[nws-changes] 20130606: transition from experimental to operational NWS facebook pages-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20130606: transition from experimental to operational NWS facebook pages-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:42:02 -0600

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Service Change Notice 13-39
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
135 PM EDT Mon June 10 2013

TO:      Subscribers:
         -Family of Services
         -NOAA Weather Wire Service
         -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
         -NOAAPORT
         -Other NWS Partners, Users, and NWS Employees

FROM:    Iftikhar Jamil
         NWS Chief Information Officer

         Chris Strager
         Acting Director, NWS Office of Climate, Water, and
          Weather Services


SUBJECT:  Transition from Experimental to Operational Status of
          Local NWS Facebook Pages Effective July 11, 2013

Effective July 11, 2013, local National Weather Service (NWS)
Facebook pages will transition to operational status.  Facebook
is a commonly used social networking service which allows
participants to share information with other users.  NWS has been
providing these pages on an experimental basis, as described at:

www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/pns11local_facebookexp.txt

The local NWS Facebook pages will provide a complementary means
to disseminate important information about hazardous weather
conditions.  They will also be used for public outreach and
education and to direct users to official NWS web sites.

Local Facebook pages are currently available for a large number
of NWS offices.  It is NWSs intent to implement local Facebook
pages for all NWS offices.  A search within Facebook for US
National Weather Service will identify current pages.

Availability of this service is subject to constraints of
Facebook service availability and to availability of users
internet service.  Users should not rely on this service as the
primary means of receiving alerts/warnings of hazardous weather.
NWS alerts/warnings are available on NOAA Weather Radio and our
official website: http://www.weather.gov/.  Responses to users
posts are made on a time-available basis and may be limited,
especially during periods of severe weather.

Users must have valid Facebook accounts to search for pages or
post content.  Information on Facebook can be found at:

     http://www.facebook.com/


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:

  Corey Pieper
  National Weather Service
  Fort Worth, TX 76102-6171
  817-978-110 x 122
  corey.pieper@xxxxxxxx


National Public Information Statements are online at:

     http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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