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layout: page
title: MeteoAlarm Sensor
description: "Instructions on how to set up MeteoAlarm binary sensors within Home Assistant."
date: 2019-05-03 16:50
sidebar: true
comments: false
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logo: meteoalarm.png
ha_category: Binary Sensor
ha_release: 0.93
ha_iot_class: Local Polling
---

The `MeteoAlarm` platform allows one to watch for weather alerts in europe from [MeteoAlarm](https://www.meteoalarm.eu) (EUMETNET). To use this binary sensor, you need the two digits of your country and the province name from  [MeteoAlarm](https://www.meteoalarm.eu). 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`:

```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 %}

<p class='note warning'>
This component is not affiliated with MeteoAlarm and retrieves data from the website by using the XML feeds. Use it at your own risk.
</p>