Paese@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Mark.Paese@xxxxxxxx> National Service Change Notices are online at: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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