[EAS] National Weather Service NOAA Shutdown Information

[Robert Bunge - NOAA Federal]

WFO and other critical operations are staffed and operating.  http://www.weather.gov is up, as is alerts.weather.gov.  The Telecommunications Operations Center is processing alerts and sending them to IPAWS per normal.

Bob Bunge
NWS Telecommunications Gatway
Software Branch Chief

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net> wrote:
>Our WFO's are up and running...at least the weather here is appropriately
>fall-like and no "message flooding" is expected!

>>Hi all. I've gotten a couple questions about the NWS operating status
>during the Federal Government shutdown. Yes - we are still operating 24/7.
>That applies to all NWS >offices, including Vegas, Elko, Sacramento, and so
>on. We will provide weather and hydrology info just like we normally would -
>including emails like this as warranted - but >we can't travel to or host
>meetings/exercises unless it's an emergency situation (like providing
>weather briefings at an EOC for an incident - we can still do that).
>>Chris Smallcomb
>>Warning Coordination Met
>>NWS Reno - 775.673.8100_x223

>Adrienne Abbott
>Nevada EAS Chair

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