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Every warning, the second it is issued.
Official National Weather Service alerts and GOES satellite lightning detection, on one map and on every device you own. Built by volunteers, paid for by people who chip in.
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- Active alerts
- 1,243,891
- Strikes
What you get
Four things, done properly
Lightning data straight from space
GOES GLM strikes streamed live. Set a radius and get told when the first strike lands inside it, and when it has been quiet long enough to go back out.
How do you want to receive alerts?
Smart phone, tablet, computer, text message, email, the list goes on! Get alerts how you want them, in what ever way you want them.
A stream you can build on
Public MQTT topics with documented payloads, plus first-party plugins. Wire alerts into anything that speaks to your house or your radio.
Integrations
Works with what you already run
One MQTT stream, documented and public. Point a home automation, a mesh radio, or your own script at it.
Read the MQTT docsNonprofit
Servers cost money. Warnings shouldn't.
Ingest, push notifications and the lightning feed run about $2,000 a month. Nine hundred supporters cover it. Alerts stay free either way; supporters get faster polling, unlimited saved places, and SMS delivery, which costs real money per message.
$3 / moSupporter: 5 saved places
$8 / moSustainer: SMS alerts, 3 recipients a place
$25 / moPatron: the same limits, plus the credits
612 of 900 supporters · covers ~68% of monthly cost