$twcweather.alerts Observations

weather
#82

Flash Flood Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, and Flash Flood Warning… About to get pounded with rain.

[[adminDistrict:Kansas, adminDistrictCode:KS, areaId:KSC173, areaName:Sedgwick County, areaTypeCode:C, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Observed, certaintyCode:1, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:11a3517e-674e-3a6f-9457-08a4dd79fe75, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Severe Thunderstorm Warning, eventTrackingNumber:0333, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-21T20:00:00-05:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, expireTimeUTC:1566435600, flood:null, headlineText:Severe Thunderstorm Warning until WED 8:00 PM CDT, ianaTimeZone:America/Chicago, identifier:1d07ddb51640dced6904210095afa531, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-21T19:45:00-05:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, latitude:XX.XX, longitude:-XX.XX, messageType:Update, messageTypeCode:2, officeAdminDistrict:Kansas, officeAdminDistrictCode:KS, officeCode:KICT, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Wichita, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:SV, processTimeUTC:1566434737, productIdentifier:SVS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Shelter, responseTypeCode:1]], severity:Severe, severityCode:2, significance:W, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Immediate, urgencyCode:1], [adminDistrict:Kansas, adminDistrictCode:KS, areaId:KSC173, areaName:Sedgwick County, areaTypeCode:C, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:ac1f57dd-e42e-340f-ba49-7ce9ac912935, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2019-08-21T19:47:00-05:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, eventDescription:Flash Flood Warning, eventTrackingNumber:0076, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-21T23:45:00-05:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, expireTimeUTC:1566449100, 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:N/A, floodSeverityCode:0, floodStartTimeLocal:null, floodStartTimeLocalTimeZone:null], headlineText:Flash Flood Warning from WED 7:47 PM CDT until WED 11:45 PM CDT, ianaTimeZone:America/Chicago, identifier:75eeeb1f0d17996a0191fe734e184c69, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-21T19:47:00-05:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, latitude:XX.XX, longitude:XX.XX, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Kansas, officeAdminDistrictCode:KS, officeCode:KICT, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Wichita, onsetTimeLocal:2019-08-21T19:47:00-05:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, phenomena:FF, processTimeUTC:1566434880, productIdentifier:FFW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Severe, severityCode:2, significance:W, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Immediate, urgencyCode:1], [adminDistrict:Kansas, adminDistrictCode:KS, areaId:KSZ083, areaName:Sedgwick County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:a5715b13-69d0-39a0-a9d7-72480684a0c7, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2019-08-21T20:00:00-05:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, eventDescription:Flash Flood Watch, eventTrackingNumber:0015, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-22T10:00:00-05:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, expireTimeUTC:1566486000, 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:N/A, floodSeverityCode:0, floodStartTimeLocal:null, floodStartTimeLocalTimeZone:null], headlineText:Flash Flood Watch from WED 8:00 PM CDT until THU 10:00 AM CDT, ianaTimeZone:America/Chicago, identifier:866dbf0694e515ce7452397c478f528c, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-21T14:46:00-05:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, latitude:XX.XX, longitude:XX.XX, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Kansas, officeAdminDistrictCode:KS, officeCode:KICT, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Wichita, onsetTimeLocal:2019-08-21T20:00:00-05:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:CDT, phenomena:FF, processTimeUTC:1566416781, productIdentifier:FFA, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Moderate, severityCode:3, significance:A, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]

#83

I keep getting :

Alert.length changed from 0 to 1

and

Alert.length is back to 0

#84

I got one today for air quality.

Weather alert: [[adminDistrict:New York, adminDistrictCode:NY, areaId:NYZ179, areaName:Southern Nassau County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:a04f3542-fbc4-301b-a535-3b03b8896e0f, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Air Quality Alert, eventTrackingNumber:0000, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-22T23:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1566529200, flood:null, headlineText:Air Quality Alert until THU 11:00 PM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:2a7219fb3e46dae8816d4220ff20f2b6, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-21T16:32:00-04:00, 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:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TAQ, processTimeUTC:1566419562, productIdentifier:AQA, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:L, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]

#85

When the length is greater than zero, are there any nulls? That piston is supposed to send the alert (or null) whenever the length is 1 or more.

Edit:
If you are using this piston from above, then any time the length is greater than zero, there should be extra information inside that SMS. Such as:

temp

So I guess my question is, what is the extra information you see when length is 1 or more?

#86

I am not getting any alert.length other than 0 or 1

One of my latest

Alert.length changed from 0 to 1
[[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:2019-08-22T19:45:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1566517500, flood:null, headlineText:Significant Weather Advisory until THU 7:45 PM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:28beacfa4010c61e76d0ee867637f79c, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-22T19:04:00-04:00, 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:1566515061, productIdentifier:SPS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5]]

Alert.length is back to 0

#87

Dang. I am beginning to wonder if my location is bugged then. So far, in 30 days of testing on my end, my length has changed many times, yet not a single alert has come in. Either I am living in paradise, or something is fishy… (to be honest, the weather hasn’t really been worthy of an alert… I’m just wondering about all the nulls I have been seeing)

#88

Is there anything more that I can do to help?

#89

If you are willing to let that piston run a bit longer… I am especially interested if any nulls ever appear when length is 1 or more

#90

Can do.

#91

The Wiki has been updated.

Thanks everyone for the latest contributions!

#92

Good news! We finally have enough data gathered for $twcweather.alerts.significance to make sense of that dataPoint.

The new table can be found here

#93

Amazing @WCmore. Simply amazing

#94

Thanks @Koyfam. I appreciate that. Although, I couldn’t have done it without your help…
(I have not had a single alert since I started tracking a month ago)

#95

@WCmore, great work! Others here will surely benefit. Thanks.

#96

Hello!

Here are my gatherings from this past week:

$twcweather.alerts[0].eventDescription
“Severe Thunderstorm Watch”
“Special Weather Statement”
“Beach Hazard Statement”

$twcweather.alerts[0].headlineText
“Severe Thunderstorm Watch from SUN 3:25 PM EDT until SUN 10:00 PM EDT”
“Special Weather Statement until SUN 11:15 PM EDT”
“Beach Hazard Statement from SAT 10:00 AM EDT until SAT 10:00 PM EDT”

I decided to keep the [0], as I am also capturing the [1] separately. Do you want me to report them without the [0]?

Thanks!

#97

Thanks @dejavux2! I have added “Beach Hazard Statement” to the Wiki.
(the other dataPoints were already listed)

I am not sure it matters really. I believe [0] is the first alert, and [1] is the second alert for the same time period. The important thing is for us to gather data that is not listed on the Wiki.

For what it’s worth, I believe we can never have too much data, LOL.
(notice all the question marks next to the Beach Hazard)

This can be prevented in the future if there was a testing piston capturing all of $twcweather.alerts. It lets us see the relationship between dataPoints. (but again, I am grateful for any contributions)

Pro Tip:
If you don’t want the testing piston to send a SMS, you can delete that single line. The dataPoints will still be stored in the log. It makes for an easy copy/paste to this thread.

#98

Does this help?

[[adminDistrict:Ohio, adminDistrictCode:OH, areaId:OHZ010, areaName:Lorain County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:15d1ce64-1896-3cc3-8d43-909451b725d2, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Beach Hazard Statement, eventTrackingNumber:0014, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-25T03:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1566716400, flood:null, headlineText:Beach Hazard Statement until SUN 3:00 AM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:7d5a4d37d8191eae63e19ada1d841511, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-24T16:01:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:0, longitude:0, messageType:Update, messageTypeCode:2, officeAdminDistrict:Ohio, officeAdminDistrictCode:OH, officeCode:KCLE, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:Cleveland, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:BH, processTimeUTC:1566676886, productIdentifier:CFW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Moderate, severityCode:3, significance:S, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Expected, urgencyCode:2]]

[[[[CHANGED]]]]
$twcweather.alerts[0].headlineText
Beach Hazard Statement until SUN 3:00 AM EDT

#99

Yes, very much… Thank you!

Your data has been added to the Wiki.

Edit:
I am definitely seeing even more patterns.
For example, “productIdentifier:CFW” appears with any of the following alerts:

  • Beach Hazard Statement
  • Coastal Flood Statement
  • Rip Tide Statement

Edit May 2020:

We now know that CFW stands for Coastal Flood Watch or Warning

#100

Good…glad to help.

I live near Lake Erie, so we get a lot of alerts like those.

#101

i hope this one helps, Tropical Storm Watch.

Piston state: at 8:17 P.M. on 8/26 saying [[adminDistrict:Puerto Rico, adminDistrictCode:PR, areaId:PRZ005, areaName:North Central, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Possible, certaintyCode:3, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:bc6a6d3e-4e3e-33bc-ab4f-a74a678c002c, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Tropical Storm Watch, eventTrackingNumber:1005, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-27T04:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:AST, expireTimeUTC:1566892800, flood:null, headlineText:Tropical Storm Watch is in effect, ianaTimeZone:America/Puerto_Rico, identifier:8c83d9d60c5f138188960ace2281c687, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-26T19:47:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:AST, latitude:18.42, longitude:-66.53, messageType:Update, messageTypeCode:2, officeAdminDistrict:Puerto Rico, officeAdminDistrictCode:PR, officeCode:TJSJ, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:San Juan, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TR, processTimeUTC:1566863233, productIdentifier:TCV, responseTypes:[[responseType:Prepare, responseTypeCode:3]], severity:Severe, severityCode:2, significance:A, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Future, urgencyCode:3], [adminDistrict:Puerto Rico, adminDistrictCode:PR, areaId:PRZ005, areaName:North Central, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:50185f56-2b37-3a51-bc7e-d382e67c7e42, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Tropical Weather Statement, eventTrackingNumber:0000, expireTimeLocal:2019-08-27T04:15:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:AST, expireTimeUTC:1566893700, flood:null, headlineText:Tropical Weather Statement until TUE 4:15 AM AST, ianaTimeZone:America/Puerto_Rico, identifier:7ca2091cf1b4d99f0c094475c8c2bbf1, issueTimeLocal:2019-08-26T20:04:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:AST, latitude: 00.00 longitude:-00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:Puerto Rico, officeAdminDistrictCode:PR, officeCode:TJSJ, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:San Juan, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TTP, processTimeUTC:1566864277, productIdentifier:HLS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Monitor, responseTypeCode:6]], severity:Moderate, severityCode:3, significance:S, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Expected, urgencyCode:2]]