US Weather Alerts Scraper

US Weather Alerts Scraper pulls structured data from US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) and returns it as a clean dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel. It queries the National Weather Service live alert feed for a US state and returns one row per active warning, watch or advisory, with severity, urgency, timing and safety instructions.

No API key, no login. Click Start and it works with the prefilled input.

What does US Weather Alerts Scraper do?

It queries US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) and returns one row per record, with only the fields that matter. Runs on the Apify platform, so you get an API endpoint, scheduling, monitoring and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks) without maintaining any infrastructure.

Why use it?

• US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) data without the plumbing: no proxy setup, no pagination code, no scraping maintenance.
• Schedule it to monitor changes daily or weekly and trigger alerts on new records.
• Feed it straight into a spreadsheet, database, or an AI agent via the Apify API or MCP server.
• Runs in seconds and returns a typed dataset that is ready for analysis.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Leave the default input to see a sample run, or type your own values (see Input below).
3. Press Start and wait a few seconds.
4. Open the Output tab and download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
state	string	"CA"	Two-letter US state code to fetch active weather alerts for. One of: 'AL', 'AK', 'AZ', 'CA', 'CO', 'FL', 'GA', 'IL', 'MI', 'NY', 'OH', 'OR', 'PA', 'TX', 'WA'.
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum number of active alerts to return.

Example input:

{
  "state": "CA",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

One item per record. Sample:

{
  "alert_id": "urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f6147ed0e73c7fa4f61a4bfdc422b4b53fa366ac.001.2",
  "area_desc": "San Diego County Coastal Areas; Orange County Coastal",
  "event": "Beach Hazards Statement",
  "severity": "Moderate",
  "certainty": "Likely",
  "urgency": "Expected"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Type	Meaning
alert_id	string	Alert ID
area_desc	string	Affected Area
event	string	Event
severity	string	Severity
certainty	string	Certainty
urgency	string	Urgency
headline	string	Headline
description	string	Description
instruction	string	Safety Instructions
effective	string	Effective From
expires	string	Expires
status	string	Status
sender_name	string	Sender

How much does it cost to run?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay per result item pushed to the dataset, and nothing for an empty run. Each run is a few seconds of compute, so typical costs are fractions of a cent per run, and the Apify free tier covers plenty of testing.

Tips and advanced options

• Raise maxResults for a bigger pull; the Actor pages through the source for you.
• Schedule it (e.g. every morning) and combine with a webhook to get only the new records.
• Add the Actor to an AI agent through the Apify MCP server for natural-language queries.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

• Is this legal? It uses publicly available data from US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov). You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with the source's terms.
• It returned nothing? Use a two-letter US state code such as CA or TX. Quiet weather means few or no active alerts - try a different state.
• Something broken? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data sources change and get fixed quickly.
• Need a custom variant (extra fields, a different source, a scheduled report)? Get in touch through the Issues tab.