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NOUS41 KWBC 231521 PNSWSH Public Information Statement, Comment Request National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 1123 AM EDT Wed May 23 2012 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 David B. Caldwell, Director, NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services SUBJECT: Soliciting Public Comments Through December 31, 2012 On Experimental Twitter Feeds The NWS is currently seeking comments on provision of environmentalinformation via experimental Twitter feeds.NWS is exploringuse of Twitter to provide microblogging services. Twitter is a commonly used social networking service that allows participantsto share information with other users. Microbloggingservices like Twitter serve as an important source ofreal-time news updates.The short nature of updates allows usersto post news items quickly, reaching their audience in seconds. Because microblogging services are two-way, readers of postscan reply to posts with various responses, such as a weatherreport with location, time and images/videos.For the NWS, aggregate analysis of this data provides information on stormevolution, and partner/public perceptions and response. Use of Twitter will provide a complementary means to disseminate importantinformation about hazardous weather conditions.The postswill also be used for public outreach and education and to directusers to official NWS Web sites. Experimental Twitter accounts are available at this time for the followingNWS offices: NWS Norman OK - @NWSNorman NWS LMRFC (Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center)- @NWS_LMRFC NWS Pleasant Hill MO - @NWSKansasCity NWS Salt Lake City UT - @NWSSaltLakeCity NWS Charleston SC - @NWSCharlestonSC NWS Western Region - @NWS_Western_US NWS Honolulu HI - @NWSHonolulu NHC Atlantic / NHC Pacific - The National Hurricane Center will run2 accounts, basin specific - @NHC_Atlantic, @NHC_Pacific It is NWS’s intent to implement Twitter accounts for all NWS offices. New accounts will be added gradually throughout the comment/reviewperiod.A current listing of accounts may be foundat http://nws.noaa.gov/socialmedia/ . Experimental Twitter posts will serve as a supplemental channel todisseminate environmental information. Availability of this serviceis subject to constraints of Twitter service availability andto availability of users’ internet service.Users should not relyon this service as the primary means of receiving alerts/warningsof hazardous weather. NWS alerts/warnings are availableon NOAA Weather Radio and on our official website: http://www.weather.gov/.Responses to users’ posts are madeon a time-available basis and may be limited, especially duringperiods of severe weather. Additional information on the experimental use of Twitter may be foundat: http://products.weather.gov/PDD/twitter_sdd.pdf Users must have valid Twitter accounts to view or post Twitter content.Information on Twitter can be found at: http://www.twitter.com/ Comments on this experimental service may be provided through December 31, 2012 at: http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=twitter Disclaimers regarding NWS use of social media services can be foundat: 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 Jones National Weather Service Silver Spring Maryland 20910 301-713-1381 x 130 ronald.c.jones@xxxxxxxx National Public Information Statements are online at: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm $$
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