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Social Media & the NWS

Social Media & the NWS. Pat Spoden, Chris Noles & Christine Wielgos. Why. That is the way the world is moving More information from many sources We need to reach more people Twitter – 175 Million registered users (last Sep) Facebook – 500 Million users (150 M in U.S.). Why .

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Social Media & the NWS

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  1. Social Media & the NWS Pat Spoden, Chris Noles & Christine Wielgos

  2. Why • That is the way the world is moving • More information from many sources • We need to reach more people • Twitter – 175 Million registered users (last Sep) • Facebook – 500 Million users (150 M in U.S.)

  3. Why • A group in Evansville started #tristatewx • Monitoring this group during snowstorms earlier this year gave us a lot of information. • Reduced our need to call into the area to get information

  4. Quality Questions • Since these are public postings, they are self-correcting. People want to be followed and respected. Bad reports will hurt your integrity, thus followers. • This is different than someone calling our office with a bad report – no repercussion

  5. Expansion • We have expanded this to: • #nwspah • Plus another reserved for spotters • Results • Over 60 tweets with just rain (March 14) • Hundreds with snow

  6. Waiting to see… • How this will work with severe (or near severe) weather • Public usually does not know severe criteria • Still expect many more reports than we currently receive

  7. Future • NWS PAH Facebook by the end of April? • Some folks monitor Facebook through their own account. • Continue to monitor Twitter • Will we have our own “tweets”?

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