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Public Information Statement, Comment Request
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
848 AM EDT Mon Apr 18 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
David B. Caldwell, Director, NWS Office of Climate,
Water, and Weather Services
SUBJECT: Soliciting Public Comments Through April 30, 2012
On Experimental Local NWS Facebook Pages and
Enhancement to National NWS Facebook Page
The NWS is currently seeking comments on provision of
environmental information via experimental local Facebook pages
and the national NWS Facebook page. Facebook is a commonly used
social networking service which allows participants to share
information with other users. NWS has already established an
effective national Facebook presence for purposes of outreach
and education and has prototyped several local Facebook pages to
explore expansion of this presence to the field office level.
The local NWS Facebook pages will provide a complementary means
to disseminate important information about hazardous weather
conditions. The local pages also will be used for public
outreach and education and to direct users to official NWS web
sites. The enhanced national Facebook page may now also include
environmental information of national significance in addition
to outreach and education.
Experimental local Facebook pages are available at this time for
the following NWS offices:
WFO Fort Worth:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.FortWorth.gov
WFO Seattle:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Seattle.gov
WFO Pleasant Hill:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.PleasantHill.gov
WFO Honolulu and Central Pacific Hurricane Center:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Honolulu.gov
WFO Norman, OK:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Norman.gov
WFO New York:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.NewYorkNY.gov
WFO Billings:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Billings.gov
Alaska Region offices:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Alaska.gov
National Hurricane Center:
www.Facebook.com/US.NOAA.NationalHurricaneCenter.gov
North Central River Forecast Center:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.NCRFC.gov
It is NWSs intent to implement local Facebook pages for all NWS
offices. New pages will be added gradually throughout the
comment/review period. A search within Facebook for "US
National Weather Service" will identify current pages.
Experimental local Facebook pages will serve as a supplemental
channel to disseminate environmental information. 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 on 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.
Additional information on the experimental Facebook pages may be
found at:
http://products.weather.gov/PDD/facebook_sdd.pdf
Users must have valid Facebook accounts to search for pages or
post content. Information on Facebook can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/
Comments on this experimental service may be provided through
April 30, 2012 at:
http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=lofb
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 Jones
National Weather Service
1325 East West Highway
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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