I'm doing an experiment with the WestOKJournal Twitter feed. I found the Oklahoma feed NOAA provides for warnings and other notices.



How do I make this work? I use an old Windows 2K workstation sitting in the corner of my office. It runs batch files scheduled for various times a day. These batch files use cURL to access some ASP code on my web server to post information to Twitter.

Reference Notes:

• NOAA Experimental XML Feeds and Web Displays of Watches, Warnings, and Advisories
• NOAA Oklahoma CAP XML File
• NOAA County-Public Forecast Zones Correlation File (filter on cap:geocode)
• NOAA Products List File (filter on cap:events)
• Common Alertings Protocol (CAP) is an non-proprietary standard data format for the interchange of hazard warning and reports.
• Posting for each node in cap:info:
  • cap:area/cap:geocode (area number see forecast zones correlation file)
  • cap:area/cap:areaDesc (county name)
  • cap:event (see NOAA products list)
  • cap:headline
  • cap:web (link to full text of alert)
  • cap:effective (alert starts date/time)
  • cap:expires (alert ends date/time)
• Twitter API
• cURL (command line tool)
• Filtering for counties: Beckham, Custer, Washita, and Roger Mills
• Filtering for events: Tornado Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Flash Flood Warning, Blizzard Warning, Storm Warning, High Wind Warning, Dust Storm Warning, Ice Storm Warning, and Child Abduction Emergency. I might add Tornado and Thunderstorm Watches later.