WAFF 48 First Alert Weather Reviews

It's said to be "live radar"… in the app and on the air

HSVMike

If "live" means periodic (to the tune of about once a minute) with a fake radar sweep being drawn in the app (and by the app) which runs way too fast and is far too long compared to the actual Doppler radar that WAFF uses, then you'll be pleased. Want to see a neat trick? Zoom out and view the United States. The sweep almost touches the gulf coast. If you're going to mention multiple times a day and night on the air of being the only one in town with a mobile app with live radar, it better be what you say it is. Otherwise, it hurts your credibility. To Brad's credit, he's even been polite enough to mention that the data in the app may be about a minute older than actual. Nonetheless, the app continues to be mentioned as having something unique compared to the competition; however, it simply doesn't have what is being peddled everyday on the air.

Storm watches/warnings are one big red blob

Legoc1

The storm warning/watch areas show as one big bright red blob over the map so you cannot see details of the map to understand where the storm is actually tracking. Unusable during real weather emergencies. Bad design.

Horrible weather app

Cantmakeupanickname

This is a horrible weather app. Wrong more than it is right. Won't load half the time and when it does you can't trust what it says. It's raining right now and the app still says it's not going to rain. You can't make plans around the weather if you can't trust your weather app.

How do I stop BLOG announcements?

mzmyewski

How do I stop BLOG announcements without also stopping severe weather watches/warnings? I asked this several months ago and I still don't see a way to do it in the app's settings.

This revision not an improvement

Fay 120

I used to go to this app first thing each morning to prepare for the day. Now I just go occasionally to check and see if they restored the features I liked. in the app. I used to be able to see the forecast by the hour including chances of rain. Of course it wasn't always right, but it gave me a pretty clear picture for the day. Now I only get two or three statistics so I go to a rival App for the same information I used to get from WAFF. Hope you restore what you used to have. Until then I'll use another app and just check back with you occasionally.

Stop the useless notifications!!!

Lisa Ann ms mommy

You used to only notify when bad weather is in the area. Now I get multiple useless notifications about the drought, chance of rain next week and weather forecast of the day.. stop. If I wanted local news and normal weather notifications I'd have the other apps you have. Name of the app is "storm team weather". Based on the notifications I get the name of the app should be "clear sky's and no chance of rain". Stop sending notifications if the daily forecast and random "non-storm" weather, or change the name.

Ads ads and more ads

BAD48

App is good - but too many ads.

Frustrating

Sasha9876

Too many ads and not as much information as before. The ads before the videos are nearly as long as the videos themselves! I am going to other options and hoping this new version is updated soon to be more like it was previously.

Good weather. Ads and voice alerts, not so good.

Metalfan2680

I understand ads in apps. This app has too many. And I really don't like the new update they released, that plays voice alerts for everything. They were fine for severe weather alerts, but for the 5 or 6 "station alerts" that come through, the voice alert gets really annoying. I will be uninstalling this app because of that. Maybe I will reinstall it later down the road to see if they've gotten rid of them, but until then I will be using another weather app.

Ads!

Stepwild

Ads, ads, ads, ads! The full page ad when you open the app needs to go. I want to see weather, not ads! One star because of that ad.

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