Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Send outdoor booking weather risk alerts with Airtable

Started by a clock, and works across Airtable, Slack and WhatsApp. 17 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 10

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Check Weather Daily at 6amSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Prepare Configuration SettingsSetLogic
  3. 3Retrieve Outdoor BookingsAirtableService
  4. 4Filter Upcoming BookingsCodeLogic
  5. 5Geocode Booking LocationsHttp RequestService
  6. 6Retrieve Weather ForecastHttp RequestService
  7. 7Calculate Weather RiskCodeLogic
  8. 8Check for Any Weather RiskIfLogic
  9. 9Evaluate Severe Weather RiskIfLogic
  10. 10Check Customer Notification StatusIfLogic
  11. 11Alert Owner - Moderate RiskSlackService
  12. 12Re-Alert Owner (Severe Risk)SlackService
  13. 13Inform Customer (Weather Risk)Whats AppService
  14. 14Update Moderate Risk RecordAirtableService
  15. 15Update Severe Risk RecordAirtableService
  16. 16Alert Owner (Severe Risk)SlackService
  17. 17Log Customer NotificationAirtableService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable, Slack, WhatsApp
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable, Slack and WhatsApp accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 17 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.