Twitter limits that snarled National Weather Service storm-tracking this week dramatized the extent to which government agencies tasked with protecting public safety have come to rely on this ...

In 10 days, Twitter may begin limiting the number of automated tweets sent from Twitter accounts – a move meteorologists say will slow their ability to get out alerts on severe weather.

According to the National Weather Service, Twitter is not planning to exempt is public service emergency weather alert accounts from the platform's new limited API rules. Credit: Bob Al-Greene ...

The Twitter hacking incident and subsequent outage on Wednesday night didn't just affect politicians and celebrities, but also weather forecast officers as severe weather moved through the Midwest.

The Weather Service has grown substantially on Twitter over the past two years. When the National Weather Service began using Twitter in an experimental capacity in May of 2012, it offered nine ...

The National Weather Service says urgent weather alerts, such as tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings, could be limited by a policy change being made by Twitter.

Twitter limits leave National Weather Service office in the dark during storm A request for comment from the company was met with its customary response to the media -- a poop emoji. To stream ...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln issued a tornado warning for portions of Christian and Sangamon at 5:26 p.m. Central time, but the office’s Twitter feed remained silent.

Twitter said Tuesday it will permit public institutions such as transit agencies and the National Weather Service to post large volumes of automated tweets for free, provided that the accounts ...

In 10 days, Twitter may begin limiting the number of automated tweets sent from Twitter accounts – a move meteorologists say will slow their ability to get out alerts on severe weather.