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page	MeteoAlarm Sensor	Instructions on how to set up MeteoAlarm binary sensors within Home Assistant.	2019-05-03 16:50	true	false	true	true	meteoalarm.png	Binary Sensor	0.93	Local Polling

The MeteoAlarm platform allows one to watch for weather alerts in europe from MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET). To use this binary sensor, you need the two digits of your country and the province name from MeteoAlarm. Please note that you need to write the exact details from the website with capitals.

The binary sensor state shows if applicable the warning message. The details are available as attribute.

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

To enable this binary sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: meteoalarm
    country: 'NL'
    province: 'Groningen'

{% configuration %} name: description: Binary sensor name required: false default: meteoalarm type: string country: description: The 2 digits of your country required: true type: string province: description: The province required: true type: string language: description: "The 4 digits our your language, please be aware that this is only possible in the current country. So 'ne' is only possible in Netherlands. Possible options is: bu, bs, ce, da, de, ee, en, es, ga, ca, su, fr, gr, he, hr, ma, is, it, li, la, sr, mk, ma, ne, no, po, ro, cp, sv, sl, eu." required: false type: string default: 'en' {% endconfiguration %}

{% linkable_title Example output %}

You will find an example below when the state is "on".

{% raw %} attribution: Information provided by MeteoAlarm language: en-GB category: Met event: Severe forest-fire warning responseType: Monitor urgency: Immediate severity: Severe certainty: Likely effective: 2019-05-02T22:00:00+00:00 onset: 2019-05-02T22:00:00+00:00 expires: 2019-05-03T21:59:00+00:00 senderName: Stig Carlsson headline: Orange forest-fire for Hedmark, Oppland description: High grass and heather fire hazard in areas without snow until significant amount of precipitation. Consequences: Vegetation is very easily ignited and very large areas may be affected. instruction: Be very careful with open fire. Follow the instructions from the local authorities. Emergency services should assess a necessary level of alertness. awareness_level: 3; orange; Severe awareness_type: 8; forest-fire unit_of_measurement: friendly_name: meteoalarm icon: mdi:alert {% endraw %}

There are a few awareness levels:

• 2; yellow; Moderate
• 3; orange; Severe
• 4; red; High

{% linkable_title Example automation %}

Below you find an example of an automation.

{% raw %} automation:

• alias: Alert me about weather warnings trigger: platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor.meteoalarm from: ‘off’ action:
  • service: notify.notify data_template: title: '{{state_attr('binary_sensor.meteoalarm', 'headline')}}' message: "{{state_attr('binary_sensor.meteoalarm', 'description')}} is effective on {{state_attr('binary_sensor.meteoalarm', 'effective')}}" {% endraw %}

This component is not affiliated with MeteoAlarm and retrieves data from the website by using the XML feeds. Use it at your own risk.