GET /alerts/active

weather.gov:national-weather-service-api

Summary:
Operation ID: alerts_active
Auth: unknown
Description

Returns all currently active alerts

Parameters (12)

area (array, query, optional)

State/territory code or marine area code This parameter is incompatible with the following parameters: point, region, region_type, zone

certainty (array, query, optional)

Certainty (observed, likely, possible, unlikely, unknown)

code (array, query, optional)

Event code

event (array, query, optional)

Event name

message_type (array, query, optional)

Message type (alert, update, cancel)

point (?, query, optional)

Point (latitude,longitude) This parameter is incompatible with the following parameters: area, region, region_type, zone

region (array, query, optional)

Marine region code This parameter is incompatible with the following parameters: area, point, region_type, zone

region_type (string, query, optional)

Region type (land or marine) This parameter is incompatible with the following parameters: area, point, region, zone

Constraints: {'enum': ['land', 'marine']}

severity (array, query, optional)

Severity (extreme, severe, moderate, minor, unknown)

status (array, query, optional)

Status (actual, exercise, system, test, draft)

urgency (array, query, optional)

Urgency (immediate, expected, future, past, unknown)

zone (array, query, optional)

Zone ID (forecast or county) This parameter is incompatible with the following parameters: area, point, region, region_type

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
All active alerts curl https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active
Active alerts for California and Texas curl https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?area=CA&area=TX
Severe alerts near New York City curl https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?point=40.7128,-74.006&severity=severe&severity=extreme

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 11:02:17.482876 200 585ms
2026-03-23 09:11:12.315036 400 206ms
2026-03-23 06:08:28.045561 200 232ms 0.7MB

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:11:12.315036 62c38d7ba716 76352368add1
2026-03-23 11:02:17.482876 76352368add1 e9cb807bbbf6