The Met Office provides the National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS)
as a free-at-point-of-use warning service, mainly for Category 1 and 2
responders (as defined in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004). Weather warnings
for specified severe weather events can be sent to responders using fax,
e-mail, FTP and SMS text message formats.
These warnings alert recipients to a forecast severe/extreme weather event
and allows for planning of actions needed to mitigate or reduce the impact
of the weather. In all cases it is possible to obtain more information
on UK severe weather warnings from the Met Office web site.
Online registration
This web-based online registration system has been set up to enable
appropriate agencies to register for the receipt of the NSWWS. Your
organisation should assign a Primary Contact (and Secondary Contact as
back-up) who is responsible for selecting the service preferences to meet
your needs.
The service allows up to 12 recipients (defined by delivery method and
warning selection) to be set up (and subsequently modified) to meet your
organisation's needs. For each recipient, you can specify the delivery
mechanism, weather warning type, and UK region(s) of interest; see below.
Once you have registered, changes to your service preferences and recipient
list can be made as frequently as you require. Any changes made prior
to 10:00 will be synchronised with our central database by 17:00
on the same day. Any changes made after 10:00 will not update our
central database until 17:00 on the following day.
Severe weather
warnings are issued in accordance with delivery details held within
this central database. We request that wherever possible, you make
changes to recipient details online during normal working hours.
This will assist us in ensuring that the support of the service is
maintained to the highest level.
Conditions of registration
Frequently Asked Questions
Log in to NSWWS
