Severe Weather iphone App

[dalenoel]

I have searched here and other areas but cannot find an Iphone App that will provide what I'm looking for:

• Warnings for severe weather
• Warnings based on my current location

I can find these warnings if I stop and search for the area I am in but not one that will give a 'push' warning as I travel through an area. We do not always know which county we are in so local radio forecasts don't always help.

I know I can look at the local weather before leaving a CG but it all may change along the way. eg: wind/dust storm, high winds, etc.

Has anyone come across one that will help when traveling across this country.

[wa8yxm]

I suggest folks go to the app store and type NOAA

[daglenn1960]

Just discovered a great new IOS weather app from Weather Underground (followed a heavy thunderstorm at 5:30 this morning): Storm : http://www.wunderground.com/storm

"Storm for iPhone and iPad is the most advanced severe weather app available, bringing you the highest definition radar, advanced storm tracking, and real-time severe weather alerts. Leave storm chasing to the pros and let Storm guide you to safety!"

[dalenoel]

Thanks joe b. that is the info that I was looking for. When we start the trip I'll get the app.

[joe_b_]

Prior to purchasing the Weather Radio app, we were relying on a stand alone NOAA radio. We got caught in a couple of anxiety building storms in the north Texas/Western Oklahoma-Kansas and eastern Colorado areas. The NOAA radio would go off in the middle of the night and would start giving the alerts by county. A few nights we had failed to look up and write down the surrounding county names. So until my wife or I could grab the road atlas and locate the counties being mentioned, we had no good idea of how much danger we were in at that location.

I also have several other weather apps on my iPhone, including aviation weather, as my wife and I are both pilots. Weather Bug is probably the most used for general use, then The Weather Channel, and for long term predictions, I like Jeff Masters, meteorologist and developer of The Weather Underground app. I grew up on a ranch in southern Oklahoma, in Tornado Alley and have a very healthy respect for the storms that can develope in the mid west of the US.

Weather Radio started out under a different name, IMAP Radio or something close to that. On one of the past updates, I noticed the name had changed, to better reflect what the app deals with which is weather. I have had people tell me the app is too expensive, but if you spend time in the mid west, in the spring and summer, I feel that spending $5 to improve our safety is a good deal.

[ReadyToGo]

My dumb cell phone alerted me to a severe weather warning at least 30 minutes before it arrived. Didn't need an App.

[dalenoel]

Thanks to everyone. Looking at most and Weather Radio does seem great. We're going southern route, MI to MS, AZ, SLC, Rushmore and back home in April/May or so. Didn't want to be too surprised by dust storms and quick changes in the weather. Snow, rain, ice and the predictable ones we always watch for.

[SCVJeff]

Reading back on the OP's request, Weather Radio is probably the best of the bunch. No fancy graphics or maps. It's just an alert app., and more EAS centric than just weather and very fast. The developer of this app sat on a national board proctored by the FCC focused on alerting the public through a variety of devices. He was in the cellular group that is actually writing the rules.

[joe_b_]

Weather Radio has severed us well. I like the way it uses the GPS of the phone to know where we are at that time. Have found it very handy to have in Tornado alley for our summer trips to the mountain west.
It has numerous filter settings for the type of weather you wish to be warned about. Plus it allows the user to turn off the location function, which saves battery power, when you don't need it to locate your rig as you can also set different towns/cities for it to give you warnings as available.

[catkins]

The Red Cross has FREE programs that work very well. They can be set to alert you of impending issues. In the event of an emergency, they can also guide you to shelters in the area.

Just one of several tools I use including many of these listed that I have checked out. I kept a couple of programs so I can cross check warnings. Stay safe now everyone!

[SCVJeff]

chiefneon wrote:
Howdy!

We use WeatherBug also and it so give alerts. I just dislike the Amber ones.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

Newsflash:
Amber Alerts are delivered via SMS. You can shut them off in the system pref of the phone only.

Kinda funny when one goes off in the movies watching everyone scramble for their phones.

[chiefneon]

Howdy!

We use WeatherBug also and it so give alerts. I just dislike the Amber ones.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

[wa8yxm]

Go to the APP store; Type NOAA in the search window.

Best weather forcasts and some of the apps do alerts, usually GPS based.

[Martyn]

I have StormShield - it has all you ask for, even including National Weather Service voice alerts for just about anything you can think of. It is fully configurable and works on your current location or previously set up/saved locations. I have found it to be first class.

I had Intellicast before this, and think that this is better.

[dalenoel]

Thanks SCVJeff