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Weather Alerts Report

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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.

API KEY
GET

Parameters

Required parameters are marked with an asterisk. Set the urgency, severity, certainty or eventNames parameters to narrow your results.

Response

Weather Alerts Report Response

Data ElementDescriptionData TypeExample Value
AlertEventShort text that describes the weather alert.
string
Extreme Fire Danger
AreaDescThe areas covered by the alert.
string
Coastal Collier County; Glades; Hendry; Inland Broward County; Inland Collier County
CertaintyThe certainty of the event in the alert message.
string
Likely
CountryCodeAlert country code in ISO 2 format.
string
US
DispEffectiveThe effective time with time zone.
string
2019-12-11T05:19:00-05:00
DispExpiresThe expiry time with time zone.
string
2019-12-11T08:00:00-05:00
DispPublishedTime the alert was published with time zone.
string
2019-12-11T05:19:00-05:00
DispUpdatedThe time the alert was last updated with time zone.
string
2019-12-11T05:19:00-05:00
EffectiveThe effective time of the information of the alert message.
dateTime
/Date(1576085580000-0500)/
ExpiresThe expiry time of the information of the alert message.
dateTime
/Date(1576090800000-0500)/
LanguageCodeThe alert language.
string
en-us
PublishedDate and time that the alert was published.
dateTime
/Date(1576070760000-0500)/
SeverityThe severity of the event in the alert message.
string
Minor
SummaryA text summary of the weather alert.
string
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING
TitleThe 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
UpdatedDate and time the alert was updated.
dateTime
/Date(1576078680000-0500)/
UrgencyThe severity of the event in the alert message.
string
Expected
IDThe URL for the source of the weather alert.
string
https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=FL125D21F72638.DenseFogAdvisory.125D21F7B3A0FL.MLBNPWMLB.82cb1e74da752db41ab42a8c4b7e2d88
Last updated March 21, 2023.
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