# TheBotWire US Severe Weather Alerts

> TheBotWire US Severe Weather Alerts is a paid API for AI agents from thebotwire.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves active US severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service, filterable by severity level, keywords, and freshness window.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://thebotwire.com/weather/alerts
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/thebotwire-us-severe-weather-alerts-b0d2254a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mD1ziJbayENngy42-cYQV

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability thebotwire-us-severe-weather-alerts-b0d2254a
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest severe and extreme weather alerts from the National Weather Service right now — show me up to 20 results, only severity extreme or severe, from the past 2 hours.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, authoritative US severe weather alerts directly from the National Weather Service, especially when filtering by severity level (extreme/severe/immediate) or freshness window. Prefer this over general weather APIs when the focus is on actionable emergency alerts (watches, warnings, advisories) rather than forecasts or current conditions.

## Known failure modes

- No alerts returned when NWS feed is quiet or no alerts match the filters
- Invalid severity enum value returns a validation error
- 'since' parameter with unrecognized format may return an error or be ignored
- Limit exceeding 50 is rejected; limit below 1 is rejected
- Stale or delayed data if NWS upstream feed is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Active US severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service: extreme and severe watches, warnings, advisories.

## Output

Returns a list of active US severe weather alerts sourced from the National Weather Service, including alert type (watch, warning, advisory), severity level (extreme, severe, immediate), affected area, headline, and issuance time. Results can be filtered by keyword search, severity, and freshness window, with up to 50 items per call.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/thebotwire-us-severe-weather-alerts-b0d2254a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from thebotwire.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/thebotwire.com/llms.txt)