WAFF 48 First Alert Weather

38 of 100 · reviews
4.8of 5 · store
25,324ratings on the App Store
260reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

A local Huntsville app with live streams from local meteorologists, but notifications lag 15 minutes, radar loses tornado-cone layers after updates, and ads block emergency content.

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What people use it for

Residents of northern Alabama tracking tornadoes through local meteorologists

What reviews praise

Live broadcast from local meteorologists during tornado warnings.

What reviews complain about

Tornado notifications arrive 15 minutes after the event, when the danger has either passed or become critical.

What users experience

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Over all ok 4 out of 10 the load times between selected data very slow, notification is very delayed almost 15 minutes behind actual weather conditions almost every alert comes 15 minutes after the weather has passed or ended this app has great potential but with current lag time it's not useful for