National Weather Alerts Reader

The National Weather Alert reader uses the US weather.gov api: NWS Alerts (general API: https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api#/ )

Install the reader as you normally would and connect to the Chameleon Database:

 

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Report

 

Visit NWS Alerts to grab the URL for the state, county level, or geocode and place it in the Reports tab

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Below an example of specifying a specific geocode location

Event Priority

Select which events you want to pull from the API and sort them in order of priority.

Ignore Events

You can ignore events from being pulled.

Custom Report

You can create a custom report that would be generated as a dynamic tag called custom report. An example of what this would like like using the Available tags below:

 

Substitution

You can substitute keywords generated by the reader.

Datafeed

 

You can set the Included weather type urgency and severity and On-Air condition

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