James Hammett
EF4
I just noticed when you search Google Maps now it places a banner on the page if there's an active weather warning for the locale:

When you click on 'more info' you get the warning text and a map with polygon(s):

Here's a national view: http://www.google.org/publicalerts
Apparently Google rolled this feature out last month...seems like a good way to cut through the internet morass and get the products straight to the consumer. Anyone know how they're calculating the "How likely/soon/severe" rankings and whether the NWS is involved at all?

When you click on 'more info' you get the warning text and a map with polygon(s):

Here's a national view: http://www.google.org/publicalerts
Apparently Google rolled this feature out last month...seems like a good way to cut through the internet morass and get the products straight to the consumer. Anyone know how they're calculating the "How likely/soon/severe" rankings and whether the NWS is involved at all?