Proactive weather event communication system and method

A computer-implemented method for transmitting at least one weather notification to a policyholder, said method implemented using a weather event computing device including at least one processor in communication with a memory, the weather event computing device in communication with a weather reporting device and at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), said method comprising:

• receiving, from the weather reporting device, weather data for a region that includes at least one candidate property associated with the policyholder;
• determining from the weather data that the region is expected to experience a weather event that has yet to occur;
• determining, after the weather event has occurred, the candidate property was impacted by the weather event;
• in response to determining the candidate property was impacted by the weather event, transmitting a computer instruction to the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, the computer instruction controlling the at least one UAV by causing the at least one UAV to (i) navigate to a location of the candidate property using GPS coordinates of the candidate property and (ii) capture a post-event media file of the candidate property, the post-event media file including an image or video of the candidate property after the weather event has occurred;
• receiving, from the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, the post-event media file;
• comparing pre-event media file of the candidate property to the post-event media file to determine whether the candidate property was damaged by the weather event, the pre-event media file including an image or video of the candidate property before the weather event has occurred;
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• when the candidate property is determined to be damaged by the weather event, transmitting to the policyholder a notification indicating that the candidate property was damaged.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor included in a weather event computing device in communication with a weather reporting device and at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:

• receive, from the weather reporting device, weather data for a region that includes at least a candidate property associated with a policyholder;
• determine from the weather data that the region is expected to experience a weather event that has yet to occur;
• determine, after the weather event has occurred, the candidate property was impacted by the weather event;
• in response to determining the candidate property was impacted by the weather event, transmit a computer instruction to the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, the computer instruction controlling the at least one UAV by causing the at least one UAV to (i) navigate to a location of the candidate property using GPS coordinates of the candidate property and (ii) capture a post-event media file of the candidate property, the post-event media file including an image or video of the candidate property after the weather event has occurred;
• receive, from the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, the post-event media file;
• compare pre-event media file of the candidate property to the post-event media file to determine whether the candidate property was damaged by the weather event, the pre-event media file including an image or video of the candidate property before the weather event has occurred;
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• when the candidate property is determined to be damaged by the weather event, transmit to the policyholder a notification indicating that the candidate property was damaged.