MyWARN
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weather | $9.99 | Weather Apps LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
MyWARN is an app that delivers critical National Weather Service severe weather risks, watches and warnings to your iPhone based on your location. This will work only in the USA.
**** How It Works ****
MyWARN constantly monitors the latest tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood watches and warnings from the National Weather Service. It uses the location services in your device to notify you immediately when an alert is issued for where you are.
**** FEATURES ****
* Only Alerts For Where You Are: Legacy warning systems, like sirens and NOAA Weatheradio, issue warnings for entire counties. But National Weather Service warnings are drawn very precisely. MyWARN only notifies you when you are in the precise alert area.
* Only the Alerts You Want: MyWARN lets you filter out alerts that you don’t want.
* Always On: MyWARN sits silently in memory waiting for a match from the MyWARN servers.
* AlertsInMotion: MyWARN notifies you when you drive into or out of an alert, no matter where you are in the United States.
* Early Heads Up: MyWARN alerts you hours in advance by notifying you when severe weather is forecast for your location by the experts at the Storm Prediction Center.
* Simple Interface: MyWARN features a single screen that acts as a dashboard to give you an instant assessment of your situation. Alerts are color coded, labeled and organized for immediate recognition.
* Safety Information: MyWARN gives you specific safety actions to be taken based on the particular alert you are located in.
**** MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR INFORMATION ****
MyWARN is the newest type of severe weather notification system, but technology is not infallible. Never rely on just one source for weather alerts. Please ensure that you have multiple sources for severe weather information, including phone notification, NOAA Weatheradio, television and outdoor sirens.
**** HAVE A PLAN ****
MyWARN helps stack the odds in your favor by bringing you precise alerts and helping you know what actions to take. Having a plan, being weather aware and multiple excellent sources of severe weather information can increase your survival chances.
**** KNOWN ISSUES/SUPPORT ****
There are no known issues with the app at this time. Please let us know if you experience any problems or have suggestions by using the support email feature on the “More” menu. Your opinions and ideas are extremely important to us.
FAQ: http://www.mywarn.com/FAQ
**** COMMUNITY ****
Be a part of the MyWARN community on the following social networks:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/MyWARN/334469446594860
Google+: plus.google.com/b/117048726704723496161/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/MyWARNApp
Reviews
No longer alerts
mtbtrailrider
When I first got this app it worked great, but when I updated to iOS 10 it stopped alerting. I thought things would change with iOS 11 but it still doesn’t alert with notifications. I can no longer recommend this app until they get this problem fixed.
Won’t alert
Bear71234
When I first bought this app it was great! Gave risk of weather and alerted in a timely manner. After updating to iOS 10 it has stopped working. It does not alert anymore! You can open the app and everything is in there, the risk of severe weather, watch, and warnings but no alert tone goes out! And yes I was in the warned area! It was a five star but now it’s only a .00001 star. I would not recommend this app to anybody
Nice App
Briansk12
Just had severe weather a few days ago and this app performed perfect. I got watches and warnings before tv announced it but only for my general area. I wasn't bothered by the ones that were on the other side of the county. I haven't noticed much less battery life using this app either. Maybe 5% more over a day than without it which is not bad.
Five Star IF
llivingood
The warning sounds were louder. It's a great program. I've only been using it about a week and it's gotten a real workout since we've had the potential for severe weather including tornado activity over the past several days. I had my iPod sitting on my desk next to me so I could hear the various warning tones, but they were so soft i'd have never heard them if my iPod had been in my handbag or briefcase. And it certainly wouldn't wake me from a sound sleep. I have the volume at the highest level so this isn't operator error. I have another weather app that screams at me--it would wake the dead. Unfortunately, that app isn't as precise so I'm getting warnings I don't need. MyWarn is exactly what it says it is. But the warning sounds need to be louder and distinct.
Not impressed... At all...
Anonymou1357
For such an expensive app, you would think it would at least have a radar view (which you can get with even the free weather apps). No information is given with the warnings. If you want, you can scroll through the national weather service posting on the app for about 10 minutes to see if you can find something useful (goodluck.itsprettyhardtoreadwithnospaces). No way to see when a storm is coming, how bad it will be, how long it will last. Just "There is a risk of severe weather in your area in the next 11 hours." I get the notifications ALL the time and rarely see the storm. And as a matter of fact, it's pouring rain at my house right now and haven't gotten a warning. USELESS! The free apps are way better.
Did not hear the alert.
Petypop
Just had a severe thunderstorm hit my town. Did not know I was under a severe thunderstorm warning until it actually hit and I pulled my phone out to look at the radar. The my warn app had a notification on my phone screen but I never heard the alarm. The alarm needs to be loud and it needs to sound until disabled. The geo terrestrial app ( no longer available) would do just that and you could even set different alarms for different warnings.
Excellent !
Abnort
MyWarn performs as advertised, and the follow up information is faster than the other radio, and telephone weather apps. Followup means, MyWarn informs the subscriber when the threat of whatever the severe weather happens to be, is no longer applicable. If your location is in the polygon, even at the extreme limits of said polygon, your location is pinpointed, and the current threat is valid. You receive current, specific, and personal information immediately, and as long as your personal survival situation is at risk. MyWarn is personal, very personal for you, and for those for whom you are responsible. For the information received, and the protection afforded, the price should be twice as much. Westrel in Alabama.
Not Worth The Cost
Elizabeth Webb
I haven't seen anything that makes this worth the cost. It's really useless to have an app that gives me as much information as I can get looking out the window. It would be useful if it was synced to local tornado sirens and alerted you of when they were going off. All I have seen is a little message that pops up and lets me know of a general area announcement. Save your money and get the weather channel app.
Simple, elegant, extremely useful
Splusmer
This is one of two weather apps that has a place right on my homescreen. It's a simple, elegant tool for quickly getting targeted weather warnings, watches, and similar information. I'm something of a weather geek, and still get information from this app that I wouldn't have caught otherwise (like waking up, forgetting to check the SPC site, but having MyWarn alert me that I'm under a risk of severe storms for the day). The information displayed seems minimal, but it can lead to more information, and for its intended purpose--warning you of severe weather--it's spot-on. The developer is super responsive, and already ahead of the game when it comes to improvements/new features--when I sent in a list of four ideas, it turned out all of them were already in-the-works, and were deployed a few weeks later! In an app store full of me-too weather console apps, this one stands out as one of the few weather apps that offers something new and really useful. It is also the *only* location-based warning app that I've tried that consistently warns you, every time.
