Here are the 10 Best Severe Weather Alert Apps.
- 10 Best Severe Weather Alert Apps
- 1. Storm Radar: Weather Tracker
- 2. NOAA Weather Radar Live & Alerts
- 3. AccuWeather: Weather Tracker & Live Forecast Maps
- 4. Weather Radar & Live Maps with The Weather Channel
- 5. “Today Weather – Forecast, Radar & Severe Alert”
- 6. My Hurricane Tracker – Tornado Alerts & Warnings
- 7. WAAY Weather
- 8. “Weather Now – Forecast, Radar & Severe Alert”
- 9. WEATHER NOW
- 10. FOX 55 Severe Weather Center
10 Best Severe Weather Alert Apps
1. Storm Radar: Weather Tracker
So if you need to know about the weather for your job, for your home safety, even for your hobby, Storm helps you understand the weather like never before with our clear, advanced HD mapping technology (the same technology the Weather Channel depends on).
Plus, you can view live weather patterns around the world as they happen with our incredible predictive radar.
You’ll always be prepared for any weather with Storm on your iOS device!
STORM: TOP 3 FEATURES
1. Get a detailed, color-coded view of the changing weather patterns in your area, including how much wind and rain is coming your way.
2. Know exactly when and where the storm will hit with 6 hours of global future radar across land and sea.
3. Stay safe with live local storm alerts and severe weather warnings.
Track every extreme condition from cyclones to hurricanes to tornadoes.
• View comprehensive data on all impending storms: find out wind speed, storm tracks and much more.
• Customize your radar map with detailed data overlays such as seismic activity and temperature.
Get real-time weather notifications.
• Get notified of incoming rain with real-time precipitation updates for your area.
• Be aware of hazardous lightning strikes: get live lightning alerts for your GPS location.
Chase the perfect storm, or get home before the rain starts. Storm Radar helps you to stay safe and informed in any weather.
*Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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WANT YOUR STORM APP AD FREE?
Simply subscribe to Storm Radar’s Ad-Free version! For just $0.99 per month you get all the standard features PLUS you can quickly track storms heading your way and enjoy high-resolution radar.
If you choose to purchase the Ad-Free version of Storm Radar, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. The current subscription for Ad-Free starts at $0.99 USD per month and the subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If you decide to not purchase Ad-Free, you are welcome to continue using the free version of Storm Radar.
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2. NOAA Weather Radar Live & Alerts
The app reflects accurate real-time weather conditions and provides you with the detailed meteo information you need to know: current and “Feels Like” temperature, the chance of precipitation and humidity info, wind speed and wind direction, pressure changes and more. Customize your weather report according to your taste – choose the information you would like to receive!
Take a look at current weather conditions or take the most of the top-notch functionality of the weather radar. Get a push notification whenever an alert is issued (tornadoes, flood warnings, snow storms, and more) without opening the app!
Real-time animated meteo radar on a highly interactive terrain or satellite map enhanced with severe weather warnings and alerts will meet the needs of even the most demanding users. Rainy, snowy, stormy or cloudy weather, you’ll be prepared for it all!
Short-term (24-hour) and long-term (7-day) accurate weather forecast for any location.
Units of measurement:
🌟 Pressure in inches, mm, kPa or mbar,
🌟 Fahrenheit/Celsius and Miles/Kilometers,
🌟 Wind speed in mph, km/h, m/s, knots, Beaufort.
World Weather Map:
🚩 Explore the weather on an interactive map. Weather icons will let you know what the local temperature is throughout the world. Tap on them to get more details.
Easy location search:
🚩 Toggle between cities and spy on weather in other parts of the world. Bookmarked locations will help you quickly switch to your favorite spots, check today’s weather or find out the forecast for tomorrow.
Radar, Satellite and Precipitation Forecast:
🚩 Get real-time snow and rain tracking, mixed precipitation data, and cloud cover in high resolution and vivid colors by switching between radar, satellite and rain maps.
Customizable overlays:
🚩 Choose background maps and the number of frames; adjust opacity and loop speed for the overlays.
Resizable widget:
🚩 Add a nice customizable widget to your screen and get the live-updated weather information you want to know without opening the app.
More handy options for the best user experience!
National Weather Service watches and warnings are shown on the map as interactive warning boxes highlighting the territories they're active for. Tap any to get the card with the full alert text.
Coverage Info:
Radar images: the US (Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico), Mexico (northern), Canada (southern), Australia, the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy (northern and north-western), Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Andorra, Japan, Taiwan.
Precipitation Forecast, satellite images, and detailed weather info are available worldwide.
By downloading this application, you agree to the Apalon Apps End User License Agreement and Privacy Policy.
You can choose from different subscription options.
* A subscription with a free trial will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless you cancel the subscription before the end of the free trial period.
* Cancel a free trial or subscription anytime through your account settings on the Google Play Store and continue to enjoy the premium content until the end of the free-trial period or paid subscription!
Go Premium and get some nice extra features:
♛ Alerts for unlimited number of saved locations;
♛ Higher Accuracy precipitation forecast option;
♛ Hurricane tracker for the whole duration of your plan;
♛ Lightning tracker with timely lightning alerts;
♛ Ad-free!
Privacy Policy: https://weatherornotapps.com/privacyPolicy
EULA: https://weatherornotapps.com/eula
AdChoices: https://weatherornotapps.com/privacyPolicy”
3. AccuWeather: Weather Tracker & Live Forecast Maps
Internationally recognized by the World Meteorological Organization with awards for “Best User Interface and Data Representation”, “Best Weather Warnings”, and “Best Design and Presentation of Information, User-Friendliness; Access and Customization” making AccuWeather one of the best weather apps!
Weather Forecasts You Can Depend On
• Live weather forecasts including MinuteCast® forecasts for Minute by Minute® precipitation updates
• Local weather including severe weather alerts, temperature, precipitation, and allergy outlooks for your day
• WinterCast™: winter weather forecasts giving you advanced warnings of snowfall probabilities and accumulation
• Daily forecasts include rain probability, cloud coverage, wind, live radar, air quality index, snowfall, and even UV index
• Advanced weather radar gives you up to the minute views of storm tracking, snow, rain, ice, temperature changes, and much more
• RealFeel® & RealFeel Shade Temperature™ technology helping you get a better sense of how the weather actually feels
Live weather with Weather Alerts
The AccuWeather forecasting and severe weather alerts you know and trust. From local weather updates to WinterCast snow alerts, get the weather forecast you can rely on. With in-depth weather news, forecast updates, free weather alerts, plus today’s forecast and much more. Find out what makes AccuWeather the best as a trusted, free weather app. It’s the weather tracker you need!
Advanced Weather Radar
Setting the standard for free weather radar:
• The accurate weather radar you know from AccuWeather
• Weather watches and warnings for your local area
• RealVue™ and Enhanced RealVue™ satellite imagery looking at weather patterns from space
• Weather radar views for water vapor, rainfall, sustained winds, and even storm surges
• Timely tropical storm radar tracking to see where and when storms might hit
• Current conditions maps shows temperature and RealFeel in and around your area
• 5-day precipitation outlook to see what rain, snow, and ice could be in your area
• 24-hour snowfall forecast shows detailed maps with snow accumulation and winter weather
• Temperature contour maps show how the temperature will change over the next day
For over 10 years, the AccuWeather app has brought you the weather
Whether you're on the East Coast, Pacific Northwest, Southern Coast, or West Coast this free weather app can show you snow, wind, cold, rain and more! Stay prepared with our local weather and live forecasts. From extreme humidity, severe storms, allergy info, air quality index, snow storms, and ice alerts, get live updates that matter to you. Local weather forecasts are the AccuWeather specialty.
Our weather tracker & live radar gives you Superior Accuracy™
Severe weather warnings, today’s temperature, free weather radar maps & more!
• Get local forecasts and personalize the app depending on where you are in the world
• Go beyond today’s weather and look 45 days ahead to ensure that you’re prepared for any weather
• Try the MinuteCast feature for the most up to date live Minute by Minute weather forecast
• Weather alerts, storm alerts, and more! Get trending videos from AccuWeather’s dedicated news team
• Weather forecasting your way – a weather tracker that can filter and customize according to your preferences
Download the AccuWeather app today for free and enjoy award-winning Superior Accuracy in weather forecasting on your Android mobile, tablet, TV, and WearOS. More than just a daily forecast, try the best weather app and get more from your forecast.”
4. Weather Radar & Live Maps with The Weather Channel
Our live doppler radar maps, severe weather widgets, and accurate weather updates can warn you ahead of time of heavy rain, incoming floods, cold snaps, or heavy snow. Extreme weather is increasing across the nation – our snow radar, severe weather alerts and rain tracker have you covered with hourly forecast updates. Local weather alerts can prepare you for the storm season ahead: snowstorms, heavy rain, and more.
Stay informed with our daily forecast tracking page for live precipitation updates by the hour. Plan up to 15 days in advance with forecasts from the world’s most accurate weather forecaster, so you can plan ahead with confidence**. Our storm radar widget provides local rain updates and alerts you to upcoming storms right on your home screen. Weather maps enabled with GPS, live radar readings, storm radar alerts, and severe weather warnings help you face whatever the clouds may bring.
The Weather Channel Features:
Local Weather Radar: Snow & Rain Tracker
– Hourly rainfall tracker
– 6-hour future radar
– Snow Radar: Track snow intensity up to 7 hours in the future
– Snow Tracker: Monitor snowfall over the last 24 hours and into the next 48 hours
– ‘Feels Like’ feature lets you plan what to wear before stepping out of the house
Weather Widget:
– Winter storm tracker & live radar lets you follow weather patterns
– Storm radar makes tracking snow & rain easy throughout winter storms
– Local radar updates, severe weather alerts in your area, & forecast readings for the next three hours – all on your home screen
Additional Features:
– Widget & features are compatible with dark mode: turn your Android device to dark mode for a great viewing experience
– Forecasts includes information on sunset times, allergies, flu & pollen forecasts
– Winter weather news to keep you updated
– Severe weather events: Live alerts and coverage on severe weather events
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Upgrade to The Weather Channel Premium for our most comprehensive, dynamic, and precise weather experience. Get exclusive access to:
– Ad-free weather
– 15-minute forecast details
– Advanced radar
– & more!
Privacy & Feedback
– Our Privacy Policy can be viewed here: https://weather.com/en-US/twc/privacy-policy
– Our Terms of Use can be viewed here: http://www.weather.com/common/home/legal.html
– If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch at android.support@weather.com
**The Weather Channel is the World's Most Accurate Forecaster. ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview, 2017-2020, https://www.forecastwatch.com/AccuracyOverview2017-2020, commissioned by IBM. The Weather Channel’s global percent of top rankings averaged over all forecast lead days (1-9) during 2020 was at least 3.5 times higher than any other weather provider studied. Derived by IBM using data from the study.
**The World's Leading Weather Provider: According to Comscore, The Weather Company, parent of The Weather Channel, is the largest provider of weather forecasts worldwide based on total monthly unique visitors in 2020. Comscore Media Metrix®, Worldwide Rollup Media Trend, News/Information – Weather category incl. [P] Weather Company, The and [M] Weather Channel, The, Jan-Dec. 2020 avg.
App Annie: The Weather Channel app combined had over 55 million monthly active users worldwide each month from January through December 2020, over 4M total 5 star ratings from 9/2016 to present and was downloaded 255 million times worldwide from 2012 through 2020.
The Weather Channel® is a registered trademark of TWC Product and Technology, LLC, an IBM Company.”
5. “Today Weather – Forecast, Radar & Severe Alert”
Features:
● Global weather data sources: Accuweather.com, Dark Sky, Weatherbit.io, OpenWeatherMap, Foreca.com, Here.com, etc.
● Separated data sources for each country: Weather.gov (U.S. National Weather Service), Weather.gc.ca (Canada's official weather source), Dwd.de (Germany's Meteorological Service), Aemet.es (The State Meteorological Agency of Spain), Meteofrance.com (METEO FRANCE SERVICES), Bom.gov.au (Australia's official weather forecasts), Smhi.se (Swedish Meteorological), Dmi.dk (Danish Meteorological Institute), Yr.no (The Norwegian Meteorological Institute), Met.ie (The Irish National Meteorological Service), MeteoSwiss.
● Personalize your phone/tablet with the coolest and fully customizable widgets.
● Easy to view weather information anywhere in the world.
● Prepare for anything with 24/7 weather forecast and chance of rain.
● Protect your health with air quality, UV index and pollen count.
● Catch the beautiful moments of sunrise, sunset, full moon night with provided information.
● Alert severe weather: Alerts for Strong Wind, Heavy Rain, and Heavy Snow, and Thunderstorms through.
● Radar: A weather radar is used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type (rain, snow, hail, etc.), and forecast its future position and intensity.
● Rain, snow alarm: Alerts you when rain is approaching.
● Take and share photo with weather information for friend.
● Daily weather forecast notification.
● Other useful information: actual temperature, humidity, visibility, dew point, air pressure, wind speed and direction.
Thanks so much for trying Today Weather! Don't hesitate to shoot us a note at todayweather.co@gmail.com if you have any questions.”
6. My Hurricane Tracker – Tornado Alerts & Warnings
– Interactive tracking maps for each hurricane.
– NOAA forecast map & storm satellite imagery where available!
– Historic search of previous storms from 1851 (or 1949 for Pacific).
– Receive weather warnings from the National Weather Service.
– Push notifications for weather warnings or when new storm formations are detected!
– Radar, satellite and sea temperature images automatically updated in the app!
– See an outlook for the next 5 days from the NOAA.
– Track specific hurricanes and receive notifications every time they are updated just by pressing the notify button!
It is similar to apps such as Hurricane Tracker, Hurricane Pro and Storm by Weather Underground. This version is ad-supported.”
7. WAAY Weather
• Access to station content specifically for our mobile users
• 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available
• High resolution satellite cloud imagery
• Future radar to see where severe weather is headed
• Current weather updated multiple times per hour
• Ability to add and save your favorite locations
• Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models
• A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
• Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
• Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service
8. “Weather Now – Forecast, Radar & Severe Alert”
Features:
– Simple and elegant design.
– Clear and easy to understand weather details.
– Be prepare ahead of time for rain or snow or fog, with rain, snow, sleet and fog alerts.
– Quickly view weather forecast of your current location with widgets. (more widgets to be added soon)
– Weather forecast for multiple locations.
– View important information like actual temperature, visibility, humidity, air pressure, dew point, wind-speed and wind direction.
– View summary of next 7 days weather forecast.
– Get the hourly weather details for current day and next 7 days.
– Sever weather Alerts issued by government. (Only applicable to location where this facility is available)
– Now you can create a Location Weather Reminder to give you the latest weather update of the location where you will be spending your vacations, before you even leave your home.
– Choose from four of our beautiful themes. Default, Amoled Black, Light and Material Dark them.
– Don't like the weather icons? Simply change select another one from our icon packs. (more are coming really soon)
– Hyperlocal weather forecast
– Data source : Dark Sky
Upcoming features:
– Support for wear OS
– More widgets
– Share a screenshot of Weather Forecast Now application to share on social media, with option to add custom image.
More features coming in future updates. Stay tuned.”
9. WEATHER NOW
Enchanting 3D Earth images will attract your attention in that app and you can forget what the main feature of that app is a weather forecast.
Detailed current weather, detailed hourly and daily weather forecasts for the whole world, fast search, its all and beautiful user interface make that app is one of the bests in the store.
Upgrade to Premium version and access to premium features:
● Different weather data source for more accurate weather forecasts.
● Extreme weather alerts: weather alerts about extreme weather conditions and temperature.
● High quality animated clouds, wind, temperature, pressure maps with the hourly forecast.
● Daily weather reports notification: Premium subscribers can set time for getting weather reports notifications in the morning and evening, it is can help to plan your next day.
● Extended locations list: Premium subscribers can use the expanded list with more cities and locations.
● Weather widgets: For Premium subscribers, the app has many weather widgets with different sizes, settings and forecast views.
● An ad’s removed: Basic users see ads throughout the app. Premium subscribers don’t. Upgrade for a faster, ad-free app – Weather Now.
Become a Premium user to stay aware of severe weather with the interactive weather maps and enjoy the ad-free weather on your iPhone and iPad.
Subscription Information (auto-renewing):
– Length of subscription period: 1 year ($99) or 1 month ($2.99) durations.
– Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase.
– Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
– Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
– You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase.
– Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
New users, and returning users without an active subscription who have not yet used the free trial, are eligible for a free 3 days trial with the following conditions:
After the 3 days free trial this subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Your Apple ID account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the trial period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store.
For complete access to all Weather Now features, you will need to allow access to the following:
– Location to provide you with the weather forecast and alerts for your exact location as you move or travel;
– Notifications so that you never miss important weather alerts.
Privacy Policy: http://www.weathernow.app/privacy.html
The term of use: http://www.weathernow.app/term-of-use.html”
10. FOX 55 Severe Weather Center
• Access to station content specifically for our mobile users
• 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available
• High resolution satellite cloud imagery
• Future radar to see where severe weather is headed
• Current weather updated multiple times per hour
• Ability to add and save your favorite locations
• Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models
• A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
• Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
• Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service”