Hi, Just chiming in with my two cents. firstly to Chip yes lightning alerts are extremely beneficial to me and I would never be without them if I could help it as a totally blind person as often in the Summertime after nothing more than the heating of the day generates stormy weather we in Pennsylvania and I’m sure in other warmer climates can get heat lightning I.E. lightning occurring without any accompanying thunder which can be even more dangerous to non-visual people in my view as we can blissfully be sitting outside thinking all is placid and right with the world unaware of nearby danger. Weather apps are of particular interest to me so I run with many in case accessibility or service goes down in one or another. But since severe alerts were specifically asked about my top apps in no ranking order are the following: Dark Sky as others have mentioned in prior posts. this app is great for guide dog users from whom I found out about it though I’m not one myself I too enjoy being alerted of such information. I find its notifications of precipitation to be timely and accurate giving me usually a good 15 to 20 minute window of advanced warming. It handles both rain and Wintry precipitation. it too claims to offer severe alerts but I haven’t gotten them working successfully here yet. I don’t usually refer to its main screens for weather and I don’t find them the easiest to read through but for the notifications which are its claim to fame it earns its keep in my stable of can’t be without apps.
Weather Radio from Weather Decision Technologies as others have said along with its accompanying lightning subscription. Out of all that offer lightning I have found their lightning alerts to be the most accurate to my exact location; and it’s severe alerts arrive with the timeliness of any terrestrial weather radio. Their support staff are also extremely prompt in replying to inquiries or requests for support assistance. Wunderground from weather underground which is now owned by the weather company the folks behind the weather channel. this one like the weather channel which I’ll mention below also offers severe weather alerts and I find the interface a bit less cluttered and easier to navigate using VoiceOver. I believe it too like The Weather Channel has an ad free subscription available as an in app purchase. It also indicates moon phases for those who like such information. Speaking of, the weather channel’s own app has now gone free with an accompanying ad free subscription which I usually get because I like a less cluttered screen and I like to support a good app when I can in some way. Both Wunderground and The Weather Channel offer severe weather alerts. Though the weather channel adds to its offerings of severe alerts, pollen alerts, precipitation starting alerts such as those found in the afore mentioned Dark Sky App. Having compared the precipitation alerts from these two I can say that much of the time they run neck and neck in terms of timing though The Weather Channel seems to give more precise timing information in terms of when rain might start and stop. though severe alerts amongst the others I’ve mentioned since they’re issued by the government don’t differ between them. None of these apps need to be running I.E. visible in your app switcher to function or to push alert notifications to your device. I hope this helps. Robin From: Chip Orange Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Severe weather alerts Thanks for the lightning alerts info … I remember seeing someone asking for this recently. Living in Florida, I’m wondering if knowing about near-by lightning would really benefit me in some way … and would it come in time for me to do anything? Chip From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Severe weather alerts They're slightly different, but both are developed by Weather Decision Technologies. StormShield may have been developed specifically at the request of Scripts Company, since it seems to be affiliated with television stations around the country. I don't own Storm Shield, but I've seen it, and they look very similar. One major difference seems to be that Storm Shield doesn't appear to offer lightning alerts, as Weather Radio does. I could be wrong on this. They do, however, offer phone call and text alerts for some severe weather events. Weather Radio doesn't offer this service. Cheryl Rejoice always! Pray continually. Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 HCSB Sent from my iPhone On Apr 27, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Paul and Paula Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: Don't think so. I learned about the Storm Shield app from my local TV station. Would be interested to know though if they are the same. God bless! Paula and Boston -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Severe weather alerts Hi, Aren't Storm shield and Weather radio the same app? Best, Anna On Apr 27, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Paul and Paula Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: I really like storm shield. 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