NHC on Twitter
NOAA's National Hurricane Center has joined the conversation on Twitter, effective with the start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1.
The NHC presence on Twitter is a prototype to help decision-makers and the public receive notifications of the very latest
on hazardous tropical weather systems. The addition of NHC's voice via Twitter services to the social stream will enhance the
ability of NHC and its partners to achieve their missions by building situational awareness, and allow for a broader reach of
information to the public that it serves.
A tweet will be sent whenever NHC issues:
- A public advisory regarding a tropical cyclone (TCP)
- A tropical cyclone update (TCU)
- A position estimate (TCE)
- A tropical weather outlook (TWO)
Each tweet will contain a link to access the corresponding product on the NHC website. NHC can also tweet a special message at any time.
NHC has two Twitter accounts, one for the Atlantic basin (which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea):
U.S. National Hurricane Center (Atlantic) -
@NHC_Atlantic
and one for the Eastern North Pacific basin:
U.S. National Hurricane Center (Eastern Pacific) -
@NHC_Pacific
In addition to the Twitter notifications, NHC also provides product notifications by email. Please visit hurricanes.gov/signup.shtml to sign up for this service.
Please Note:
This is a prototype service - see http://www.weather.gov/sp/pns11twitter.htm for more information.
Disclaimer:
This service may not be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Timely delivery of data and products from this service through the Internet
is not guaranteed, and you should not rely on this service to make life-threatening decisions.
Please read the full Disclaimer for more information.
Privacy:
Please refer to the Twitter privacy policy for details on their privacy policy.
If you have questions or comments, please contact
nhc.public.affairs@noaa.gov.
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