Severe Weather Events on Live Map

By leveraging National Weather Service data*, Motive provides fleet users with real-time visibility of severe weather events on the Live Map. This integration allows for the immediate identification of affected drivers and vehicles and facilitates the delivery of targeted broadcast messages to those in impact zones.
*Weather data provided by OpenWeather Website

Overview

Severe Weather Alerts bring weather events into the same Live Map surface you already use to monitor drivers, vehicles, and assets. Key features include:

• Live map visualization: Severe and extreme weather events are drawn as colored polygons on the Live map with a type-based legend.
• Event details: Click a weather event polygon to see severity, start and end times, and the number of drivers, vehicles, and assets inside the impact area.
• Targeted broadcast: Send a pre-filled message to just the drivers inside an event's polygon, directly from the event details view.

Viewing weather events on the Live map

Weather events from severe and extreme categories are drawn automatically on the Live map. Motive groups related alert polygons from the weather data provider into a single weather event so that one storm system appears as one outline, not dozens of overlapping shapes.

1. Log in to the Fleet Dashboard.
2. Click Fleet View in the left navigation, and make sure the Live tab is selected.

3. Click the Weather Events layer in the Map layer options. 

   

4. Weather event polygons appear over the impacted area, colored by event type. Use the Legend control in the lower-right of the map to review the color-to-type mapping. See Appendix below to see the list of weather events supported.

5. Hover over a polygon to see a tooltip with the weather event type and to highlight the event boundary on the map.

Opening an event summary

1. Click a weather event polygon on the map. The view zooms in to center the polygon, and an event summary card appears.
2. Review the summary card. It shows the weather event name, Severity, Start and End times, and counts of the Drivers, Vehicles, and Assets inside the polygon.
3. Use the entity list on the left to identify the specific drivers and vehicles inside the polygon.

4. Click View details on the summary card to open the full event details view. Only the selected weather event's polygon remains visible on the map.

5. To return to all weather events on the Live map, close the event details view.

Broadcasting a message to impacted drivers

From the event details view, you can send a broadcast message to the drivers inside the weather event polygon. Motive pre-fills the message with event-aware language that you can edit before sending.

To send a broadcast from the event details view

1. Open a weather event in the event details view as described above.
2. Click the Message drivers button in the details panel. The drivers inside the polygon are added as recipients automatically. Click Next.

3. Review the pre-filled message. Edit the subject and body to match your fleet's communication style or to add site-specific instructions.

4. Click Send. The broadcast appears in the Messages section of the Fleet Dashboard and is delivered to the selected drivers in the Driver App.

Appendix

1. Blizzard Warning: Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or greater and considerable falling/blowing snow reducing visibility to less than 1/4 mile for at least 3 hours.
2. Blowing Dust Warning: Widespread or localized blowing dust reducing visibilities to 1/4 mile or less, usually accompanied by winds of 25 mph or greater.
3. Coastal Flood Warning: Significant to severe coastal flooding is occurring, imminent, or highly likely within the next 12 to 36 hours.
4. Dust Storm Warning: Severe event where visibility is reduced to 1/4 mile or less by blowing dust, often associated with a strong "wall of dust" (haboob).
5. Extreme Cold Warning: Dangerously low temperatures or wind chills are expected, posing a severe threat to life with prolonged exposure.
6. Extreme Cold Watch: Conditions are favorable for dangerously cold temperatures or wind chills to develop in the next 24 to 72 hours.
7. Extreme Heat Warning: Heat index values are expected to meet or exceed local warning criteria for at least 2 days.
8. Extreme Heat Watch: Conditions are favorable for an excessive heat event to meet or exceed warning criteria in the next 1 to 3 days.
9. Flash Flood Warning: Rapid and life-threatening flooding is occurring or imminent, typically caused by heavy rain or a dam/levee failure.
10. Fire Weather Watch: Conditions are favorable for the development of extreme fire behavior (low humidity, high winds, dry fuels) within 24 to 72 hours.
11. Flood Warning: Flooding is occurring or imminent that poses a threat to life or property, typically developing more slowly than flash flooding.
12. Flood Watch: Conditions are favorable for flooding to occur in the specified area.
13. Freeze Watch: Temperatures are expected to drop below 32°F over a large area during the growing season within the next 24 to 48 hours.
14. Heavy Freezing Spray Warning: Accumulation of freezing water droplets on vessels at a rate of 2 cm per hour or greater, caused by cold winds and sea spray.
15. High Wind Warning: Sustained winds of 40 mph or greater for 1 hour or more, or gusts of 58 mph or greater for any duration.
16. High Wind Watch: Conditions are favorable for high winds to develop within the next 24 to 48 hours.
17. Ice Storm Warning: Significant ice accumulations are expected (typically 1/4 inch or more) that will cause hazards and damage.
18. Lake Effect Snow Warning: Heavy snow falling in distinct bands off the Great Lakes, typically resulting in 7 or more inches of snow in 12 hours.
19. Lakeshore Flood Warning: Significant flooding is expected along the shores of the Great Lakes due to high water levels, waves, and storm surge.
20. Red Flag Warning: Critical fire weather conditions are occurring or will occur shortly (usually within 24 hours).
21. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: A thunderstorm is producing winds of 58 mph or higher and/or hail 1 inch in diameter or larger.
22. Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
23. Snow Squall Warning: A brief but intense period of heavy snow and strong winds resulting in near-zero visibility and rapid slushy accumulations.
24. Special Marine Warning: Potentially hazardous weather conditions (usually short-duration) affecting maritime areas, such as waterspouts or high winds.
25. Storm Surge Warning: The danger of life-threatening rising water moving inland from the shoreline within the specified area.
26. Storm Surge Watch: The possibility of life-threatening rising water moving inland within the next 48 hours.
27. Storm Warning: Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 48 to 63 knots (55 to 73 mph) are occurring or expected (not associated with a tropical cyclone).
28. Storm Watch: Conditions are favorable for storm-force winds (48 to 63 knots) to develop within the next 48 hours.
29. Tornado Warning: A tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar; immediate danger to life and property exists.
30. Tornado Watch: Conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes in and close to the watch area.
31. Tropical Storm Warning: Tropical storm conditions (sustained winds of 39–73 mph) are expected within 36 hours.
32. Tropical Storm Watch: Tropical storm conditions are possible within the specified area, generally within 48 hours.
33. Tsunami Warning: A tsunami with the potential to generate widespread inundation is imminent, expected, or occurring.
34. Winter Storm Warning: A combination of heavy snow, blowing snow, and/or significant ice (sleet or freezing rain) is occurring or imminent.
35. Winter Storm Watch: Conditions are favorable for a significant winter storm event (heavy snow/ice) in the next 24 to 48 hours.

 

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