WarPulse Lightning API
Real-time lightning data, storm alerts, and strike classification. Every feature, what it does, and which plan includes it.
Define a zone and get a signed webhook the instant lightning strikes inside it. Delivered in near real-time, and free of your monthly quota.
Included on every planStorm cells detected from radar reflectivity, not just lightning density, so heavy rain and hail show up before the first strike does.
Available on Pro and aboveEvery storm clustered into a tracked cell with its own heading, speed, and flash history, followed through merges and splits with its neighbors.
Available on Ultimate and aboveWe project each storm cell's heading and speed forward, so a zone can warn you minutes before the first strike lands instead of after.
Available on Ultimate and aboveEvery strike tells you whether it reached the ground or stayed aloft. No extra call, just another field on the flash record.
Available on Pro and aboveAlso included
Fire only on cloud-to-ground strikes, or only once a minimum strike rate is met.
Live reflectivity as standard XYZ map tiles. One line into Leaflet, MapLibre or Mapbox, four palettes, continental US.
See where a storm is turning, near the ground and higher up. Rotation is the signal that comes before a tornado, and it is the thing you want to know first.
Skip polling. Every new flash pushed the moment it is detected.
The Americas, Atlantic, and Pacific, including Hawaii and Alaska, updated every 20 seconds.
One endpoint, one header. Pass your key, get JSON back.
Narrow results to any lat/lon box, for apps that do not need global data.
The last 15 minutes up to 24 hours, 7 days on Supercell, or unbounded on Enterprise.
A dedicated allowance on every plan. Not a shared pool, not per-IP.
Generate, view, and revoke keys instantly, and watch usage against your limit.
Coverage areas
Lightning data provided as-is; not for safety-critical use. Commercial use is permitted on every current plan. Read the EULA →