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Email and text alerts when rain is detected by Ambient Weather

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About this Applet

Stay informed when your Ambient Weather station detects rainfall above a set level. This Applet runs whenever a specified parameter exceeds your defined threshold, sending you both an email and SMS alert. Perfect for weather enthusiasts or anyone wanting instant notifications when rain starts. Customize the message to fit your tone.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a given parameter exceed a given threshold.
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send an SMS from your Android device to any phone number you specify.
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Services used in this Applet

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45 triggers, queries, and actions

Any new SMS received

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time you receive any new SMS on your Android device.

Any new SMS sent

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time you send an SMS on your Android device.

Daily Rain rises above

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires when the Daily Rain measurement rises above a given threshold.

Device stops reporting

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires when your device hasn't reported for 20 minutes.

New attachment

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new email with an attachment arrives in your inbox.

New conversation

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a conversation starts in your Gmail inbox: a message gets its first reply and a back-and-forth begins. It fires once per conversation, not on every reply.

New email

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new email arrives in your Gmail inbox.

New email matching search

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time an email newly matches your Gmail search, whether it just arrived or just changed to match.

New label

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires once every time a new label is created in your Gmail account. New labels are typically detected within an hour.

New sent email

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you send an email from your Gmail account, typically within a few minutes of the send. This includes emails your Applets send.

New SMS received from phone number

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time you receive an SMS on your Android device from a phone number you specify.

New SMS received matches search

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time you receive an SMS on your Android device that matches a search you specify.

Find email

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the most recent emails matching your Gmail search, newest first.

Get attachment by filename

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns an attachment from a specific Gmail message, located by its filename, as links to a temporary copy of the file that IFTTT hosts and removes automatically, along with the attachment's details.

Get conversation

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the messages in a Gmail conversation, looked up by its thread id: one result per message, oldest first, each carrying the message's full content alongside the conversation's participants and message count.

History of Daily Rain rises above

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the Daily Rain measurement rises above a given threshold. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

History of Device not reporting alerts

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of events when your device stopped reporting for at least 20 minutes.

History of Outdoor Temperature drops

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the Outdoor Temperature has fallen below the given value. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

History of outdoor temperature rising above a temperature

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the outdoor temperature rose above a given value. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

History of Parameter exceeds threshold

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of events when a given parameter exceed a given threshold. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

History of parameter falls

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of events when the parameter fell below a certain threshold. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

History of when UV rose above a threshold

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the UV Index rose above a given value. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

History of Wind Speed rises above threshold

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the wind speed rose above a given value. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

Add label to email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will add the label you choose to a specific email message in your Gmail account.

Archive email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will archive a specific email message, removing it from your inbox without deleting it. The message remains in All Mail and stays searchable.

Create a draft

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will save a new email as a draft in your Gmail account without sending it. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you open Gmail and send it yourself.

Create a draft reply

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will save a draft reply to a specific email in your Gmail account, kept in the original conversation. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you send it yourself.

Create label

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will create a new label in your Gmail account.

Delete email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will move a specific email message to Trash in your Gmail account. Messages in Trash can be recovered until Gmail permanently removes them.

Forward email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will forward an email from your Gmail account, attachments included, to the recipient you specify.

Remove label from conversation

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will remove a label from a Gmail conversation, removing it from every message in the conversation at the time the action runs. Messages added to the conversation later are not affected.

Remove label from email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will remove the label you choose from a specific email message in your Gmail account. The message keeps its other labels and stays in your mailbox.

Reply to email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send a reply to a specific email in your Gmail account, kept in the original conversation. The reply goes to whoever sent the original message.

Send an email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.

Send an SMS

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send an SMS from your Android device to any phone number you specify.

Add label to email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will add the label you choose to a specific email message in your Gmail account.

Any new SMS received

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time you receive any new SMS on your Android device.

Any new SMS sent

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time you send an SMS on your Android device.

Archive email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will archive a specific email message, removing it from your inbox without deleting it. The message remains in All Mail and stays searchable.

Create a draft

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will save a new email as a draft in your Gmail account without sending it. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you open Gmail and send it yourself.

Create a draft reply

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will save a draft reply to a specific email in your Gmail account, kept in the original conversation. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you send it yourself.

Create label

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will create a new label in your Gmail account.

Daily Rain rises above

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires when the Daily Rain measurement rises above a given threshold.

Delete email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will move a specific email message to Trash in your Gmail account. Messages in Trash can be recovered until Gmail permanently removes them.

Device stops reporting

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires when your device hasn't reported for 20 minutes.

Find email

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the most recent emails matching your Gmail search, newest first.

Forward email

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will forward an email from your Gmail account, attachments included, to the recipient you specify.

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