$twcweather.alerts Observations

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#21

Awesome @Koyfam… There was some gems in that one!

I’m definitely seeing some patterns that should make coding easy for us… :sunglasses:

If that alert is still active, would you be able to run two quick commands for me?
(or really anyone with an active alert can do this)

At the bottom of any piston (not in edit mode) there is an “Evaluation Console”. Would you change “Value” to “Expression” and try the following two lines, pressing “Enter” between.

$twcweather.alerts.responseTypes.responseType
$twcweather.alerts.responseTypes.responseTypeCode

Like this:

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I am trying to confirm the full path for future queries. Hopefully your results contain real data.

#22

For those following along, here is my preliminary observations…
(although it’s still fairly early in the data gathering)

The left column of 21 data points looks to be the most useful
The right column of 18 data points looks to be the least useful
The middle column of 9 data points is too early to tell

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… and just as a reminder…
If there are no current weather alerts for your location, then these data points will all be blank for you.

#23

Thanks @WCmore. This is great. My alerts are no longer active but I’ll run those commands when the next one comes in.

#24

I am already brainstorming future pistons… :thinking:

For example, the code:
certainty severity headlineText" for "areaName
could output something like:
Likely Severe Heat Advisory until TUE 9:00 PM EDT for Southern Nassau County

#25

Piston state: at 5:08 P.M. on 8/1 saying [[adminDistrict:Tennessee, adminDistrictCode:TN, areaId:TNZ069, areaName:Knox County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:5de0f31f-2c66-34e9-812c-34f7058f3c45, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Significant Weather Advisory, eventTrackingNumber:0000, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-01T17:45:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1564695900, flood:null, headlineText:Significant Weather Advisory until THU 5:45 PM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:e801cb69bdd448b7e84849f05ff6ee41, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-01T16:54:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:-00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Tennessee, officeAdminDistrictCode:TN, officeCode:KMRX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Knoxville/Tri-Cities, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TSG, processTimeUTC:1564692874, productIdentifier:SPS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]

#26

Thanks @Pantheon!! Looks like you are ahead of me. I am still waiting for my first alert, LOL

Side Note:
The second or third alert, (worded slightly different), may be just as important as the initial one for data gathering.

#27

Not sure if this helps at all…

Piston state: at 7:08 P.M. on 8/1 saying [[adminDistrict:Tennessee, adminDistrictCode:TN, areaId:TNC093, areaName:Knox County, areaTypeCode:C, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:8abbb7b5-4465-39ca-a010-3fbf795a6de4, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2019-08-01T17:21:00-04:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, eventDescription:Flood Advisory, eventTrackingNumber:0156, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-01T19:15:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1564701300, flood:[floodCrestTimeLocal:null, floodCrestTimeLocalTimeZone:null, floodEndTimeLocal:null, floodEndTimeLocalTimeZone:null, floodImmediateCause:Excessive Rainfall, floodImmediateCauseCode:ER, floodLocationId:00000, floodLocationName:N/A, floodRecordStatus:N/A, floodRecordStatusCode:OO, floodSeverity:None, floodSeverityCode:N, floodStartTimeLocal:null, floodStartTimeLocalTimeZone:null], headlineText:Flood Advisory from THU 5:21 PM EDT until THU 7:15 PM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:d4e33ef8a098d40077e64242d1a6adde, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-01T17:21:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Tennessee, officeAdminDistrictCode:TN, officeCode:KMRX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Knoxville/Tri-Cities, onsetTimeLocal:2019-08-01T17:21:00-04:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, phenomena:FA, processTimeUTC:1564694510, productIdentifier:FLS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Moderate, severityCode:3, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]

#28

You’re awesome!!

Finally some data about flooding!!

#29

Hey @Pantheon, if that alert is still active, can you do this quick test?

#30

Sorry, got [ ] for both…next time maybe.

#31

Thanks for trying…

It’s possible it might require different wording to grab individual data points.
(hence, all this testing LOL)

It was interesting to see all the new data points that was not visible in any of the other alerts.

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This means there may be a lot of hidden data points, that only show up under certain conditions.

#32

Just let me know what I can do to help. I am quite interested in getting this info together and in the Wiki.

#33

You are doing perfect! Just keep posting new alerts, and within the next day or two I will start combining all of our data into one easy to read page.

I just noticed that your last alert was also the first where “areaTypeCode” was not “Z”…
(although I don’t know what your “C” stands for yet, LOL)

#34

I got another alert. Here is the result of the commands

(expression) $twcweather.alerts.responseTypes.responseType »»» (dynamic) [[Monitor]]
(expression) $twcweather.alerts.responseTypes.responseTypeCode »»» (dynamic) [[6]]

#35

And the alert itself.

Weather alert: [[adminDistrict:New York, adminDistrictCode:NY, areaId:NYZ179, areaName:Southern Nassau County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:651d5102-59c7-314e-9540-b4a826880b86, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2019-08-02T20:00:00-04:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, eventDescription:Coastal Flood Statement, eventTrackingNumber:0024, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-03T00:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1564804800, flood:null, headlineText:Coastal Flood Statement from FRI 8:00 PM EDT until SAT 12:00 AM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:64f7a650e0c53eaacbc13da5c7bf5a97, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-02T03:26:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:40.70, longitude:-73.59, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:New York, officeAdminDistrictCode:NY, officeCode:KOKX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:New York City, onsetTimeLocal:2019-08-02T20:00:00-04:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, phenomena:CF, processTimeUTC:1564730818, productIdentifier:CFW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Monitor, responseTypeCode:6]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:S, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Expected, urgencyCode:2]]

#36

Got one for a severe thunderstorm warning:

Weather alert: [[adminDistrict:Alabama, adminDistrictCode:AL, areaId:ALC089, areaName:Madison County, areaTypeCode:C, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Observed, certaintyCode:1, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:234946c2-39bb-3778-bb8a-26d70210ca9a, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2019-07-31T18:14:00-05:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, eventDescription:Severe Thunderstorm Warning, eventTrackingNumber:0106, expireTimeLocal:2019-07-31T18:45:00-05:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, expireTimeUTC:1564616700, flood:null, headlineText:Severe Thunderstorm Warning from WED 6:14 PM CDT until WED 6:45 PM CDT, ianaTimeZone:America/Chicago, identifier:bb2c7e1b57a585523e3a463bed5ffa78, issueTimeLocal:2019-07-31T18:14:00-05:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:-00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Alabama, officeAdminDistrictCode:AL, officeCode:KHUN, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Huntsville, onsetTimeLocal:2019-07-31T18:14:00-05:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, phenomena:SV, processTimeUTC:1564614895, productIdentifier:SVR, responseTypes:[[responseType:Shelter, responseTypeCode:1]], severity:Severe, severityCode:2, significance:W, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Immediate, urgencyCode:1]]

#37

Got another one… I live in a pretty active weather area. I ran the expressions too since I caught this one while still active.

Piston state: at 1:13 P.M. on 8/2 saying [[adminDistrict:Alabama, adminDistrictCode:AL, areaId:ALZ006, areaName:Madison County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:69bd60ad-7c1b-3813-8107-d2fc18476fc0, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Airport Weather Warning, eventTrackingNumber:0000, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-02T14:15:00-05:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, expireTimeUTC:1564773300, flood:null, headlineText:Airport Weather Warning until FRI 2:15 PM CDT, ianaTimeZone:America/Chicago, identifier:0e59ab905ee3b7bb4543d223bf6182d4, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-02T13:09:00-05:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:-00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Alabama, officeAdminDistrictCode:AL, officeCode:KHUN, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Huntsville, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TAW, processTimeUTC:1564769375, productIdentifier:AWW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Moderate, severityCode:3, significance:W, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]

(expression) $twcweather.alerts.responseTypes.responseType »»» (dynamic) [[Avoid]]

(expression) $twcweather.alerts.responseTypes.responseTypeCode »»» (dynamic) [[5]]

#38

Man, you guys are on a roll… Thank you both!!

I am heading out the door at the moment, but will add these latest data points to my spreadsheet when I return…

Thank you guys for running that test. It seems the full path is simply:
$twcweather.alerts.dataPointName

Interesting observation:
I recently started tracking: $twcweather.alerts.length
(since length doesn’t appear under $twcweather.alerts)

The strange thing is, for about 3 hours today, my alert.length was 1, yet there was still no weather alerts for my location.

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I am going to have to keep my eye on this one to decipher…
$twcweather.alerts.length may be linked to other hidden dataPoints…

#39

That’s interesting. I just ran that command and it returned 1 for the length. I also reran the previous command and the alert is still active as I got back a result.

That leads me to believe a length of 1 means you should have an alert. I’m not sure why you’re not getting one though.

#40

Weather alert: [[adminDistrict:Tennessee, adminDistrictCode:TN, areaId:TNZ069, areaName:Knox County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:5de0f31f-2c66-34e9-812c-34f7058f3c45, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Significant Weather Advisory, eventTrackingNumber:0000, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-02T16:15:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1564776900, flood:null, headlineText:Significant Weather Advisory until FRI 4:15 PM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:d0683c99fff5c75f43db1f213f998230, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-02T15:23:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Tennessee, officeAdminDistrictCode:TN, officeCode:KMRX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Knoxville/Tri-Cities, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TSG, processTimeUTC:1564773816, productIdentifier:SPS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]