Noaa Weather Alerts
Pricing
from $10.00 / 1,000 results
Noaa Weather Alerts
What does NOAA Weather Alerts do?
This Apify actor fetches active weather alerts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service API. It retrieves real-time severe weather warnings including tornado watches, flood advisories, winter storm warnings, heat advisories, and all other official National Weather Service alerts for any US state.
Why use this weather alert monitoring tool?
Severe weather events can have devastating impacts on businesses, travel plans, outdoor events, and daily life. This actor provides automated access to official government weather alerts, enabling you to build monitoring dashboards, send automated notifications, track weather patterns, or integrate real-time alert data into your applications. The data comes directly from the authoritative source used by emergency management agencies.
How to use the NOAA Weather Alerts actor
- Enter a State Code (e.g., CA for California, TX for Texas, FL for Florida)
- Optionally filter by Severity level (Extreme, Severe, Moderate, Minor)
- Set the Max Results to limit the number of alerts returned
- Click Start to run the actor
- Download your weather alert data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format
Works immediately with zero configuration, defaulting to California alerts.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | string | US state code (e.g., CA, TX, NY) | CA |
| severity | string | Severity filter (Extreme/Severe/Moderate/Minor) | All |
| maxResults | integer | Maximum alerts to return | 50 |
Output Data
Each weather alert record contains:
- event - Type of weather event (e.g., Tornado Warning, Flood Watch)
- severity - Alert severity level
- certainty - How certain the event is to occur
- urgency - How urgently action should be taken
- headline - Short alert headline
- description - Full alert description with details
- areas - Affected geographic areas
- onset - When the weather event begins
- expires - When the alert expires
- senderName - Issuing Weather Service office
Cost of Usage
This actor is very lightweight and makes a single API call.
- Per result: $0.01
- Per 1,000 results: $10
- Actor start cost: $0.005
A typical run completes in under 10 seconds on minimum memory settings.
Tips and Advanced Usage
- Monitor multiple states by running the actor with different state codes on a schedule
- Use severity filter "Extreme" to catch only the most dangerous alerts like tornadoes and hurricanes
- Schedule hourly runs during active weather seasons for continuous monitoring
- The description field contains detailed meteorological information useful for analysis
- Combine with location data to match alerts to specific addresses or facilities
Check out our other data collection tools:
- USGS Earthquake Data for seismic activity monitoring
- Open-Meteo Weather Forecast for daily weather forecasts
- FEMA Disaster Data for federal disaster declarations
