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"id": "2.49.0.0.428.0.LV.201201000201.46453_0",
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},
"msg_type": "warning",
"categories": [
"Met"
],
"urgency": "Future",
"severity": "Moderate",
"certainty": "Likely",
"start": 1606896000,
"end": 1606982400,
"sender": "AIRNow Program, US Environmental Protection Agency",
"description": [
{
"language": "En",
"event": "Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) is forecast
to reach 105 AQI - Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups on
Wed 12/02/2020. Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) is
forecast to reach 102 AQI - Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups on Thu 12/03/2020. ",
"headline": "Air Quality Alert for Natomas",
"description": "Particle Pollution (2.5 microns)
is forecast to reach 105 AQI - Unhealthy for Sensitive
Groups on Wed 12/02/2020. Particle Pollution
(2.5 microns) is forecast to reach 102 AQI -
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups on Thu 12/03/2020. ",
"instruction": "Active children and adults, and people
with lung disease, such as asthma, should
reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors"
}
]
}
Global Weather Alerts
Get timely push notifications about severe weather. Our Global Weather Alerts product allows you to set up weather alert push notifications in your projects and apps.
We collect weather warnings from majority of national weather warning systems and present them in a uniform and useful view.
Features of Global Weather Alerts
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We provide all weather alerts from the entire world.
We collect weather alert notifications from majority of national weather warning systems worldwide. As soon as we get a new weather alert, we process it and send to our users via push notifications. Users get all weather alert notifications sent to their specified endpoint.
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All necessary data in the push notification.
Each push notification contains the necessary fields, such as the headline of the alert, its start and end dates, and a description. Additionally, each alert has data about urgency, severity, certainty and sender agency, to help users classify alerts according to various criteria. Here is a full list of the fields in the alert push notification.
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Monthly subscription.
Please refere to the pricing page.
How to get access to Global Weather Alerts
- Sign up to OpenWeather service in case you haven't got your API key yet.
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Contact us via email to set up access to our Global Weather Alerts.
Please also provide us with the endpoint that all weather alerts should be sent to.
Example of the endpoint
http://test_url.test
Then get all weather alerts to the specified endpoint via POST requests.
Description of alert notifications
Example of an alert notification
Example of an alert notification with a multipolygon
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"id": "NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-MZGM1263E8498780.SmallCraftAdvisory.1263E856B9A0MZGM.BROMWWBRO.dc675d997f5213a477544834b8be8722_0",
"geometry": {
"type": "MultiPolygon",
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},
"msg_type": "warning",
"categories": [
"Met"
],
"urgency": "Expected",
"severity": "Minor",
"certainty": "Likely",
"start": 1646769600,
"end": 1646805600,
"sender": "NWS Brownsville (Southern Texas)",
"description": [
{
"language": "",
"event": "Small Craft Advisory",
"headline": "Small Craft Advisory issued March 08
at 1:52PM CST until March 09 at 12:00AM CST
by NWS Brownsville",
"description": "...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...\n* WHAT...North winds around
20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.\n*
WHERE...Offshore Gulf waters between
the mouth of the Rio\nGrande and Baffin Bay
from 20 to 60 nm.\n*
WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight.\n*
IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.",
"instruction": "Inexperienced mariners, especially
those operating smaller\nvessels, should avoid
navigating in hazardous conditions."
}
]
}
Example of an alert notification about flood
{
"alert": {
"id": "NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-OH1263E8498910.FloodWarning.1263E8578010OH.RLXFLWRLX.df2a761a484d17f037d8cdb8bb5c2698_0",
"geometry": {
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"coordinates": [
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-81.82,
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],
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-81.92,
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],
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-81.94,
39.1
],
[
-81.93,
39.12
],
[
-81.87,
39.13
],
[
-81.84,
39.09
],
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-81.82,
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],
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-81.81,
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]
]
]
}
},
"msg_type": "warning",
"categories": [
"Met"
],
"urgency": "Expected",
"severity": "Moderate",
"certainty": "Likely",
"start": 1646739000,
"end": 1646824080,
"sender": "NWS Charleston (West Virginia)",
"description": [
{
"language": "",
"event": "Flood Warning",
"headline": "Flood Warning issued March 08 at 2:56PM
EST until March 09 at 6:08AM EST by NWS Charleston",
"description": "...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
545 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WHAT...Flooding caused
by runoff from yesterday`s rain continues.
WHERE...A portion of southeast Ohio, including
the following county, Meigs. WHEN...Until 545 PM EST.
IMPACTS...Flooding of the Shade River is occurring.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 255 PM EST, The automated
gauge on the Shade River near Chester
reported a reading of 18.32 feet and falling.
At 17 feet, the Sugar Run Creek Bridge is flooded
200 feet downstream from Oak Hill Road and the
Shade River Bridge.
Some locations that will experience flooding
include...Chester.
http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood",
"instruction": "Turn around, don`t drown when
encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths
occur in vehicles. Report Severe Weather
to the National Weather Service by calling
toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely."
}
]
}
Fields in alert notifications
alertidAlert IDgeometryGeoJSON representation of the area, where the alert is forecastedtypeThe type of geometry. May be one ofPolygonorMultiPolygoncoordinatesList of the coordinates of the polygons vertices
msg_typeNotification type, default value iswarningcategoriesCategory of the alert. Available category is MeturgencyUrgency of the alert. May be one of Immediate, Expected, Future, Past, UnknownseveritySeverity of the alert. May be one of Extreme, Severe, Moderate, Minor, UnknowncertaintyCertainty of the alert. May be one of Observed, Likely, Possible, Unlikely, UnknownstartDate and time of the start of the forecasted event, Unix, UTCendDate and time of the end of the forecasted event, Unix, UTCsenderName of the alert source. Please read here the full list of alert sourcesdescriptionlanguageLanguage of the alert's event name, headline, description and instruction. Please note that this field can be emptyeventAlert event nameheadlineHeadline of the alertdescriptionDescription of the alertinstructionInstructions from agency about the alert
Weather alerts are provided in English by default.
Please note:
Please note:
- Some agencies provide the alert’s event name, headline, description and instruction only in a local language.
- Some agencies provide the alert’s event name, headline, description and instruction in several languages. In this case, all available languages will be listed in the "description" section.
List of alerts sources
| Country | Agency |
|---|---|
| Albania | Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment of Albania |
| Algeria | National Meteorological Office |
| Argentina | National Weather Service of Argentina |
| Australia | Australian Bureau of Meteorology |
| Austria |
|
| Bahrain | Bahrain Meteorological Directorate |
| Barbados | Barbados Meteorological Service |
| Belarus | State institution "Republican center for hydrometeorology, control of radioactive contamination and environmental monitoring" (Belhydromet) |
| Belgium | Royal Meteorological Institute |
| Belize | National Meteorological Service of Belize |
| Benin | National Meteorological Agency (METEO-BENIN) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
| Botswana | Botswana Meteorological Services |
| Brazil | National Meteorological Institute - INMET |
| Bulgaria | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology - Plovdiv branch |
| Cameroon | Cameroon National Meteorological Service |
| Canada |
|
| Chile | Meteorological Directorate of Chile |
| Congo | National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC Congo) |
| Costa Rica | National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica |
| Croatia | State Hydrometeorological Institute (DHMZ) |
| Curacao and Sint Maarten | Meteorological Department Curacao |
| Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus - Department of Meteorology |
| Czech Republic | Czech Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Denmark | Danish Meteorological Institute |
| Ecuador | Ecuadoran Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI) |
| Egypt | Egyptian Meteorological Authority |
| Estonia | Estonian Environment Agency |
| Eswatini | Eswatini Meteorological Service |
| Finland | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| France | Meteo-France |
| Gabon | General Directorate of Meteorology of Gabon |
| Germany | German Meteorological Office |
| Ghana | Ghana Meteorological Agency |
| Greece | Hellenic National Meteorological Service |
| Guinea | National Meteorological Agency of Guinea |
| Guyana | Hydrometeorological Service of Guyana |
| Hong Kong China | Hong Kong Observatory |
| Hungary | Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| Iceland | Icelandic Meteorological Office |
| India | India Meteorological Department |
| Indonesia |
|
| Ireland | Met Eireann - Irish Meteorological Service |
| Israel | Israel Meteorological Service |
| Italy | Italian Air Force National Meteorological Service |
| Ivory Coast | Airport, aeronautical and meteorological operating and development company (SODEXAM) |
| Jamaica | Meteorological Service of Jamaica |
| Jordan | Jordanian Meteorological Department |
| Kazakhstan | National Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazhydromet) |
| Kenya | Kenya Meteorological Department |
| Kuwait | Kuwait Meteorological Department |
| Latvia | Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center |
| Lesotho | Lesotho Meteorological Services |
| Libya | Libyan National Meteorological Center |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania (LHMS) |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg Airport Administration |
| Macao China | Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau |
| Madagascar | METEO Madagascar |
| Malawi | Malawi Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services |
| Maldives | Maldives Meteorological Service |
| Mauritania | National Meteorological Office of Mauritania |
| Mauritius | Mauritius Meteorological Services |
| Mexico | CONAGUA - National Meteorological Service of Mexico |
| Moldova | State Hydrometeorological Service of Moldova |
| Mongolia | National Agency Meteorology and the Environmental Monitoring of Mongolia |
| Mozambique | National Institute of Meteorology of Mozambique |
| Myanmar | Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology |
| Netherlands | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) |
| New Zealand |
|
| New Zealand | New Zealand Emergency Mobile Alert |
| Niger | National Meteorological Directorate of Niger |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) |
| North Macedonia | National Hydrometeorological Service - Republic of Macedonia |
| Norway |
|
| Paraguay | Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology |
| Philippines | Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration |
| Poland | Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW-PIB) |
| Portugal | Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. |
| Qatar | Qatar Meteorology Department |
| Republic of Korea | Korea Meteorological Administration, Weather Information |
| Romania | National Meteorological Administration |
| Russia-EN | Hydrometcenter of Russia |
| Russia-RU | Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring |
| Saudi Arabia | National Center for Meteorology - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Serbia | Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia |
| Seychelles | Seychelles Meteorological Authority |
| Singapore | Meteorological Service Singapore |
| Slovakia | Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Slovenia | National Meteorological Service of Slovenia |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands Meteorological Services |
| South Africa | South African Weather Service (SAWS) |
| Spain | State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) |
| Sudan | Sudan Meteorological Authority |
| Sweden | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
| Switzerland | MeteoSwiss |
| Tanzania | Tanzania Meteorological Authority |
| Thailand | Thai Meteorological Department |
| Timor-Leste | National Directorate of Meteorology and Geophysics of Timor-Leste |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | UK Met Office |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology |
| United States |
|
| USA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Yemen | Yemeni Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) |
| Zambia | Meteorological Department Zambia |
| Zimbabwe | Meteorological Services Department |
Please note that some agencies from the list may cease to provide us the weather alert information.
In case you don’t receive alerts from any agency, please contact us.
We constantly work on our product’s improvement and keep expanding the list of partner agencies.
