Alerts API

Alerts API

The Alerts API is a constantly refreshing JSON feed compiling all active regional warnings mapped into our five-tier severity system.

Endpoint

GET https://docs.alaskaintel.com/api/alerts.json

(Note: Production endpoints may be routed through data.alaskaintel.com directly)

Example Response

{
  "updated_at": "2026-04-03T18:00:00Z",
  "alerts_count": 2,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "A-10023",
      "category": "WEATHER",
      "severity": "WARNING",
      "title": "Winter Storm Warning",
      "description": "Heavy snowfall expected over the Mat-Su valley.",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-03T16:30:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "A-10024",
      "category": "EMERGENCY",
      "severity": "CRITICAL",
      "title": "Tsunami Warning: Coastal Regions",
      "description": "Evacuate low lying areas immediately.",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-03T17:45:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Usage Constraints

Ensure applications do not exceed a polling interval of 5 seconds, as internal pipeline flushes operate uniformly at 10-second intervals for critical arrays.