The winter storm that brought more than a foot of snow to parts of the Plains is winding down, with a few inches of snow possible on Friday into Saturday across the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, heavy rain will bring a threat of flash flooding to parts of the Southeast. In the West, a new winter storm will bring 1-4 feet of snow to the higher elevations of the Cascades and northern Rockies.
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SCN 12-43 issued on November 8, 2012 indicated that effective November 8, 2012, NWS is discontinuing the weather alert services associated with the mass email/SMS service provided under NWS contract with GovDelivery. This service had been provided by free subscription on www.weather.gov.
The listing, below, are those services that we are aware of at the present time. To request an additional service listing, please contact wendy.levine@noaa.gov.
| General Information | Access |
|---|---|
AccuWeatherAccuWeather.com provides free email forecast and severe weather alerts. |
E-mail free |
AlertFMALERT FM is an aggregator of State and Local emergency information with multiple contact paths for mass notification. Emergency information is delivered via the data subcarrier of existing FM radio stations, SMS (text) and email. This personal alert and messaging system allows emergency management officials to create and send digital alerts and messages to recipients such as first responders, school officials, businesses, and citizens based on geographic or organizational groupings. Such alerts and messages might include NOAA weather warnings, evacuation instructions, homeland security notices, Amber Alerts, or school closings. |
E-mail and commercial receivers Buy receiver |
AudioNowAudioNow™ lets broadcasters reach over 300 million cell phone users at no incremental cost through our proprietary patent pending technology. Users can now listen to your broadcasts on any phone. No expensive phones or data plans necessary!” AudioNow provides mobile streaming to any mobile device. Listeners can access the latest local National Weather Service forecast by calling any of the numbers at http://www.audionow.com |
E-mail and telephone |
Early AlertIntegrated Alert and Warning System (IAWS) - Free and Premium users for site specific NWS severe weather alerts. Delivered immediately and direct to your email, landline, cellular or smart phone and PDA. Desktop application showing real-time severe weather watches and warnings for your site specific local. |
Email, mobile, telephone |
Emergency EmailFREE Emergency Notification of Breaking Weather Alerts Health, Homeland & Cyber Info sent to your email & wireless device. |
E-mail and mobile device |
F5Weather Alert.comFree severe weather alerts delivered directly to your email, cellular phone, PDA, and pager. |
E-mail and mobile device free |
FEMA’s CMAS/Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)Free alerts to all mobile devices for most urgent threats (including weather) |
Cell alert message |
GovDeliverySign up to receive weather bulletins and information via email and SMS message. |
Free |
iMAP WeatherRadioWDT’s iMap services provide dynamic interactive and mobile weather mapping solutions for the world's leading local media and Internet companies. WDT is a global leader in providing state-of-the-science weather detection, nowcasting, and forecasting systems. |
Mobile alerts (iPod & iPad) $9.99 |
Intellicast.comWeather alerts on the desktop. (Intellicast is part of the Weather Channel Group) |
Computer |
Mobile Phone Apps
Weather apps in iPhone store: ~250 |
Free / $ |
MyWARNMyWARN is a simple, easy to use service that uses location services to notify user about severe weather watches and warnings when they are inside a storm based warning or county watch. |
Mobile devices |
News media and local governmentMany news media outlets and local government offer free email or text alerting that you can sign up for. For example, most major TV news stations and newspapers in DC area provide a free service for text/email weather alerts. |
Text, e-mail |
SMS Tsunami WarningFree email and SMS alerts |
Email, SMS/text |
Storm Shield Severe Weather AppThe Storm Shield Severe Weather App turns your iPhone or Android into an emergency weather radio. Get storm-based alerts for life-threatening weather events via voice and push notifications. Users can program the app to receive alerts for up to five locations. |
Text and audio alerts $ |
ThunderEagleThunder Eagle® designs and manufactures state-of-the-art weather radio and communications systems to receive weather alerts and live weather information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) System. |
Computer and e-mail Buy receiver or software |
Tsunami Alarm SystemIn case of a Tsunami risk, all registered users will receive information about the region, risk level, affected areas, measures to be taken and all-clear signals. |
SMS/text to mobile phone |
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Personally monitor NWS Twitter messages (e.g., @NHC_Atlantic and @NHC_Pacific for hurricane information) or use a commercial service for monitoring NWS Twitter activity |
Variable |
ProAlert.usLet ProAlert.us Emergency Alert services turn your cell phone into something more useful. Receive timely and perhaps life saving weather related watches and warnings on your cellphone, Blackberry or in your regular email. ProAlert.us offers subscription based alerts sent to your regular email inbox or text ready cell phone or pager. |
Email, text |
Voice ShotPhone call and text message alerts |
Text message, phone call $ |
WeatherBugWeatherBug offers a free desktop application showing live local current conditions and severe weather alerts right in their system tray. |
Computer and e-mail Free |
WeatherCallWeatherCall delivers site-specific, rapid notifications of official National Weather Service severe weather warnings to any type of phone, SMS text, or email address, 24 hours a day. |
Email, text, phone call |
The Weather ChannelEmail alerts are free. Although The Weather Channel does not charge for text message alerts, message and data rates may apply from your mobile phone company. Free mobile and e-mail alerts at https://registration.weather.com/ursa/alerts/step1 and http://www.weather.com/mobile/. Free desktop alerts at http://www.weather.com/services/desktop.html and http://www.weather.com/services/twcalerts.html. |
E-mail and mobile device |
Weather HDWeather HD is a mobile app that sends Alert Push Notifications to your iPhone/iPad/Mac device. A free version is available. |
iPhone, iPad Free and $ |
Weather UndergroundStreaming NWR Audio at http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/index.html. Various weather related applications at http://www.wunderground.com/download/index.asp . |
Computer |
Weather USAWeatherUSA provides a free, real-time weather alert service which sends out weather warnings, watches, and hurricane information as soon as they are issued by federal agencies (such as the National Weather Service). Alerts are sent to subscribers in the warned areas via text messages (SMS) and e-mail. Premium users can also receive alerts via voice (phone) call. |
E-mail, mobile devices and via telephone Free or $ |
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