Over recent years, the Internet has surged as a leading source of weather information for both meteorologists and the public. Virtually any weather information desired is now available on free sites, including detailed local forecasts and severe weather bulletins.

New innovations now make severe weather information available in various formats and through a variety of methods in addition to user-initiated clickthroughs to a text message. This has resulted in numerous options that make severe weather information readily available to anyone with Internet access. These include:

1. Immediate access to NWS severe weather bulletins in text format. 2. Immediate access to NWS severe weather bulletins shown on maps. 3. Opt-in email services that automatically transmit NWS severe weather bulletins when issued. 4. Desktop applications that show and proactively current conditions and radar on the users' desktop and automatically transmit NWS severe weather bulletins when issued, along with an optional tone or voiced notice from a television meteorologist. 5. Robotic web cameras showing current weather in various locations, including severe weather events, that are controlled by Internet users, who can aim, zoom and pan the cameras to select the view they want. 6. Streaming video reports on severe weather events.

These options can be utilized by television meteorologists to add a new dimension to their Internet sites' severe weather coverage.