[nws-changes] 20121030:discontinuance of NPOP Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:16:48 -0600

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Service Change Notice 12-36
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1005 AM EDT Tue Oct 30 2012

To:       Subscribers:
          - Family of Services
          - NOAA Weather Wire Service
          - Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
          - NOAAPORT
          Other NWS partners and NWS employees

From:     Eli Jacks
          Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch

Subject:  Discontinuance of the National Public Observing Program
          (NPOP) Effective October 1, 2012

Effective Monday, October 1, 2012, the National Public Observing
Program (NPOP) was discontinued. The NPOP was an automated
telephone answering system which provided users a toll free
number to communicate severe weather reports to their local NWS
Weather Forecast Office (WFO).  This system was discontinued due
to the increased variety of other reporting methods now available
to relay storm reports to WFOs; including social media, e-mail
and direct phone contact with the local WFO.

A voice message has been added to the NPOP automatic answering
system advising users of the discontinuation in the event users
contact this phone number.

The NWS continues to welcome and solicit severe weather reports
from the public.  Local WFOs can provide appropriate methods to
relay severe weather reports as described above.

For questions regarding this notice, please contact:

  Andy Horvitz
  National Weather Service
  Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services
  Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
  Andy.Horvitz@xxxxxxxx

NWS National Service Change Notices are online at:

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

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