Join recipe

Weather alerts for your uploaded locations

Bring your own facility list (BYOD) and intersect active NWS alerts with your sites for operations agents.

Bring your own location list (BYOD) — upload sites to your tenant to intersect with public NWS alerts.

What it is

A documented join across public-catalog sources (and your BYOD tables where noted) for agent workflows.

Source freshness

Source	Health	Last sync (UTC)	Cadence	Lag
`nws-active-alerts`	healthy	2026-10-17 06:00:14+00:00	/15 * * *	314s

Live status: GET /sources/health

Connect

Canonical MCP endpoint https://api.opendistrict.org/mcp (legacy https://mcp.opendistrict.org/mcp). A free API key is required — Authorization: Bearer $OD_API_KEY. Mint a key after signup. See MCP quickstart, pricing, and openapi.yaml.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendistrict": {
      "url": "https://api.opendistrict.org/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $OD_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example agent prompts

Which of my warehouses have an active severe thunderstorm warning?
Alert me when any site enters a flood watch.

Related datasets

/datasets/nws-active-alerts

FAQ

Do I upload coordinates?

Yes — this is a BYOD join: upload sites to your tenant, then query intersections with public NWS alert geometry.