Clerical error causes internet furor.. no, weather forecasters are not buying ammunition.

Many websites, including Horror Report, reported earlier today that the National Weather Service was buying ammunition. The story grew even larger after Alex Jones' Infowars website was linked by the Drudge Report. However it was all due to a clerical error, according to the NWS. The ammo is meant for NMFS instead. That is the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Not to complicate an already confusing story, but what exactly will the NMFS do with all that ammo? Not sure on that, but we are sure that the NWS issued this statement today around 1pm:

Due to a clerical error in the federal business vendor process, a solicitation for ammunition and targets for the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement mistakenly identified NOAA’s National Weather Service as the requesting office. The error is being fixed and will soon appear correctly in the electronic federal bidding system. The ammunition is standard issue for many law enforcement agencies and it will be used by 63 NOAA enforcement agents in their twice annual target qualifications and training.