Weather Alerts Report
Contents
Available in North America Only
The Weather Alerts Report provides detailed descriptions of all alerts generated along the route. We recommend setting a departure time for the route so the report does not return alerts that expire before a vehicle would reach an alert area. Use estimatedTimeOpts to set the departure time.
Available for dataVersion 29 and Higher
Weather Alerts Report Request
With your API key, you can try a Weather Alerts Report request using the form below. The required parameters are marked with an asterisk. You can enter values for any of the optional parameters by first checking the box next to them. Scroll down the page to submit your request.
Weather Alerts Report Response
| Data Element | Description | Data Type | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlertEvent | Short text that describes the weather alert. |
string | Extreme Fire Danger |
| AreaDesc | The areas covered by the alert. |
string | Coastal Collier County; Glades; Hendry; Inland Broward County; Inland Collier County |
| Certainty | The certainty of the event in the alert message. |
string | Likely |
| CountryCode | Alert country code in ISO 2 format. |
string | US |
| DispEffective | The effective time with time zone. |
string | 2019-12-11T05:19:00-05:00 |
| DispExpires | The expiry time with time zone. |
string | 2019-12-11T08:00:00-05:00 |
| DispPublished | Time the alert was published with time zone. |
string | 2019-12-11T05:19:00-05:00 |
| DispUpdated | The time the alert was last updated with time zone. |
string | 2019-12-11T05:19:00-05:00 |
| Effective | The effective time of the information of the alert message. |
dateTime | /Date(1576085580000-0500)/ |
| Expires | The expiry time of the information of the alert message. |
dateTime | /Date(1576090800000-0500)/ |
| LanguageCode | The alert language. |
string | en-us |
| Published | Date and time that the alert was published. |
dateTime | /Date(1576070760000-0500)/ |
| Severity | The severity of the event in the alert message. |
string | Minor |
| Summary | A text summary of the weather alert. |
string | …DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING |
| Title | The title for the alert message. |
string | Dense Fog Advisory issued December 11 at 5:38AM EST until December 11 at 9:00AM EST by NWS |
| Updated | Date and time the alert was updated. |
dateTime | /Date(1576078680000-0500)/ |
| Urgency | The severity of the event in the alert message. |
string | Expected |
| ID | The URL for the source of the weather alert. |
string | https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=FL125D21F72638.DenseFogAdvisory.125D21F7B3A0FL.MLBNPWMLB.82cb1e74da752db41ab42a8c4b7e2d88 |