Weather Alerts
Is this service free?
We are providing this service free of charge. However, you may be charged by your cell phone service provider for receiving text messages. If you are unsure, please contact your service provider for assistance.
A premium service will be made available soon with more advanced features and will help support the cost of operating the Weather Alerts system.
What are the current weather alerts I can receive?
We currently provide weather alerts from various weather agencies, including the National Weather Service, the National Hurricane Center, and the Storm Prediction Center. These include:
Severe Weather
- Tornado Warning
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Flash Flood Warning
- Tornado Watch
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch
- Public Severe Weather Outlook (e-mail only)
- Hazardous Weather Outlook (e-mail only)
Other Weather Events
- Air Stagnation Advisory
- Ashfall Advisory
- Blowing Dust Advisory
- Dense Fog Advisory
- Dense Smoke Advisory
- Excessive Heat Watch
- Excessive Heat Warning
- Dust Storm Warning
- Freeze Watch
- Freeze Warning
- Freezing Fog Advisory
- Frost Advisory
- Hard Freeze Warning
- Heat Advisory
- High Wind Watch
- High Wind Warning
- Lake Wind Advisory
- Wind Advisory
Winter Weather
- Blizzard Watch
- Blizzard Warning
- Ice Storm Warning
- Lake Effect Snow Watch
- Lake Effect Snow Warning
- Wind Chill Watch
- Wind Chill Warning
- Winter Storm Watch
- Winter Storm Warning
- Freezing Rain Advisory
- Lake Effect Snow Advisory
- Wind Chill Advisory
- Winter Weather Advisory
Tropical Weather
- Tropical Cyclone Public Advisory
- Tropical Cyclone Forecast
- Tropical Cyclone Discussion
- Tropical Cyclone Update
- Tropical Cyclone Upgrade Notification — Custom alert from weatherUSA, see example
- Special Tropical Disturbance Statement
- Tropical Weather Outlook
- Tropical Weather Discussion
- Hurricane Local Statement
How many alerts can I have?
Currently, you can subscribe to as many alerts as you can stand to receive. Unlike other services, we allow you to receive weather alerts for multiple locations. This is important as severe weather may be occuring in nearby counties, or in areas where you may have family members or clients. Weather professionals, storm spotters, and hobbyists may also want to know of severe weather in surrounding locations.
My cell phone service provider is not in your list. What should I do?
Please contact us and we will try to add support for your service provider as soon as possible.
I signed up for an account (or changed phone numbers) and have not received my confirmation code for text messages. What should I do?
The purpose of the confirmation code is to verify that the owner of the phone would like to receive weatherUSA alerts, and also to verify that your phone is able to receive text messages. There are several reasons why you didn't receive the confirmation code:
- The message may take a few minutes to reach your phone.
- Please double-check that your number was entered correctly.
- You may have selected the wrong service provider, or your service provider isn't supported by our service yet.
- You may have text messaging disabled in your cell phone plan. Please contact your service provider for assistance.