get_alerts
Get NWS alerts
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NWS watches, warnings, advisories. Point (city/ZIP/lat+lon): containing polygons. BBox or US state/DC/CONUS (codes, full names, US/national): intersecting polygons. A city miss is not a statewide all-clear — query the state or a bbox; never say regional inventory is impossible. NY/WA and "New York State"/"Washington State" are states; "New York"/"Washington" stay cities. Omit at for now; at (ISO-8601 UTC) is the snapshot then. Empty = all-clear or purged (~24h). alert_id = detail+geometry, ignores at. Ex: {"location":"WI","events":["Tornado Warning"]}.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | string | no | Free-text place: city ("Denver"), city+state ("Portland, OR"), US ZIP ("50219"), or "lat,lon" ("39.74,-104.99"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian). |
| bbox | object | no | Bounding box {west,south,east,north}. Skips geocoding; intersecting polygons. |
| events | array | no | Optional event-name filter, e.g. ["Tornado Warning"]. |
| alert_id | string | no | Alert identifier for detail mode. When set, location is ignored. |
| at | string | no | ISO-8601 UTC past instant for the in-effect snapshot. Ignored with alert_id. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"location": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Free-text place: city (\"Denver\"), city+state (\"Portland, OR\"), US ZIP (\"50219\"), or \"lat,lon\" (\"39.74,-104.99\"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both."
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180,
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian)."
},
"bbox": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"west": {
"$ref": "#/properties/lon"
},
"south": {
"$ref": "#/properties/lat"
},
"east": {
"$ref": "#/properties/lon"
},
"north": {
"$ref": "#/properties/lat"
}
},
"required": [
"west",
"south",
"east",
"north"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Bounding box {west,south,east,north}. Skips geocoding; intersecting polygons."
},
"events": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional event-name filter, e.g. [\"Tornado Warning\"]."
},
"alert_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Alert identifier for detail mode. When set, location is ignored."
},
"at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO-8601 UTC past instant for the in-effect snapshot. Ignored with alert_id."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}