3340 Weather Reviews

by AngryNewsreader

I get countless notifications of news and stories that say open app to learn more, but when you click on the notification the story is not there, and no information about it is there. Half of the tabs don't work, the weather tab crashes 3340Weather . If you want a totally useless app that will never give you the information you want, then this is 3340Weather for you.

by E.g.D

It’s a super easy app to use, super specific, all around great app. Except if I need to check the radar during severe weather, I’d probably die in a tornado before the thing loaded. I’m currently Co piloting in the car in downtown Atlanta traffic in severe weather and you people are no help to me except taking up space on my phone. Fix it, and I’ll give a better review! 🙂

by Cupidmom

3340Weather does not always open. I have to turn my phone off and let it reboot. Afterwards, 3340Weather will open 3, maybe 4 times, then it will open to photo of James Spann and freeze. I’ve had my phone checked and was told the problem is with 3340Weather . I have the version with the option of the live weather broadcast. My husband has older app that does not have this option, and his app always works fine. 3340Weather Store will not allow me to get older app. I have notified the news station of this problem several weeks ago, but the problem still persists.

by Jeffro855

3340Weather continues to give me updates for an area that I’m no where around. I drove down I65 passing by the Calera exit and now I keep getting “Heavy Rain Detected in your Location”, NO- I’m 42 miles from there. Plus, I don’t get any notifications for where I’m actually at. App needs some way to clear the cache of past locations at least.
Also, got to love clicking the “App Support” link- it only opens the ABC33/40 apps News Feed! 👍🏼👍🏼

by Miss Laci Lou

For James Spann to be the best meteorologist in the whole world, 3340Weather surely ain’t what it do. It’s NEVER right. It’ll say it’s gonna rain all day & it’ll be sunny. Every time. There’s no in between. It’s always wrong. I know James Spann doesn’t run 3340Weather , but you’d think they would follow suit to his predictions of the weather! It hasn’t been right for years. I prefer the weather channel or just seeing for yourself what the weather is gonna do.

by Languageandexpression

This “WEATHER” app spams you with notifications that aren’t even weather related—EVEN when you turn off “Station Notifications” from your local TV station.

Most of the other notifications that ARE actually weather related don’t have anything to do with warning you in the event of severe weather. I don’t need 3340Weather to tell me it’s going to be a bright, sunny day or that storms happened yesterday... Eleven or more irrelevant notifications a day from this one app make me want to turn off ALL the notifications, which would of course make it where I wouldn’t get the important, lifesaving ones when needed.

What would really make 3340Weather better, in addition to fixing the above, would be to make the load time faster (the splash screen stays on for too long) and to put the LIVE weather videos with James Spann on 3340Weather . Otherwise, what’s the point of having an app? I can get NOAA alerts from other apps. There were no video updates for 5+ hours on the recent deadly storm situation the other day as the situation started to get bad and after live videos ELSEWHERE already had been giving detailed info on the potential tornadoes that were popping up all over the map. If I hadn’t gotten my weather info FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, I could have been in real trouble that day. Please add LIVE videos to 3340Weather as severe weather is being covered. Thank you!

by Frustrated User #9,999

This is a highly necessary and useful app that has been hijacked by it’s creators/maintainers, absolutely debilitating this fantastic weather team.
1. 3340Weather freezes devices. One must shut down and restart their device to even get it to open temporarily.
2. The current is not current. Just one example: often outside your window will be utterly overcast (not foggy)with zero clouds on the map. Not all clouds show and it is difficult to discern clouds from fog.
3. Fire? Don’t see it as an option. Why? Large wildfires should be visible on radar, no?
4. There is too much parsing of info on radar.
5. There are not enough options for necessary information.

I have seen and experienced the same on other stations’ apps who use the same radars. In this particular case, James Spann has saved countless lives in his weather reporting. In this station’s area it can be critical to survival to pay close attention and have the latest information; the purpose of 3340Weather. It is a shame to see this weather team, this critical info, and the viewers who rely upon it so seriously hampered by the actions of the creators of 3340Weather.

by Chap Ralph

I have successfully used the ABC 33/40 Mobile Weather App for many years. This version opens with a message saying that “weather is not available for my location” and there is nothing else to do! I had to delete.

by Whitmcghee

Look, I’m as big a James Spann fan as anybody, but I don’t want to look at him angrily pointing at me every single time I open 3340Weather . The splash screen reappears even if I exit and immediately return to 3340Weather . Just put the station logo on the splash screen and calm down with the staged talent photos

by Barrman123

3340Weather has been updated to where it is basically useless. Around 75% of the time when I open it now, it says the application isn’t available in my location. If I can’t get 3340Weather to open, it’s useless. It’s got to have an update soon or it’s getting deleted, no matter how much I love James Spann.

by JohnBoy5562

I only need notifications on the weather when it’s bad. I don’t need it to tell me it hot out. I already know that. Best weather app is dark sky. Your watch and phone only goes off if the weather is bad. Not a add to buy something then the weather.

by CoriolisSTORM

This has potential to be a great app. It is hampered by several things.

1) If you multitask, like most phone users and swipe out of 3340Weather , it will show the splash screen and you must wait for it to attempt to reload the data again.

2) If for some reason it can’t load the weather data, 3340Weather just sits on the map with no weather overlay. There is no option to refresh. You must close 3340Weather and hope it reloads on the next try.

3) The weather data loading process on 3340Weather is apt to fail regularly on 3340Weather even with a good internet connection.

1 Star because that’s the lowest I can give, +1 for James Spann and his team, who despite 3340Weather, are a valuable resource for the state of Alabama. Especially during severe weather season.

by Augrad1997

This update seems to be a step backwards. The radar has became less clear, and the map was better in previous versions. The warning colors are also worse. It is very hard to tell the difference between a serve thunderstorm warning and a tornado warning. 3340Weather was better in the previous version. Please update it for the better.

by Thehellezell

I just updated and now the splash screen is just as annoying but isnt properly scaled to my screen size. This does not bode well for the rest of 3340Weather . Guys, if I have to see a stern Spann pointing at me everytime i switch back to 3340Weather, at least get the image right.

by Raindroppb

Has something changed recently?Sometimes it will load and sometimes it won’t get past James asking if I have a plan, the cover page. I do auto updates so just wondering.

by AlaMaiLady

3340Weather is crashing every time I try to select “Gatlinburg,TN” from the drop down list.

Also, I love and trust James Spann, and that is why I got 3340Weather. It doesn’t disappoint. The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because it takes way too long to open. I like looking at James, but not for THAT long! Haha Please make it open faster!!

by GeezerinBHM

Where does 3340Weather pull current temp? It is frequently 10 or more degrees off from actual temp. Were it not for this defectI would hav egiven 5 stars. Everything else works fine. By the way...this bug also affects Samsung Galaxy S7 as well as iPad.

by HeatherNJA

Since elementary school, James Spann’s voice has been the one I’ve heard when the weather got ugly. I think I’d pay more attention if the notifications were in his voice.

by Thisismyfourthtry

So far so good..... I like how you can add different areas and title them. That way I can keep up with alerts for my college kid and parents. I also like how it includes traffic along with the weather. I was skeptical because of the bad reviews but it's James Span so how can you really go wrong? Taking the chance and trying it out

by Some Guy In AL

Added multiple locations and current location. Can switch between radar daily and hourly all in one place

by Blue 29

This most recent update is a couple steps backwards from the last update. Radar mode is not as good as the previous map. If it isn’t broke don’t try and fix it. Please give us a better map. I’m currently looking for another that has a better view than this update.

by Nontrusting72

I loved 3340Weather until about two days ago when I updated now after I answered the questions about location and settings 3340Weather closes by itself and takes me back to my home screen. Please fix 3340Weather because I love to use it every morning to check my local forecast. Thank you

by Addicted2tapzoo

Seriously not happy with the latest update. I actually like it when the ‘future’ feature did and showed something. Now it takes at least six rounds to get updated on the future feature, and then not anywhere near accurate. Not happy with this update at all. Go back to the way it was.

by Kimspain

Since the update this is the worst radar. If there’s a watch or warning, you can’t see the radar underneath. I’ve tried adjusting the transparency but it’s not enough. Most of the time the daily forecast at the bottom doesn’t even show up. Please go back to the way it was.

by I Tried To Tell You

33/40 weather app down to 3 stars on reviews now! I tried to tell them the new watch/warning color scheme was confusing....not to mention dangerous when trying to ”respect the polygon”! Especially if the polygon looks like every other watch/warning on the map! Bad decisions for new update!

by Mawmaw Creel

This new update is so confusing to read the radar. I like the older version much much better and easier to read. Maybe just change the color codes on this new version and it’ll be better.

by Ctgirlinbama

The satellite map is too dark and strains my eyes. You can change to light or dark but lose the satellite option. Also noticed I only have a 7 day forecast under the daily tab. What happened to the 10 day forecast?

by Phish77

The writing is way too small in this latest update. There is nothing wrong with my vision, and I can barely read the daily screen.