KY3 Weather Reviews

by Guyusmc

It’s very hard to depend on this. I live on the third floor of an apartment complex and if a tornado is showing on the radar within 30 miles of me and it does not get removed then I have to run for shelter. I have to pack up my bird go down three flights of stairs and go hide somewhere. Most of the time nothing ever happens and I’m thankful for that but I wish that the radar would be updated more often. Also on the hour by hour for my neighborhood it has said that it’s been sunny and I’m watching it pour down rain outside my window.

by Mcgap

I use KY3Weather often and since the last update, it crashes when I open it. If I persist, it will open, but only in portrait. If I have the screen lock on in landscape, I have to turn it off. Then KY3Weather reorients. Loading anything on it, takes forever. It used to be quite snappy, but not more. Also the pop up notifications work, but if I click on them, it tries to open KY3Weather and crashes. Please see what you can do to sort this out. I am still using IOS version 10.3.3. Once this is fixed, I will revise my rating.

by Vanceattack

KY3Weather has been my go to for a long time! With the new update, I have to constantly delete and download KY3Weather again for it to work. When I tap KY3Weather to open it, it takes forever to load, if it does at all. It is stuck on the “KY3 storm team” start up page and will not load. After deleting and reinstalling, I’ve noticed the location services aren’t working well either, after allowing it to know my location, it will put me somewhere else. I have the X, so I know it’s not my software a full bars LTE, so it’s definitely KY3Weather. Stop making commercials for this until it’s useful again.

by Local Resident 1971

I HATE HOW YOU MAKE EVERYTHING A “First alert”! That term is so annoying and we don’t need to have days labeled as “first alert weather days”! “”First alert this” “first alert that” “first alert!”
You are the only station we have to see Local weather on or I would change in a heart beat. I hate how liberal and twisted your news stories are But we have no other choice for local news. Is that democracy???? Your twisted lies should keep you all from sleeping at night! Especially those of you who are Christians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like Eathan and Sara “claimed” to be. How could they report that stuff with a clear conscious?

by Arangryth

Like many of the other reviewers I too have depended on KY3Weather especially during severe weather. But now it won’t load or the map won’t show what it’s supposed to or it just crashes. I delete and reinstall about once a week or more. I like having a local weather app. But I don’t think the developers or ky3 realize that I, and I’m sure many others, depend on KY3Weather during severe weather like knowing if there are tornado warnings in my area or other severe weather watches and warnings. I have deleted and reinstalled for the last time. I’ll just have to find something else.

by Miss.ma3

I used to use KY3Weather all the time. Then it kinda slowed down on loading. During recent severe weather, it didn’t want to load at all. I haven’t had WiFi since I moved a month prior to this weather. So I uninstalled it and downloaded it again. Now it doesn’t help AT ALL to predict future forecast on the radar like the previous version I had. It used to show me future cells that might pop up which is detrimental to see how my job is going to go with cutting labor etc. it now just has a past, past + future, and future option. Anything that has future on it is absolutely useless. I have to check the past weather cells just to predict MYSELF if it’s going to screw me over and rain. The “hourly” option will say 40-60% chance but the future prediction on radar always gave me a rough idea if the cell traveling from the west was going to actually hit or not. I’m disappointed. I always liked the KY3 app because it’s local and felt more accurate than the weather channel but now I don’t know what to do or use.

by Lgmfnpc

I just deleted KY3Weather and am downloading again hoping that it will improve. I get CONSTANT notifications. I got one earlier in the week at 7:00am that woke me up about icy conditions that weren’t going to occur for FOUR DAYS. If I turn off the audio notification, then I won’t get emergency notices that actually NEED to wake me up. I don’t need constant notifications that it’s gonna be a sunny mild day. I need EMERGENT notifications. Every time I try to look at their video that they notified me about, I get a notice that the video can’t be displayed, but the advertisements usually make it through ok. This used to be a good app. Now it’s irritating and worthless. The only way that I can see a weather video is to go to the news app and hit the weather window. Whatever they did to screw it up, I wish they’d put it back the way it was.

by TJShocks

I love KY3 but KY3Weather has no value. I receive 3-5 copies of the same notification within seconds of each other. (I have 1 app and 1 account.) They’re great alerts but the majority of the time the video won’t play. The ad will play, but then KY3Weather crashes. It starts a new ad upon reopening. (THAT’S really annoying!)Still no forecast. I’ve deleted and re-downloaded but nothing helps. It’s to the point that when I receive a KY3 notification I don’t bother w/KY3. I just go to a non-local app and check what’s going on. Much faster. Thanks for the notifications though.

by Meitaogrey

KY3Weather sends me SO many notifications a day. It’s obnoxious. I want to know when there is weather to worry about and I want to check the weather to see what temps are like for the week. I don’t need 10 updates a day that it’s going to warm up at some point in the week. I changed my preferences in my settings. If that doesn’t work then I will choose a different app. I seriously appreciate the station and KY3Weather when I need to follow for severe weather but I don’t appreciate the constant notifications.

by Yellowtruck64

KY3Weather works so poorly it is hard to get information from it. If you play the radar it shows you nothing til the very end of the future cast. You have to play it a couple times til it catches up. If you want to play the weather video, it will play the advertisement (of course) then the video will not play until maybe after restarting it several times (and that’s only true some of the time, most of the time it never plays.). I really think they could do better.

by Greytpaws

While this is my go-to weather app and I love it in many ways, my main frustration is how often the most recent forecast video either has no sound or choppy sound. At first I thought it was my phone or connection but it has persisted thru phones and connections. It’s usually the one video I really want to hear—a severe weather update, etc so that’s really frustrating. The ads prior to it have perfect sound, just not the video. Anyway, other than that, the radar is awesome, I love the overlays and how much they can be customized. Overall an excellent resource for local weather. Needs a support link within KY3Weather !!

by IBShelbys

Not to drag KY3 down all the way... it is a cool app. I like the customization and the interactive radar is great. I haven’t gotten an error pop up in a while. That’s been nice.
However...
I get that this is a template and KY3 doesn’t have all the control but recently my new problem is KY3Weather doesn’t load completely and I have to close it and re open it OR most annoying, random audio starts playing from an ad or weather video AS SOON AS I open KY3Weather . It has been embarrassing because it’s usually at a higher volume when it happens. Please fix if you can. The only problem I have with the video ads is when an ad is longer than the weather update video I was going to watch. It does seem like the video ads are just to rake in more commercial money on top of the ad banners on every page.

All in all there is room for improvement but we have seen some improvement. So thank you.

by Ksbraz

Where are all these users supposed to go with their issues? “App support” link here in KY3Weather Store takes users to a page on KY3s website that no longer exists. Isn’t this against the terms of service???

Also - WAYYYY too many notifications. I want to be notified when there are watches and warnings for my area, not the mold count or the lake levels. I get as many as three an hour sometimes when there is no severe weather in the area.

Finally - new radar colors are not useful. Red is no longer a tornado warning? Why the change?

by CrazyBoutYaBaby74

Mostly a great app! It’s just that when I go to watch their little weather clips 9/10 times they don’t play. The ad, of course, plays perfectly, but the main video just sits there on the first frame. KY3Weather support tab isn’t working, so here we are. It’s pretty frustrating since I don’t watch TV to catch the weather, so I rely heavily on KY3Weather to get my weather updates.

by Dealt50

KY3 always keeps you up to date with the weather. Back in 2008 in February. Brandon said that Gassville Ar. was in for a bumpy ride. And he was right. The was the day of the tornado. Because of KY3 keeping the public notified all day. we were safe.
Thanks to all the KY3 weathermen and ladies. Your simply the best

by Goldi09

KY3Weather icon looks nothing like a weather app and I don’t care for it. Also lose the scare verbiage about the first alert. Rain and snow happen. That’s the point of KY3Weather . Alert should be saved for something seriously wrong. I just have been turned off by KY3Weather ever since it majorly changed in looks.

by 3tzus

In the last six months I have had to delete and reinstall constantly in order to get the weather! I watch KY3 all the time and like the personnel! I know it’s not my phone, I have no problems with other apps and it’s not in airplane mode or my internet connection!
Please fix it so it works correctly again!

by Mrstmr

I enjoy television channel 3because the announcers are the best informative and knowledgeable compared to other tv channels. But weather channel online is better than channel 3weather online. Most of the time it takes to long to come up on screen or it says cannot show video.

by Tmas04

I don’t know why it is crashing for other people it might be my phone because I have an iPhone or maybe your connection but this is the only app I can get to load on one bar my go to app for weather always I don’t know if those where just old and they have fixed it but without KY3Weather I wouldn’t even know if a tornado was above my head

by Mysti F

KY3Weather is spooky accurate! A couple times I got the alert of rain and lightning when the sky was clear and we just laughed… not 30 seconds later, we got the predicted rain and lightning! The voice alert scared me the first couple times lol but I got used to it pretty quickly!

I tried 2 other apps when I moved to Kentucky but I didn’t like them… then I found this one and I’m super happy with it!

by Jetchie78

Afraid you “fixed” something that wasn’t broken. We shouldn’t have to scroll past a video and an ad or two to get the current temp and radar. Previous version had a couple flaws but it worked well. This is a downgrade, for sure. Also, can you please do something about the alert sounds? Ron’s voice out of nowhere or an equally startling siren, or little blips you barely hear are not great choices, in my opinion.

by Mighty Eggplant

KY3Weather use to be perfect. Never had an issue with it and use it 100% as the only weather app on my phone. Since they changed the radar from the actual local radar my radar will not load. At all. WiFi or not. Will not load. Then I came to realize that when they “changed” the radar it’s the Weather Channel radar. Bring it back local. KY3Weather has ads out the wazoo, bring back the radar that actually works.

by Djs353

I have used KY3Weather for years but the past three weeks when I open KY3Weather it takes a few minutes to load. I tried deleting it and reinstalling it and lots of other fixes and none of them worked. Then I came back to KY3Weather Store to see many are having problems since the “bugs” were fixed. Hope they are able to get them fixed so I can update my review. I will use the national weather service until then.

by Jball32

I used KY3Weather 3-5 times a day to check my local weather and radar. Ever since the last update it takes forever to load and gets stuck on the “KY3 stormteam” landing page. About 75% of the time I get an error message that the network failed to connect even when I have full service or even on my own home WiFi. Whatever the developers did to KY3Weather they ruined it! I can’t use it anymore. Put it back like it was so it will at least work!! I see I am not the only person having this problem! Fix it please!

by Djbar1974

I’ve had KY3Weather for several years, however, this update is terrible. KY3Weather is slow to load. I miss the larger opening map and I hate having to scroll by the video to read the information I need. Additionally, the video sometimes starts playing automatically and I don’t need this when I’m trying to save data. Please consider going back to the old look and function.

by Captain Ritter

It’s an ok app, but the thing that frustrates me the most is the fact that the hourly forecast (projected lows and highs) never matches the daily forecast. It’s like they are prepared by two different people who don’t talk to each other. So any time I check the hourly and daily forecast, I don’t believe either one and figure the truth is somewhere in the middle. Too bad, because otherwise it could be a decent app.

by Ec342

I truly want to give 5 stars. The ads have increased in length and the video forecast and alerts are not playing. The ads now are commercial and not the nonprofit community support ads that used to play. Please restore what should and can be a great app.