So how does Weather Alert work Dave. I am looking for the same thing. I had it with Weatherbug Elite on my Evo but I bought it for Iphone and there is no option for the alert on my Iphone. Weatherbug Elite does not even show up in notifications.
I purchased it shortly after my last post on this thread. In the weeks immediately following our area had an unusually high number of severe thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings. In virtually every case the alert went off on my iPhone 30 seconds to a minute (or more) sooner than it appeared on TV.
There are a couple of things about this app that come to mind. First of all, this app won't dazzle you with fancy graphics and a pretty interface, but it provides you with the information in a very straightforward way.
The radar maps choices are a little above me. They're straight from NOAA, and they don't hold your hand. A meteorologist would understand the different kinds, but I just found one that makes sense to me and use it.
The alerts are incredible - dozens of choices of exactly which alerts you want to be active. Note that when setting up the alerts there are 3 different options: off, silent notification, and full audible with that annoying "get your attention" sound that they use on TV and weather radios. I only use the audible for the most severe, immediate threat types. You cycle through those options one at a time with each tap of the alert. It has an option for setting up a Silent Time, so that the alerts won't sound during certain hours, but I don't use it because I want to be alerted of those kinds of threats day or night.
The one thing that I wasn't impressed with was the ease of setup. It took some to figure out how to navigate the settings, and how to make things work the way I wanted to. Their website has a help section for "Configuring Land Forecasts and Events" but the pages for "Event Alert Types" and "Push Alert Notifications" are blank. It's been this way ever since I first got the app so I don't think they have any plans to fix it. I had to just hack my way through it. Still worth it though because it works so well once it's set up.
A few things are a little counter-intuitive. For example, when you're looking at the page with the forecast for the upcoming week, you can't just go to the details for a particular day by tapping on it. It took me a while to figure out that it takes a double-tap to do that. Go figure. As for my needs, I would't trade this app for any other. It was easily worth the money spent. FWIW, I did contact the developer for help once and received detailed information that for some reason they don't put on the website, so if you run into trouble you can expect that they will help. I'll be glad to answer any questions that I can too.
Thanks for sharing Dave
