The National Weather Service provides tons of information in a format that can be imported into a Google Map.
All you have to do is this:
* Visit the National Weather Service page that has the maps and download the set you want.
Go to http://maps.google.com, click on 'My Maps' and then 'Import' and upload the file you just downloaded.
DONE! Then you just have to embed the map with your story or blog post. Chris March of the New Haven Register shows you how.
View Flooding warnings, March 7, 2011 in a larger map
You can also combine two sets of information:
View Flooding warnings in a larger map
Granted. They're not as cool as the Register Citizen's crowdsourced flooding map, but, hey, I just did this with two clicks:
