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…NWS BIRMINGHAM ADDS TWITTER FOR REPORTING STORM DAMAGE…
EFFECTIVE TODAY…NWS BIRMINGHAM IS OFFICIALLY TWEETING. FOR ALL THE PARTICULARS…PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW TWITTER WEB PAGE AT:
BY FOLLOWING OUR HANDLE @NWSBIRMINGHAM ON TWITTER…FOLLOWERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS WE ISSUE…
INCLUDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS…TORNADO WARNINGS…AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. NOT ONLY THAT…FOLKS WILL GET A TWITTER PIC OF THE ACTUAL WARNING POLYGON!
WITH REGARDS TO SUBMITTING STORM REPORTS ON TWITTER..WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF GEOTAGGING STORM REPORTS WHEN USING EXISTING HASHTAGS SUCH AS #ALWX. WE REALIZE THAT MANY FOLKS ARE CONSCIOUS ABOUT POSTING THEIR LOCATIONS FOR PRIVACY CONCERNS…BUT WHEN IT COMES TO STORM REPORTS…THE ACCURACY THAT GEOTAGGING OFFERS IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER SOMEONE TWEETING THEY HAVE LARGE HAIL IN HOOVER. ENABLING GEOTAGGING DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY POST YOUR LOCATION WITH EVERY TWEET…BUT IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO PROVIDE YOUR LOCATION WHEN YOU DECIDE TO. GEOTAGGED REPORTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HELP WITH THE WARNING PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY!
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOWEVER…WE ARE REMINDED THAT TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ARE NOT FAIL- SAFE SUBSTITUTES FOR ALL OTHER METHODS OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SUCH AS NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO…CELL PHONE TEXT ALERTS…RADIO AND TELEVISION. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ALL FACEBOOK AND TWITTER POSTS WILL BE DELIVERED IN A TIMELY MANNER TO ALL OF THOSE SUBSCRIBED. FACEBOOK AND TWITTER HAVE CONTROLS AND LIMITATIONS ON HOW MANY MESSAGES GO OUT AND TO WHOM THEY ARE DELIVERED…AND THERE ARE POTENTIAL DELAYS IN RECEIVING PRODUCTS DEPENDING ON BANDWIDTH AND INTERNET AVAILABILITY AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION.
WEATHER INFORMATION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE NWS IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD BE USED AS ONE OF SEVERAL LAYERS OF NOTIFICATION. MAINTAINING REDUNDANT…LAYERED SOURCES OF INFORMATION IS THE SAFEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS!
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AT NWS BMX…PLEASE CONTACT JOHN DE BLOCK…WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST…AT 205-664-3010 EXT 223 OR JIM STEFKOVICH EXT 222.
…NWS BIRMINGHAM ADDS TWITTER FOR REPORTING STORM DAMAGE… EFFECTIVE TODAY…NWS BIRMINGHAM IS OFFICIALLY TWEETING. FOR ALL THE PARTICULARS…PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW TWITTER WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/?N=BHMTWITTER BY FOLLOWING OUR HANDLE @NWSBIRMINGHAM ON TWITTER…FOLLOWERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS WE ISSUE…INCLUDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS…TORNADO WARNINGS…AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. NOT ONLY THAT…FOLKS WILL GET A TWITTER PIC OF THE ACTUAL WARNING POLYGON! WITH REGARDS TO SUBMITTING STORM REPORTS ON TWITTER..WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF GEOTAGGING STORM REPORTS WHEN USING EXISTING HASHTAGS SUCH AS #ALWX. WE REALIZE THAT MANY FOLKS ARE CONSCIOUS ABOUT POSTING THEIR LOCATIONS FOR PRIVACY CONCERNS…BUT WHEN IT COMES TO STORM REPORTS…THE ACCURACY THAT GEOTAGGING OFFERS IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER SOMEONE TWEETING THEY HAVE LARGE HAIL IN HOOVER. ENABLING GEOTAGGING DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY POST YOUR LOCATION WITH EVERY TWEET…BUT IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO PROVIDE YOUR LOCATION WHEN YOU DECIDE TO. GEOTAGGED REPORTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HELP WITH THE WARNING PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY! WE ARE EXCITED TO BE EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.HOWEVER…WE ARE REMINDED THAT TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ARE NOT FAIL- SAFE SUBSTITUTES FOR ALL OTHER METHODS OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SUCH AS NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO…CELL PHONE TEXT ALERTS…RADIO AND TELEVISION. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ALL FACEBOOK AND TWITTER POSTS WILL BE DELIVERED IN A TIMELY MANNER TO ALL OF THOSE SUBSCRIBED. FACEBOOK AND TWITTER HAVE CONTROLS AND LIMITATIONS ON HOW MANY MESSAGES GO OUT AND TO WHOM THEY ARE DELIVERED…AND THERE ARE POTENTIAL DELAYS IN RECEIVING PRODUCTS DEPENDING ON BANDWIDTH AND INTERNET AVAILABILITY AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION. WEATHER INFORMATION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE NWS IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD BE USED AS ONE OF SEVERAL LAYERS OF NOTIFICATION. MAINTAINING REDUNDANT…LAYERED SOURCES OF INFORMATION IS THE SAFEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AT NWS BMX…PLEASE CONTACT JOHN DE BLOCK…WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST…AT 205-664-3010 EXT 223 OR JIM STEFKOVICH EXT 222.
ALERT / National Weather Service Birmingham Coverage Area
  • ALERT covers the BMX county warning area. Presently, this includes: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston