WAFB First Alert Weather Reviews

When I click on WAFBFirstAlertWeather, I have to look at a picture of the channel 9 weather folks before I get the weather. Then I get to look around ads for the weather. A notification box comes up on the screen of my phone, but when I click on it I get to wait until something that looks like weather loads. Usually I’m unable to find out what the notification was because it’s a video that won’t load, not that I want to wait to see that any way. This station has a commercial that talks about the folks in Atlanta and how they don’t know our weather. But when I click on that app, the weather comes right up. I don’t have to look at the icons of the channel 9 weather crew. Imagine that. I’m very disappointed with WAFBFirstAlertWeather.

Clunky is not the wird. Something recently changed. I can no longer rewind or forward through a forecast video to see pertinent details, a critical thing during a forecast for active severe weather. If i try to rewind at all to see storm eta for my location, video starts over including the annoying 15-30 second ads i have already seen. If I’ve already watch the ad for the video i should be about to do a little relevant slowing and speeding.

That your app support link goes to a 404 makes it clear you’re not thinking about your audience. Guess i’ll have to move on.

I can’t find my last review so that I can downgrade it.

I am sick and tired of this formerly good app freezing on a regular basis. It has gotten to the point that I have also downloaded a rival station’s (WBRZ’s) weather app so that I can have a dependable, local weather app. I’m about at the point of deleting WAFB’s weather app freezes so much that has become trash. The only reason that I haven’t done so yet is that I keep hoping that WAFBFirstAlertWeather will be updated to correct this malfunction. I am beginning to wonder if the person in charge of this is asleep at the wheel.

The new update needs an update! I have to go into the help menu to figure out everything! But if I had to pick one thing that changes it would be to put the location dot back on the map!!! I HATE that this has been removed! I like that I didn’t have to zoom into street view to see how close the bad weather is to my exact location. I’m on the road making multiple stops for work and on bad weather days I am always using WAFBFirstAlertWeather before I leave a location to see what I’m going to be driving into. Please fix this!

My biggest complaint is waiting for WAFBFirstAlertWeather to load and having to look at the same picture routinely. Then if you decide to check something else after just logging out, you have to go thru the same thing again, even if only out for an instant. The other thing that drives me crazy is the infomercial they constantly do for it when you’re watching the darn weather on their newscast!

Really really badly needs work on the UI its very clunky and hard to use needs a bunch of bug fixes to for the last month i havent even been able to open WAFBFirstAlertWeather it kicks me off every time, i like the notifications and all but please fix the UI it is so god awful

I just wish the developers of WAFBFirstAlertWeather would make widgets for it. I only trust WAFB WX as my source for weather and to have a Home Screen widget that I could just glance at for current temp and low temp that would be a 5 star move. Thanks in advance.

Videos need improvement
Can’t look at videos sideways and flat, have to turn phone sideways and hold it like binoculars to keep video from flipping back

WAFBFirstAlertWeather does not open half the time. Seems as if it is stuck or something and no way to move from pictured staff. Location is on. App is good when it will open. Deleted and redone but still does same thing.

This new update is TERRIBLE! I will be using a different app until this is resolved. This makes the radar 1) look majorly outdated, 2) difficult to see the precipitation because the watches and warnings are not transparent enough, and 3) look confusing because severe thunderstorm warnings are red and not yellow like TV and every other resource. It is a completely terrible update.

Most of the time it freezes and won’t open. We need a fix, please b

Just recently with the new updates WAFBFirstAlertWeather seems to get stuck on the per launch page. Even when I reboot the phone it does not always resolve the issue. I’m hoping a new update will resolve the issue, because it is very frustrating. I’m currently running iOS 13.3 on my iPhone. Hoping this info helps developers.

The latest update appears to have resolved the intermittent app freezing. Thanks!

WAFBFirstAlertWeather is good ... when it works!
About half the time it just locks on the front page with the weather people, then nothing happens and can’t move anything. So I have to go to WBRZ’s weather page. Too bad.🙁

WAFBFirstAlertWeather is ok and gives some pretty good info. I also like the alerts but the freakin ads drive me nuts. There's an ad on each page which means I won't EVER upgrade the original WAFB app for news. I prefer not to be bombarded with useless information constantly! I plan to delete WAFBFirstAlertWeather!

If you want to watch a 15 second weather update you have to watch 2.5 minutes of ads.

No thanks instantly deleted their app

After years of depending on WAFBFirstAlertWeather and decades of depending on ch 9 now I repeatedly get a message application not available in my location. Wth Centreville, MS

My app since update days mot available in your area disappointed need this for when the storm hits

Last update has caused major issues. Never had problems before

Gives basic weather info WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT SUE TO ADDS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING!!! Deleting WAFBFirstAlertWeather and going with WBRZ CHANNEL 2 because of it So frustrating that you can’t see what you cans there for 80% of the time

Since the latest update WAFBFirstAlertWeather doesn’t even open. When I click to open it closes out.

You guys need to fix the timing on the notifications for lightning and rain. When it pops up lightning is located 4.6 miles away but starts flashing like its 4.6 feet away there is a problem.

Since the last update, I can’t get it to work!

WAFBFirstAlertWeather is very good-pretty graphics and accurate radar. That is, it's good when it works. It crashes on start very often causing me to delete WAFBFirstAlertWeather then redownload it. Get a more stable app and this is a 5 star review.