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1. Twitter begins limiting the amount of automated messages being able to be sent by the National Weather Service, which includes tornado watches, tornado warnings, tornado emergencies, severe thunderstorm warnings, and tsunami warnings.
   2023-04-15 21:31:48 (First version)
2. Twitter begins limiting the number of automated messages being able to be sent by the National Weather Service, which includes tornado watches, tornado warnings, tornado emergencies, severe thunderstorm warnings, and tsunami warnings.
   2023-04-16 05:31:43 (Update)
3. Twitter begins limiting the number of automated messages being able to be sent by the National Weather Service, including emergency alerts, before walking back the changes.
   (Current version)

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