# US Weather Alerts Scraper — Warnings & Watches (`hipersoft/us-weather-alerts-scraper`) Actor

Get active US weather alerts from the National Weather Service: event type, severity, urgency, affected areas, headline, full description, instructions and effective/expiry times. Filter by state and severity. Great for safety, logistics and monitoring. One row per alert as JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/us-weather-alerts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.0002 / alert scraped

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Weather Alerts Scraper — Warnings & Watches

Get **active US weather alerts** from the National Weather Service with the **US Weather Alerts Scraper**. Choose states (or go nationwide) and export each alert's **event type, severity, urgency, affected areas, headline, full description, safety instructions and effective/expiry times** — one clean row per alert as **JSON, CSV or Excel**.

Built for **safety and emergency monitoring, logistics and fleet operations, agriculture, insurance and weather dashboards**, it turns live severe-weather warnings into structured data you can filter, map and automate.

### What it does

- ⚠️ **Live alerts** — active warnings, watches, advisories and statements across the US.
- 🌪️ **Event & severity** — event type (Tornado Warning, Flood Watch…), severity, urgency and certainty.
- 📍 **Affected areas** — the counties/zones each alert covers.
- 📝 **Full text** — headline, description and safety instructions.
- ⏱️ **Timing** — effective, onset, expiry and end times.
- 🎛️ **Filters** — by state and by minimum severity.
- 📤 **Export anywhere** — JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight into a dashboard, alerting system or map.

### Example output

```json
{
  "event": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning",
  "severity": "Severe",
  "urgency": "Immediate",
  "areaDesc": "Smith, TX; Upshur, TX; Wood, TX",
  "headline": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued...",
  "expires": "2026-09-21T12:45:00-05:00"
}
```

### How to use it

1. Add **state codes** (e.g. `TX`, `CA`) — or leave empty for all US alerts.
2. Optionally set a **minimum severity**.
3. Set **Max alerts** and run. Download the results as **JSON, CSV or Excel**.

### Input fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **States** | Two-letter state codes; empty = nationwide. |
| **Minimum severity** | Extreme, Severe, Moderate, Minor or any. |
| **Max alerts** | Maximum alerts to collect (0 = no limit). |

### Output fields

`id`, `event`, `severity`, `urgency`, `certainty`, `status`, `messageType`, `category`, `areaDesc`, `headline`, `description`, `instruction`, `senderName`, `effective`, `onset`, `expires`, `ends`.

### Popular use cases

- **Safety & emergency monitoring** — track severe weather for a region in real time.
- **Logistics & fleets** — reroute around storms, floods and winter weather.
- **Agriculture** — watch for frost, wind and flood alerts affecting operations.
- **Insurance** — monitor events that may drive claims.
- **Dashboards & alerting** — schedule runs and pipe alerts into notifications.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account or key?**
No. Choose states and run.

**How current are the alerts?**
They reflect the currently active National Weather Service alerts at run time. Schedule the actor for continuous monitoring.

**Can I focus on severe events only?**
Yes — set a minimum severity to keep only the most serious alerts.

**Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets?**
Yes — results download as JSON, CSV or Excel and integrate with Sheets, dashboards and alerting tools.

***

Live **US weather warnings and watches** — event, severity, area and timing — clean and export-ready for safety, logistics and monitoring.

# Actor input Schema

## `areas` (type: `array`):

Two-letter US state/territory codes — e.g. 'TX', 'CA', 'FL'. Leave empty for all active alerts nationwide.

## `severity` (type: `string`):

Filter by severity level.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of alerts to collect (0 = no limit).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "areas": [
    "TX",
    "CA"
  ],
  "severity": "",
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

The results as dataset items.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "areas": [
        "TX",
        "CA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/us-weather-alerts-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "areas": [
        "TX",
        "CA",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/us-weather-alerts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "areas": [
    "TX",
    "CA"
  ]
}' |
apify call hipersoft/us-weather-alerts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hipersoft/us-weather-alerts-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Wz65JynAfSzpzO0dh/builds/PJmrFmbpn9Dmc9Hai/openapi.json