Weather warnings for Oulu

Every warning the Finnish Meteorological Institute currently has out for Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, in their own words, with what each level actually asks you to do.

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Town Tools builds free, public tools for Oulu and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.

Where to check, before and during

Finnish Meteorological Institute — warningsThe source of everything on this page, with the map and the full detail.

112 Suomi appThe official emergency app: it sends you where you are and passes your location to the emergency centre when you call.

Yle Areena / Radio SuomiEmergency bulletins (hätätiedote) are broadcast on Yle radio and television.

Oulu — feedback and fault reports to the cityFallen trees, flooded underpasses, an uncleared path — the city's own map-based route.

Get an email when a warning is issued

Official warnings, forwarded the moment the national service issues one for the area — headline and all, in its own words. Nothing in between. No account, one-click unsubscribe.

Worth knowing

A warning covers the whole county, not just the city

FMI issues these for Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, which runs from the coast at Oulu inland past Pudasjärvi and Kuusamo — an area larger than several European countries. A thunderstorm warning for the county does not mean a thunderstorm over Rotuaari. Read it as "somewhere in this region, and possibly here".

What the levels mean

FMI uses four levels. Level 1 is an advisory and shows here without a colour. Levels 2, 3 and 4 are the yellow, orange and red warnings of the European scale — yellow means be aware, orange means be prepared for disruption, red means take action.

Winter is the season this page earns its keep

In July the warnings here are thunderstorms and forest-fire weather. From roughly November the list changes to snowfall, freezing rain, wind and cold, and those are the ones that decide whether the paths are rideable and the buses run.