---
title: MeteoAlarm
description: Instructions on how to set up MeteoAlarm binary sensors within Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Binary Sensor
ha_release: 0.93
ha_iot_class: Cloud Polling
ha_codeowners:
  - '@rolfberkenbosch'
ha_domain: meteoalarm
ha_platforms:
  - binary_sensor
ha_integration_type: integration
---

The `MeteoAlarm` platform allows one to watch for weather alerts in europe from [MeteoAlarm](https://www.meteoalarm.org) (EUMETNET). To use this binary sensor, you need the name of your country and the province name from  [MeteoAlarm](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org). Please note that you need to write the exact country name (with hyphens) as at the end of the URL starting with: `https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/feeds/meteoalarm-legacy-atom-`.

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

## Configuration

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

```yaml
binary_sensor:
  - platform: meteoalarm
    country: "netherlands"
    province: "Groningen"
```

{% configuration %}
name:
  description: Binary sensor name
  required: false
  default: meteoalarm
  type: string
country:
  description: The fullname of your country in English format (lowercases)
  required: true
  type: string
province:
  description: The province
  required: true
  type: string
language:
  description: "The ISO code of your language, please be aware that this is only possible in the current country. So 'nl-NL' or 'nl-BE' is only possible in Netherlands or Belgium"
  required: false
  type: string
  default: "en-US"
{% endconfiguration %}


Example output

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

```yaml
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
```

There are a few awareness levels:

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

Example automation

Below you find an example of an automation.

{% raw %}

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

{% endraw %}

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