First Alert Weather Reviews

One of my most used apps and one of my oldest apps. I’ve used it across multiple platforms and it’s awesome every single time. The latest update to the radar is perfect. I had the same idea years ago, guess I should’ve sent it to you. (The expand option) Wish I could give you 8 or 9 stars.

App used to perform much better; in your attempt to improve and and capabilities your performance is starting to suffer; don't try to excuse this as a network congestion/bandwidth issue; your app is getting bloatwd and performance is suffering; you can't do or be everything to everyone; please focus on providing a high-performing experience with hourly, daily, and radar capabilities; If users want video or marketing clips don't bog down your app because of that...

Weather forecasts should be more accurate today than they were 40 years ago due to upgrades in technology. That’s not the case with WLBT. Back when Woody Asaf was there, predictions were fairly accurate. And he wasn’t even a meteorologist.

They should stop giving precise details because they are seldom right. “AM RAIN” should mean only raining in the am hours, not on and off rain all day. And the radar map is never accurate. It needs to be removed from FirstAlertWeather .

The radar was nice with the full screen option. Now it freezes up constantly as does the whole app. I have uninstalled it a couple of times then reinstalled it and it is still SLOW and freezes up. I might try it again in a few months. In this day and age there has to be a better option. Now FirstAlertWeather looses the location which makes me have to restart my phone only to have it looses the location the next time I open FirstAlertWeather . WAY TOO FRUSTRATING!!!

I use FirstAlertWeather several times a day, more if weather is bad. The hourly and daily forecast now being black and white plus the layout makes it too difficult to read. I hate the radar image also. I used to be able to see the county outlines but can’t now. I guess this was an update but please either change this back or redesign. May have to start using the “weather “ app which I’ve never used as much as this one. So disappointed.

After moving out of the state I realized that
WLBT 3 was the only news channel that gave me the best News ever. I have just moved back in town and I’m so glad to be able to get excellent news coverage from around the beautiful state of Mississippi.

FirstAlertWeather helped me know lots of things! When I first heard it, I thought it was not necessary. But then my mom told me the helpful things FirstAlertWeather is, so I decided to get it. FirstAlertWeather has been really helpful during these days (and yesterday) and I love FirstAlertWeather!

FirstAlertWeather works really well and is almost always up to date. However, it sends 2-3 notifications a day, even when no storms are predicted for the next 10 days. There needs to be an option for receiving only storm watch and storm warning notifications.

I relocated to another state and still use FirstAlertWeather for my choice of weather updates and radar !

I have have used a number of weather apps to try to find a happy medium but so far I have more than two apps on my phone I have used FirstAlertWeather before and a sister style from my local tv channel from when I lived in another state. So I am back to try the main app for raycom here is the test. We will see how it fairs.

It's a great app once you finally get past the loading screen but do we really have to stare at the Watkins ad on the launch screen for 30 seconds? When I need to use FirstAlertWeather I'm in a hurry and need weather info ASAP. The delay in loading is really annoying!

Severe Thunderstorm warning and watch overlays in the radar are no longer the traditional yellow color. They are red and look like Tornado warnings. Also warning/watch overlays are not nearly as transparent as in the previous version which makes it much harder to actually see the weather. I used FirstAlertWeather mostly for the radar but will no longer use it with this new update

I’m fed up with receiving multiple push msgs each day. Until I deleted FirstAlertWeather I could count on 2-5 click-bait First (Spam) Alert msgs ‘The forecast has changed, get the latest now!’ as tho pending doom is looming between now and the last three updates. Only reason I had FirstAlertWeather was for extreme severe weather (tornado) alerts. I’d rather take my chances on my own.

i love FirstAlertWeather its so amazing its a little slow but its just my internet, the radar is ok, it could be better but its good enough, honestly just cut back on all the notifications please, but FirstAlertWeather is so useful!

Hate your pop up for ratings. Written 2 reviews already. If I did not like your app. I would not use it

FirstAlertWeather is pretty much useless. Don’t think your going to use FirstAlertWeather for weather information when your tv goes out. It crashes half the time and the other half you get a message saying this application isn’t available in your area. Even though it used to work in my area.

My parents always watched channel 3 news and weather so I’m carrying on the tradition. Y’all are truly THE BEST!!!! We always count on you for the weather.

It’s black. I use the Satellite option because I’m not interested in the Dark and Light map options. I liked the green map. Perhaps add a Green map option.
Everything else about FirstAlertWeather I like.

I can zoom in or out on radar image and see the whole area. It’s convenient

Enjoy your weather app. I have 4 different apps on my phone but yours I use most.

I really like FirstAlertWeather before the most recent update. It's great for the area I live in. The daily forecast and hourly forecast is probably the worst part about it. I love to be able to look at the forecast and tell what the weather would be like that day simply by looking at the picture ( sunshine or rain ). Not only that but there's not much of a general written overview of what to expect throughout the day.. Other than that with a new update I think being able to drop a pin on a location would be great. If something isn't fixed soon I will be looking for another app... I give app 3 out of 5 stars simply over update

FirstAlertWeather used to be great and very accurate. The new radar is terrible, slow, and inaccurate because it’s so slow.
Thunderstorms used to be yellow. Now all alerts are red which makes seeing thunderstorm vs tornado warning difficult. Bring back the old radar view!

This may be a good weather app but it has so many larger ads that I can’t tell. FirstAlertWeather is not about providing weather. It’s about selling ads and they sell many. They never mention the ads while pushing it on TV.

Clickbaity. Constant clickbait banners teasing to get you to open FirstAlertWeather . “Need an umbrella today? Open FirstAlertWeather to find out.”

Nothing special about the weather you can’t get about your area from any other app.

It doesn’t matter if I’m on WiFi or on my regular data FirstAlertWeather takes so long to load it’s ridiculous, everything else I run is fine it’s only this one that is slow!!

FirstAlertWeather has not worked well in the last month—ever since the logo changed. It either won’t open or if it does, it is slow. It used to be so good.

Just got a new iPhone 8+ with LOTS of memory and FirstAlertWeather is not opening even at full tower signal strength .
Please fix it !