Weather.gov · Example Payload

Weather Gov Alert Example

Example weather description text.

WeatherGovernmentUnited StatesForecastingAlertsOpen Data

Weather Gov Alert Example is an example object payload from Weather.gov, with 19 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

areaDescgeocodeaffectedZonesreferencessenteffectiveexpirescategoryeventsendersenderNamedescriptionresponseparametersscopecodelanguagewebeventCode

Example Payload

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{
  "areaDesc": "example-value",
  "geocode": {
    "UGC": [
      null
    ],
    "SAME": [
      "example-value",
      "example-value"
    ]
  },
  "affectedZones": [
    "https://api.weather.gov/resource/example"
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "@id": "https://api.weather.gov/resource/example",
      "sender": "example-value",
      "sent": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z"
    },
    {
      "@id": "https://api.weather.gov/resource/example",
      "sender": "example-value",
      "sent": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "sent": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z",
  "effective": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z",
  "expires": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z",
  "category": "Met",
  "event": "Winter Storm Warning",
  "sender": "example-value",
  "senderName": "Example Name",
  "description": "Example weather description text.",
  "response": "Evacuate",
  "parameters": {},
  "scope": "Private",
  "code": "example-value",
  "language": "example-value",
  "web": "example-value",
  "eventCode": {}
}