Alert fatigue controls

Not for emergencies

This Weather Center is for public awareness and preparedness only. It is not an official warning system and cannot receive emergency reports. For life-threatening emergencies, call 911 or your local emergency number. Always monitor multiple official warning channels.

Duplicate suppression

Duplicate suppression window: 30 minutes for digest grouping preview.

Alert fatigue controls

Alert fatigue controls reduce notification noise

Digest and quiet-hour preferences apply to community weather notifications only.
This platform does not issue official public warnings or IPAWS alerts.
Urgent override visibility is explanatory — not automatic emergency delivery.

Digest mode: severe_only
Suppression window: 30 min

Digest preview

Severe thunderstorm watch · grouped if within suppression window
Flood advisory · may defer during quiet hours

Shows when a higher-severity alert would bypass digest grouping in preview. Does not send notifications or issue warnings.

Quiet hours transparency

Shows when non-urgent community notifications may defer during your quiet window.

Window: 10:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Applies to: community weather notifications
Urgent override: Urgent-severity items remain visible in Alert Center. Delivery still requires RB06D gate and is not executed in WEATHER-15.

Suppression lifecycle preview

Example notify/suppress decisions grouped by official alert correlation keys. Preview only — no notifications sent.

new · notify
Reason: new critical · correlation nws:severe-thunderstorm-watch:county-north
updated · suppress
Reason: suppressed minor update · correlation nws:severe-thunderstorm-watch:county-north
continued · suppress
Reason: user digest · correlation nws:flood-advisory:zone-river
cancelled · notify
Reason: meaningful change · correlation nws:heat-advisory:metro