An automated weather alert system using GIS technology automatically
ingests weather data and processes the weather data to determine if
localized weather conditions pose a threat to any of a plurality of
business operations, each of which have a known location. In the event
such threat exists, an employee having responsibility for a threatened
business operation is provided with an alert message and asked to
acknowledge receipt. Additional notification is automatically provided to
the employee's supervisor if such acknowledgment is not received within a
predetermined period of time.