Tornado watch text returned by API

[JJKraw]

Curiosity question / maybe an enhancement request...

If I look at the SPC site tornado watches, the text included is quite friendly and informative like this:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 190
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 AM EDT Thu May 7 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

• Tornado Watch for portions of
  Southeast Alabama
  Central and Eastern Florida Panhandle
  Southwest Georgia
  Coastal Waters

• Effective this Thursday morning from 255 AM until 1000 AM EDT.

• Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms will continue to push
eastward/southeastward into the moist and unstable airmass in place
over southeast Alabama/southwest Georgia and the central/eastern
Florida Panhandle. Strong deep-layer vertical shear will support the
potential for occasional storm organization within this line, with
the strongest segments capable of damaging gusts and brief
line-embedded tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of Dothan AL to 30
miles south of Moultrie GA. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 189...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 28030.

...Mosier

But what gets return from api.weather.com is a rather terse, all caps summary with none of the explanatory information:

TORNADO WATCH 190 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

GENEVA HOUSTON

IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN BIG BEND FLORIDA

FRANKLIN GADSDEN JEFFERSON
LEON LIBERTY WAKULLA

IN PANHANDLE FLORIDA

BAY CALHOUN GULF
HOLMES JACKSON WALTON
WASHINGTON

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

BEN HILL BERRIEN BROOKS
COLQUITT COOK IRWIN
LANIER LOWNDES THOMAS
TIFT TURNER WORTH

IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

BAKER DECATUR EARLY
GRADY MILLER MITCHELL
SEMINOLE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBA, ABE SPRINGS, ADEL, ALFORDS,
ALMA, ALPINE HEIGHTS, APALACHICOLA, ARGYLE, ASHBURN, ASHTON,
AUSMAC, BABCOCK, BAINBRIDGE, BANNOCKBURN, BARKER STORE,
BARNEYVILLE, BAY CITY, BEACHTON, BELLVIEW, BENNETT,
BERRIEN CO A/P, BETHEL, BEVERLY, BLAKELY, BLOUNTSTOWN,
BLUE SPRINGS, BONIFAY, BOWENS MILL, BOYKIN, BRADFORDVILLE,
BRANCHVILLE, BROOKS CO A/P, BROWNTOWN, BUCK SIDING, CAIRO, CAIRO,
CALLAWAY, CAMILLA, CAPEL, CAPITOLA, CAPPS, CARRABELLE,
CASA BLANCO, CENTER RIDGE, CENTERVILLE, CHAIRES,
CHAIRES CROSSROADS, CHATTAHOOCHEE, CHIPLEY,
CHIPLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CHULA, CLARKSVILLE, CLUSTER SPRINGS,
COBB CROSSROADS, COLQUITT, COOK CO A/P, COOKTOWN, COTTLE, COTTON,
COTTONWOOD, COURTHOUSE, CRYSTAL LAKE, CUBA, DALKEITH, DAVIS PARK,
DE FUNIAK SPRING AIRPORT, DE FUNIAK SPRINGS, DECATUR CO A/P,
DILLON, DILLS, DIXIE, DONALDSONVILLE A/P, DONALSONVILLE, DOTHAN,
DOUGLASVILLE, DRIFTON, DURHAM, EARLY CO A/P, ECONFINA,
ELMODEL WMA, ELPINO, EMPRESS, ENTERPRISE, EUCHEEANNA, FADETTE,
FAIRCHILD, FESTUS, FITZGERALD, FITZGERALD MUNICIPAL A/P,
FIVE POINTS, FORT GADSDEN, FRINK, GAMMAGE, GANER, GENEVA,
GENEVA MUNICIPAL A/P, GORDY, GRACEVILLE, GRADY CO A/P, GREGGS,
GROOVERVILLE, HACODA, HANOVER, HARDIN HEIGHTS, HARDING, HARTFORD,
HAWKINSTOWN, HILLIARDVILLE, HOBBY, HOGGARD MILL,
HOLMES COUNTY AIRPORT, HONEYVILLE, HOWARD CREEK, IRWINVILLE,
ISABELLA, IVEYS MILL, JARROTT, KILLEARN ESTATES, KILLEARN LAKES,
LACONTE, LAKELAND, LEONIA, LITTLE HOPE, LITTMAN,
LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL A/P, LYNN, LYNN HAVEN,
MACLAY STATE GARDENS, MALONE, MARIANNA, MARYSVILLE, MASSEE,
MAYHAW, METCALF, MILFORD, MITCHELL CO A/P, MONCRIEF, MONTICELLO,
MOULTRIE, MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P, NANKIN, NASHVILLE, NEW HOPE,
NEWTON, NIXON, OAK GROVE, OCILLA, ODENA, ORANGE HILL,
PANAMA CITY, PASCO, PELHAM, PINE PARK, PINE VALLEY, POPLAR HEAD,
PORT ST. JOE, QUEENSLAND, QUINCY, QUINCY AIRPORT, QUITMAN,
RED ROCK, RED STORE CROSSROADS, RICHTER CROSSROADS, RIVERTURN,
SANTA CLARA, SCOTTS FERRY, SEMINOLE STATE PARK, SIMSVILLE,
SNEADS, SOPCHOPPY, SPENCE AIRPORT, ST. MARKS, STEINHAM STORE,
SUNSWEET, SWEETWATER, SYLVESTER, SYLVESTER AIRPORT, TALLAHASSEE,
TEETERVILLE, THOMASVILLE, TIFTON, TILTON, VALDOSTA,
VALDOSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT, WAKULLA SPRINGS, WATERLOO, WEBER,
WEST BAINBRIDGE, WESTWOOD, WETUMPKA, WEWAHITCHKA, WHITE CITY,
AND WORTH.

Is this a matter of how the data is imported into the API? It would be nice to present the SPC-like text to users given that it's much more helpful.

Thanks!

[sullynole]

The CAP alert is generated from the local office WCN, but that text is from SPC's SEL, which can be found here: https://api.weather.gov/products/types/SEL

This might be an improvement request up the CAP dissemination chain.

[JJKraw]

I'm doubting that there is anything in the /alert/active/... data that points to the right SEL (no live watches to look at right now) but thought I'd ask. Seems I'd have to fetch and compare watch numbers.