Weather feeds from the NWS contain geolocation information that can provide a more precise area for targeting weather related alerts than by county alone. When a weather alert feed contains a geolocation, depending on how you configure your weather alert template and alert rules, you can use the geolocation from the feed to define the targeting of users based on their location. You can enable geolocation targeting by selecting a location on the map in a weather alert template and selecting to target users in those locations.

Geo-targeting settings

The following matrix shows how the geotargeting settings in alert templates and alert rules impact the use of maps from the alert template and feed in triggered alerts. In the matrix, a means that the map from the weather feed is used in the triggered alert. A means that the map from the alert template is used.

If:

Alert template

Has Map

Has Geo Targeting – Users

Has Geo Targeting –Organizations

Feed

Has Polygon

Alert rule

Uses Geo Information from feed

Then:

Triggered alert

Has Map

Geo Targeting – Users

Geo Targeting –Organizations