WIS News 10 FirstAlert Weather Reviews

by Woodster9inch

The radar works decently when it loads up. But the daily forecasts are horrible. It will show 0 percent chance of rain and sunny but when you click on it it shows 40 percent chance of rain and cloudy..... it’s almost like one of them has to be right so just put both up there.
The hourly forecast changes hour to hour to reflect what’s happening at that moment. I can do the same thing by looking outside....
it’s useless as a forecasting app. It’s great if you don’t feel like looking out a window to see what it’s doing outside at that moment though. Lol.

by Gmill474

Alerts not working properly. Issuing alerts for non severe weather. Alerts are meant for urgent/emergent weather, but WISNews10FirstAlertWeather sends alerts for every random thing (such as sunny and warm). It’s sort of like crying wolf. Initially startles you thinking something bad is coming and eventually you begin to ignore all of the alerts. No where in the settings have I allowed non urgent/emergent alerts yet that’s what I get all the time.

The forecast is messed up as well. Some days it will show 0% chance of rain on a certain day but when you click on that day to expand it it may show 50% chance in the evening.

by XPhantom309x

WISNews10FirstAlertWeather itself is a decent app. The issue is all the alerts that don’t warrant an alert. Especially at 4:30 to 7:30 am just to tell me it’s going to rain the weekend, or it’s going to be hot in the summer, or it’s going to be cold in the winter.

This is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. Has anyone there ever heard the saying if you cry wolf enough times, no one will believe you?

And I personally don’t think there should be anything political, including advertisements about impeachment of our President or any other politician. This has nothing to do with the weather.

I am deleting WISNews10FirstAlertWeather , and will no longer watch anything on WIS or NBC. I invested about 45 years to your station/network, but have had enough of the one sided reporting that goes on, and all the unnecessary weather alerts. Hope Management is listening and happy they are running their watchers/listeners away.

by Cider Zzz

Way to many alerts diminish the value of critical ones. These guys are putting out alerts now about things of virtually no value so advertisers can get more hits. I will be looking for others who care more about public safety than cash in their pockets. There appears to be no method of filtering useless alerts out on the settings page. I will further now make it a point to not shop at or use any of their advertisers

by Yukka80

We download WISNews10FirstAlertWeather to our phones and iPads. The purpose was to check the weather. We also got it for weather alerts, for example tornado warnings, hurricane tracking, flooding, severe thunder storms, and (every so often) snow.

Over the last year, the push alerts have become ridiculous!

Merriam-Webster defines "alert" as being "watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency."

Today's weather alert was "Traveling to NC or GA? Von has your forecast." What!?! This is what I open WISNews10FirstAlertWeather to learn. I do not want my phones an iPad having push notices stating "A News Station Alert has arrived" to tell me that it will be sunny or drizzling or that - shocker - it will be cold in the winter and hot in the summer.

Stop sending these type of alerts! It has become a joke in our house! An alert arrives and, instead of thinking it's a severe storm or tornado, we joke that it's an alert to the wonderful weather! This completely defeats the purpose and effectiveness of an ALERT!!

The upsides of WISNews10FirstAlertWeather : layered radar, decent forecasting, and local weather when you travel out of state.

by Cpoagsc

I’ve enjoyed WISNews10FirstAlertWeather for many years, but the notifications have gotten out of control. It would appear that they’ve included a lot of control over what types of notifications you receive, but they started sending notifications that don’t fit into any of the categories that users are able to toggle off. For example, would “Prepare for warmer weather” fall under the “typhoon” category? There is no category for alerts of uneventful weather, so those alerts that are the most useless and annoying cannot be turned off unless you disable notifications altogether. If that one issue is fixed, I could change my rating from 2 stars to 5 stars.

by LAshleyB

While the forecasts are useful and the actual navigation of WISNews10FirstAlertWeather is simple, the notifications I get throughout the day are merely click bait. Like one of the other reviewers, WISNews10FirstAlertWeather has become a joke in our household. For instance today, in the a.m. I received “cool start but warming up” but this afternoon I received “mild now but a cool down is coming.” Really?! You mean that during the day it’s going to warm up and then get cooler in the evening? Wow! That’s most every normal day!

Also, alerts consist of “Alert: showers today!” Alerts should be urgent, warning of severe weather like storms, tornadoes, snow, ice, etc. WISNews10FirstAlertWeather didn’t even send out a recent tornado warning until a full 5 minutes after the National Weather Service had sent one via my phone’s emergency response system.

Please improve your daily notifications and make prompt Alerts for truly urgent announcements.

by B3n1095

I hated getting a breaking weather alert and then being forced to watch a 15 sec video ad before I could see the weather information. I can understand seeing video ads during normal viewing but not with a breaking weather alert. Hey a tornado is bearing down on your location but first let’s look at some carpet. I deleted WISNews10FirstAlertWeather from my device.

by Jim McDonad

We live in a place where people are 65 or much much older; not traveling much. Your specific detail about location of light, sunrise & sunset are the precise information that we, living here,
appreciate very much.

by Stephen R.

The information that is provided in WISNews10FirstAlertWeather as well as the functionality of it is awesome! However, it does get very frustrating when I’m trying to get the latest updates about hurricanes and serious weather that I have to watch one and sometimes two ads to even get to the meteorologists video. I respect the need for advertising however, I don’t think it should be on those kind of videos.

by Phil Dilly

I wish the word “alert” were not used so much. It seems silly and leaves room for misunderstanding. Alert, alert look out for rain. Then we have a few drops. I suggest using other words and leaving “ alert” for important events.
Phil Dilly

by OKIRODEOCLOWN

Today I open WISNews10FirstAlertWeather six times trying to see the current conditions it was completely blocked by advertisement. What’s the point of this weather app when you can’t even see the current conditions.

by Kitty The Meowing Spie

Quick results!🌅

by Ashleynichole1987

WISNews10FirstAlertWeather has a lot of glitches and ad pop ups. I just know WIS can do better. But this is SC and they do everything as cheap as they can.

by DCT102281

Alerts need to be more prompt. Of course I see heavy rain. It’s no good 10-15 min later.

by J_1939

I use WISNews10FirstAlertWeather frequently to check on weather updates in my area and never had a problem until the most recent 6/20 update. Now when I click WISNews10FirstAlertWeather , it just glitches and exits back to my phone’s main screen. Great app, needs to be fixed.

by Steelhorse17

Up to date weather and Right on Time advise for enjoying time Outside!

by NADD 1

I am a South Carolina native that works in construction all over the South East and beyond. I am proud to say that regardless of my location the weather app hasn’t let me down yet!

by Ansfield

I use WISNews10FirstAlertWeather every day and like it a lot. I wish that you would list the wind speed with the temperatures or maybe the “feels like” temperature.
Thank you.

by JtotheTimLo

Thank you WIS Weather Team for making the weather app so user-friendly. I look forward to reviewing WISNews10FirstAlertWeather before I go to bed and when I wake up in the morning. Keep up the great work and for letting us know when to grab a sweater, umbrella or T-shirt!

by Kite_n_Key19

What’s reported on TV is seldom on WISNews10FirstAlertWeather . Today, app said 20% chance of rain, immediately it poured for an hour. I am deleting it and trying another local station.

by BeeJay378

I have used WISNews10FirstAlertWeather for several years and no problems. This new update is useless for me. It crashes all the time. I'm running iOS 9.35. I wish I had never updated. Please fix. Thanks for your attention to this problem.

by GerryJ02

The week of 15 Dec 19, I had to delete and reload WISNews10FirstAlertWeather because it got stuck at the Rush’s advertisement. This week, 22 Dec 19, WISNews10FirstAlertWeather would ask to change location before opening and now today, 25 Dec 19, it won’t open again. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I’m deleting it and moving on to another app.

by Sigma Al

It doesn’t work. It opens up. And just sits there

by Joe2224

Ok. So I've held off on writing this, as I know predicting the weather is difficult, and inexact. But...you've left me no choice. WISNews10FirstAlertWeather itself is nice. Easy to use, good layout. But the information is terrible. It seems that its update about twice a day at most. Right now, it's storming outside, and WISNews10FirstAlertWeather says its partly cloudy. Then many times the forecast details will say a good chance of rain, but up top will say 10%. Couldn't ignore the inaccuracies anymore. Fix these and I'll up the rating.

by MinnieMacornibox

Lovely app 100%. I check WISNews10FirstAlertWeather every morning and it helps me so much.

by TK02347

I use WISNews10FirstAlertWeather solely for the alerts and they never fail to keep me updated. They don’t stop at just a regular old notification either — certain alerts are delivered in voice-form too, with a man shouting “a news station alert has arrived” which has caused me to ruin several pairs of underwear on multiple occasions, but nevertheless ensures me that I will never miss an update. Great app.