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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
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. We send notifications about new weather alerts and 15 minutes before they start, alert updates and alert cancellations.
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.
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.
- Follow the pricing page to learn details about the API monthly price of Global Weather Alerts subscription.
Contact us via email to process your payment and 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
"date":"2022-03-08T19:55:34.203Z",
"message":{
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"geometry":{
"type":"MultiPolygon",
"coordinates":[
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},
"msg_type":"warning",
"categories":[
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],
"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
{
"date":"2022-03-08T19:59:34.033Z",
"message":{
"alert":{
"id":"NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-OH1263E8498910.FloodWarning.1263E8578010OH.RLXFLWRLX.df2a761a484d17f037d8cdb8bb5c2698_0",
"geometry":{
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-81.87,
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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 verticesmsg_typeNotification type, default value iswarning. Please see the description of the notifications type herecategoriesCategory of the alert. May be one of Geo, Met, Safety, Security, Rescue, Fire, Health, Env, Transport, Infra, CBRNE, OtherurgencyUrgency of the alert. May be one of Immediate, Expected, Future, 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 sourcesdescriptiondescription.languageLanguage of the alert's event name, headline, description and instruction. Please note that this field can be emptydescription.eventAlert evente namedescription.headlineHeadline of the alertdescription.descriptionDescription of the alertdescription.instructionInstructions 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.
Types of alert notifications
We provide the following types on the alerts notifications:
- Notification of an alert that has just been created
- Notification 15 minutes before the start of an alert event
- Notification of updating alert information
List of alerts sources
| Country | Agency |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | National Disaster Management Authority |
| Albania | Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment |
| Algeria | National Meteorological Office |
| Anguilla | Disaster Management Anguilla |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Meteorological Services |
| Argentina | Servicio Meteorologico Nacional |
| Aruba | Meteorological Department of Aruba |
| Austria | |
| Barbados | Department of Emergency Management |
| Belgium | Royal Meteorological Institute |
| Bosnia and Herzegovin | |
| Botswana | Department of Meteorological Services |
| Brazil | National Meteorological Institute - INMET |
| Bulgaria | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology - Plovdiv branch |
| Canada | |
| Colombia | UNGRD (National Unit for Disaster Risk Management) |
| Croatia | State Hydrometeorological Institute (DHMZ) |
| Cyprus | Meteorological Service |
| Czech Republic | Czech Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Denmark | Danmarks Meteorologiske Instituts |
| Estonia | State Weather Service |
| Federated States of Micronesia |
|
| Finland | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| France | Meteo-France |
| Germany | German Meteorological Office |
| Greece | Hellenic National Meteorological Service |
| Guyana | Hydrometeorological Service |
| Hungary | Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| Iceland | Icelandic Meteorological Office |
| India | Meteorological Department |
| Indonesia | |
| Ireland | Met Eireann - Irish Meteorological Service |
| Israel | Meteorological Service |
| Italy | National Center of Meteorology and Aeronautical Climatology (CNMCA) |
| Jamaica | Meteorological Service |
| Kenya | Meteorological Department |
| Kuwait | Meteorological Department |
| Latvia | Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg Airport Administration |
| Madagascar | Operational Meteorology |
| Malawi | Meteorological Services |
| Malta | Meteorological Office |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro Weather Service Office |
| Mexico | CONAGUA - National Meteorological Service of Mexico |
| Moldova | State Hydrometeorological Service |
| Mongolia | National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring |
| Montenegro | Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology |
| Myanmar | Department of Meteorology and Hydrology |
| Netherlands | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| New Zealand | |
| North Macedonia | Republic Hydrometeorological Organization |
| Norway | |
| Oman | Directorate General of Meteorology |
| Palau | Weather Service Office |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea Meteorological Service |
| Paraguay | Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology |
| Philippines | Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration |
| Poland | Institute of Meteorology and Water Management |
| Portugal | Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. |
| Romania | National Meteorological Administration |
| Russia | Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring |
| Saint Lucia | Meteorological Services |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Meteorological Services |
| Samoa | Meteorology Division |
| Senegal | National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology |
| Serbia | Republic Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Slovakia | Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Slovenia | National Meteorological Service |
| Solomon Islands | Meteorological Service |
| South Africa | South Africa Weather Service |
| Spain | Meteorology Statal Agency |
| Suriname | Suriname Meteorological Service |
| Sweden | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
| Switzerland | MeteoSwiss, Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie |
| Tanzania | Meteorological Authority |
| Thailand | Thai Meteorological Department |
| Tonga | Tonga Meteorological Service |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Met Office |
| United States | |
| Vanuatu | Meteorological Services |
| 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.
