WAFF 48 First Alert Weather

Raycom Media, Inc

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About this app

The WAFF Mobile Weather App includes:

* Access to station content specifically for our mobile users
* 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available
* Future radar to see where severe weather is headed
* High resolution satellite cloud imagery
* Current weather updated multiple times per hour
* Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models
* Ability to add and save your favorite locations
* A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
* Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service
* Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather

Ratings and reviews

Delayed notifications of Severe weather, closed captions do not work when there is a live feed and app closes out of nowhere at times. It's good if you just want 10 day forecast, radar and videos/notifications of upcoming weather though. My app is up-to-date and closed captions are on in my phone's accessibility section.

Decent weather app. The "follow me" function (that keeps data local when you travel) is often VERY slow to load (I can type in the city name and it loads instantly.) (-1/2 star) Older version allowed for clicking on a storm cell or a watch/warning box on the radar page and getting more details, but that has been "fixed" by updates. Took off two stars for that (-1.5 stars). That was a very useful function which should be added back.

Downloaded this app specifically for the severe weather event on March 17, 2021. I saved multiple locations across the state and turned on severe weather alerts for all of them. Unfortunately, all the tornado watch and warning notifications I've received have been at least 20-30 minutes AFTER they were issued. Not good.