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Soci@l Media & @ NWSAmarillo. B.J. Simpson Senior Forecaster National Weather Service Amarillo. What We’ll Give You. Your questions answered Graphical forecasts Interesting weather tidbits Pictures from damage surveys Meteorology “lessons” and education Links to important websites
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Soci@l Media & @NWSAmarillo B.J. Simpson Senior Forecaster National Weather Service Amarillo
What We’ll Give You • Your questions answered • Graphical forecasts • Interesting weather tidbits • Pictures from damage surveys • Meteorology “lessons” and education • Links to important websites • Situation awareness posts • More geared toward public • Info and pictures from community events
What We Want from You • Likes, shares, and re-tweets! Lots of them!! • Weather Reports • When, where, what? • PICTURES!! (why tell us when you can show us?) • Tweet it with the #PHwxhashtag and/or post to our FB page • Pictures personalizethe threat for Panhandle residents
What NWS Social Media is Not • A Place to Get Warnings • Maybe someday…but not yet • A place to request a briefing • A place for official requests (Civil Emergency Messages, etc)
#PHwx • What does it mean? • PH=Panhandle wx=weather • What can you do with it? • Search it via twitter • Embed the stream to a webpage • Follow severe weather event reports real-time • Quickly view all Panhandle weather-specific tweets
Find Us • Facebook search for “National Weather Service Amarillo” (Facebook) • Follow us on Twitter: @NWSAmarillo(twitter)