AlerWX 6.4.3 - App Store

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About AlerWX

AlerWX delivers real-time weather intelligence directly from the National Weather Service (NWS), giving you instant access to Weather Forecast Office (WFO) products, severe weather alerts, radar data, forecasts, and...

AlerWX delivers real-time weather intelligence directly from the National Weather Service (NWS), giving you instant access to Weather Forecast Office (WFO) products, severe weather alerts, radar data, forecasts, and more-all in one powerful platform. Designed for emergency responders, storm spotters, weather enthusiasts, and anyone who depends on timely weather information, AlerWX helps you stay informed before, during, and after severe weather events. Features: . Live NWS Weather Forecast Office Feeds Follow your preferred National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices and receive real-time access to forecasts, discussions, advisories, warnings, and other issued products. . 10-Day Local Forecasts Stay ahead of changing conditions with detailed local forecasts and current weather information for your area. . SPC & WPC Outlooks View the latest outlooks and guidance from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and Weather Prediction Center (WPC) directly within the app. . Interactive Weather Radar Track storms with a built-in interactive radar featuring advanced products including Super-Resolution Reflectivity, Super-Resolution Velocity, and Additional radar products and layers! . NOAA Weather Radio Streams Listen to community-operated NOAA Weather Radio streams provided through multiple resources! . Push Notifications Receive instant updates from your selected Weather Forecast Offices and stay informed as new products and alerts are issued. . Critical Emergency Alerts Customize alert types in app to be pushed as Critical Alerts to your device! Users can also choose to receive Tornado Emergencies, Flash Flood Emergencies, and Tsunami Warnings nationwide, regardless of selected WFOs. . Widgets (iOS 18+) Stay informed at a glance with Current Conditions widgets available for iOS 18 and later. . Spotter Network Integration Connect with Spotter Network directly within AlerWX for enhanced situational awareness during active weather events. Whether you’re monitoring severe weather, tracking storms, or staying informed on daily forecasts, AlerWX provides the tools and information you need to stay prepared. Download AlerWX today and stay ahead of the storm.

Version History • Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 16.1 • Improved radar stability and performance • New server upgrades deliver Level 2 and Level 3 radar data faster than ever • Radar now displays sharper imagery and supports up to 20 animation frames • Added a new Color Palette Selector with support for importing GRLevelX-style palettes • Radar Alerts now use the new AlerWX Alert Dashboard API • Added customizable sounds for Radar Alert Banners • You can now tap the radar info pill to view detailed radar information • Added Storm Tracks to radar • New app themes and customizable app icons • Added a new Service Status screen • Spotter locations on radar now display heading direction • Added new SPC/WPC Outlook display options for CONUS or local WFO imagery • Improved lightning data with strike animations and new time filters (1, 5, 10, and 20 minutes) • Redesigned Message Center with the ability to delete messages • General bug fixes and internal improvements 6.4.3 May 20 - EMERGENCY WEBSOCKET FIX - Minimum iOS Requirement is now 17.6 - Major Radar Overhaul - Interactive Radar now powered by MapBox - Added Lightning Strikes to Radar - Added Local Storm Reports to Radar - Added METAR Stations to Radar - Added New Alert Banner to Radar - Added Mesoscale Discussions to Radar - Added Weather Prediction Center (WPC) to the WFO list - Added prompt for Spotter Locations/Reports on Radar Map if users aren’t logged into their spotter network account - Added ability to Favorite NWR Streams - Added Lightning Strikes to Radar - Added Location Filtering for Notifications (Experimental) - Fixed issue where radar map was snapping back when in dual-pane mode using the inspector tool - Fixed Radar Zoom Limit - Fixed lag issue when searching for a NWR Station - Fixed NOAA Weather Radio API Issue 6.4.2 Apr 22 - Fixed radar crashing issue on some older devices - Level 3 NEXRAD data now provided by AWS - New Reflectivity Filter Threshold Slider - New Level 3 Products on Radar: - Correlation Coefficient - Differential Reflectivity - Specific Differential Phase - Hydrometeor Classification - Hybrid Hydrometeor Classification - Storm Relative Velocity - 1-Hr Precipitation Accumulation - Storm Total Accumulation - Level 2 Radar Data now supported! - Radar Tilts now supported in-app - New Inspector Tool on Radar - Updated all WFO Offices. All offices are now in their correct state and removed the state abbreviation from office names. - Disabled Landscape Mode on iPhone - Active Alerts are now powered by NWS instead of WeatherKit. They are also now clickable to view the full product text. - Active Alerts now have an Alert Timeline, you can now see the progress of the product from issuance to expiration. - 10-Day Forecast is now 7-Day Forecast and has been switched to use NWS API and provides more information now. - SPC Day 4-8 Outlooks Added - New Focused Mode on Home WFO Page. This new feature allows you to only see your Favorites, Groups, and Nearest WFO - Added new Critical Alert Tone, EAS Header. - Added new Custom Notification Tone feature! Users can now import a custom .wav, .aiff, or .caf file and use that as their notification tone for Standard and Critical Alerts! - Clicking on Push Notifications now brings you to the specific office feed 6.4.1 Apr 14 - New Critical Alert Features! Users now can select which products they want to classify as Critical Alerts! - New Notification Filters! We have finally brought Notification Filters onto the app! You can now select which products you want to get notifications for! - New Message Center! Now anything related to system messages or app updates will be put into the message center! - New Field Guide! New to AlerWX? Get familiar with it using the Field Guild to show you how to use the app! - Spotter Network now integrated! Registered SN users can now report their locations, submit storm reports, and see reports on the interactive radar from within the app! - Overhaul of the Interactive Radar! - New Haptic Feedback with WFO Feed Items! - Fixed issue of app asking for location access when user declines. It will now only ask once and if declined, will never show up again! - Fixed Local Storm Reports from parsing incorrectly - Fixed issue of WFO Groups initial feed fetches being out of order - Change Menu Icons - Menu has been redesigned Interactive Radar Overhaul Details: - Radar base map is now a dark map - Enhanced Alert Popup Details - NEW DUAL PANE MODE! - Radar Loop Function Added - New Spotter Reports, NOAA Weather Radio, and Spotter Locations Icons 6.4 Apr 7 - Removed the Boston/Norton, MA office from Rhode Island (Office covers RI but is based in Massachusetts) - Removed the Gray/Portland, ME office from New Hampsire (Office covers NH but is based in Maine) 6.3.1 Mar 26 - WFO Feeds are now powered by IEM’s XMPP Chatrooms. No more waiting 10 Seconds for RSS Feed Refresh, products are now instant! - Added new WFO Groups! WFO Groups allow you to create a custom feed with multiple WFO’s that way you don’t have to switch back and forth between one or the other! - Added Tsunami Warning to Emergency Product Notifications - Added Product Filters! You can now filter out products from the WFO Feeds. This is right now a basic filtering system but we hope to improve on that later on! - Added new SPC Outlook Widget and NOAA Weather Radio Widget (iOS 18+) - Added a Large Widget for the Current Weather Widget - Current Weather Widget now utilize Apple’s WeatherKit for better reliability - Updated Notification Settings menu to a more compact view. - Fixed issue where app was asking to “Always Allow” location for widget use, even when user clicked no. App will now only ask once, if user declines, app will not ask again! - Optimized all pages on the app and gave them a more modern feel - Changed App Icon 6.3 Mar 25 - Fixed the SPC Outlook Graphics issue where the graphics were not loading properly 6.2 Mar 17 - Push Notifications now show Image Previews! (If content is available) - Critical Alert tones can now be changed with New Selectable Standard and Critical Notification Tones - App Bug Fixes If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, or find any bugs please use the “Send Feedback” button in the menu! It sends it directly to me and it gives me insight on what I need to work on. Thank you again for everyone’s support of this app! 6.1 08/06/2025 - NEW WIDGET! - Thats right! We now have a new widget! It’s simple for right now but we now have a Current Weather Conditions widget! This is available in Small and Medium. We are going to be working on adding more types in soon! - NOTE: Widgets are only available for iOS 18 Users - Added “Nearest Forecast Office” To the Home Screen - Added 10-Day Weather Forecast to App (Apple WeatherKit) - Critical Alerts and Notification Tones have been combined into “Notification Settings” - Fixed issue where you could not tap out of the keyboard to close it out - Fixed issue where app stops existing music/audio on launch - Removed Pago Pago, AS Chat (This is not used by IEM) If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, or find any bugs please use the “Send Feedback” button in the menu! It sends it directly to me and it gives me insight on what I need to work on. Thank you again for everyone’s support of this app! 6.0 05/27/2025 - Added in the following feeds under National Weather Service: - Climate Prediction Center - Weather Bureau Central / NWSHQ - Damage Assessment PNS - Particularly Dangerous Situations - Tornado/FF Emergencies - All Bots Talk has been moved under the National Weather Service tab - Added “Add Screenshot” attachment to the Send Feedback Function - Fixed Badge issue where its always showing a “1” badge on the icon - Disabled Notification Toggles on All Bots Talk and Tornado/FF Emergencies - All Bots Talk is not supported for push notifications and Tornado/FF Emergencies are already handled under Critical Alerts If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, or find any bugs please use the “Send Feedback” button in the menu! It sends it directly to me and it gives me insight on what I need to work on. Thank you again for everyone’s support of this app! 5.9.0 05/19/2025 - Added the “Highest Rainfall Risk” badge to the WPC Outlook - Fixed Favorite List from moving WFO’s around If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, or find any bugs please use the “Send Feedback” button in the menu! It sends it directly to me and it gives me insight on what I need to work on. Thank you again for everyone’s support of this app! 5.8.2 05/14/2025 - Added All Bots Talk feed - New Feed Items in the row will now temporarily highlight orange - Certain feed items now have color - Emergency Products: Pink - Tornado Warnings: Red - Servere Thunderstorm Warnings: Orange - Flash Flood Warnings: Green - Fixed Office Favorite Duplication issue - This problem presented if an office serves 2 or more states, it duplicated it on the favorites list showing it twice in the list. This problem has now been fixed! - Fixed issue where SPC Outlook was not displaying the Enhanced Risk title - Changed “Mount Holly, NJ” office name to “Philadelphia/Mount Holly” If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, or find any bugs please use the “Send Feedback” button in the menu! It sends it directly to me and it gives me insight on what I need to work on. Thank you again for everyone’s support of this app! 5.8.1 05/14/2025 - Navigation Buttons have now been put into a sidebar menu - Added New Notification Tone - Added New Feedback button so users can directly send feedback from the app! - Added NWR Streams to Radar Map - Added WPC Outlook View - See products like Excessive Rainfall and Winter Weather Graphics - Added Ability in the Radar View when selecting an alert from the list, it automatically zooms to the alert location and now selects the nearest radar - Updated the SPC Outlook View to show Categorical, Tornado, Wind, and Hail Probabilistic’s as well as the Forecast Discussion Text. It also shows the Highest Forecast Risk under the graphic! - Fixed issue where selecting an alert from the radar alert list shows a blank sheet for half a second - Fixed memory leak issues - Fixed where Map on Transmitter Information Screen is no longer movable - Fixed Radar Site Label Flicker Issue - Fixed issue where Radar View was running in the background even if you click off of it. - Fixed button colors in Radar View - Fixed Radar Selector View (You can now close it without having to tap on a radar) - Changed Back Button on Radar View to a “Home” icon - Removed some unused internal code from app - Removed Feedback Button from the About Screen - Removed Automatic Background Polling for WFO Favorites 5.8.0 05/11/2025 - Emergency fix where on iPhone 13's and lower the app crashes on startup 5.7.1 05/03/2025 - Completely overhauled Radar! - The Interactive Radar has been completely redesigned now adding the ability to select a specific radar to view their data! The radar is currently using IEM’s Tile Service until we can get our in-house LDM fully functional with producing tiles. - Added Emergency Notification Setting - Users are now able to toggle on/off nationwide Tornado and Flash Flood Emergency notification. You will still get your normal notifications from your selected WFO’s but this will let you receive notifications from anywhere in the United States if there is a Tornado Emergency or Flash Flood Emergency. - Added Spotter Network Locations and Reports to the Radar - Spotter Network Locations and Reports are now able to be toggled on/off and spotter/report information is able to be viewed! - Added Alert Polygon Filters - Flood Warnings being a little too much on the map? Well you can now toggle on/off Polygon types! It also saves your current selections so you don’t have to keep turning stuff on/off every time you enter the radar. - Added New Custom Notification Tones - Select from a list of notification tones! Emergency Alerts will still be the EOM tones - Fixed IPAWS Alert Polygon Colors - Fixed Alert Details View Screen (Colors and Titles) - Fixed Map is its no longer able to be rotated or pitched - Fixed Alert Detail/Popup colors on Radar Thank you for your continued support of IEM Mobile! If you have any comments or feedback please use the button in the About View to submit it! If you like the app please rate us on the App Store! It helps us reach more users! 5.7.0 05/02/2025 - Added IPAWS WEA to the Radar View - Made the Radar Alert List now shows the alert details on click - Changed Radar View Layout - Changed About View Details Thank you for your continued support of IEM Mobile! If you have any comments or feedback please use the button in the About View to submit it! If you like the app please rate us on the App Store! It helps us reach more users! 5.6.0 04/03/2025 - Small Notification API Fix (I forgot to switch it from Dev to Production before I pushed out the last update... My bad!) 5.5.1 04/01/2025 - Added Current Weather Alerts on Home Page (Uses User Location) - Added Feedback button on the About View so users can submit any questions, comments, feature requests, or bug reports! - Fixed NWR States so it sorts by Site State - Made Search Bar for NWR only show states with available NWR Streams - Bug Fixes 5.5.0 03/31/2025 - Minor Interactive Radar Fixes - Alert Polygons on the Radar is now on top of the Radar Data - Fixed text on the AlertView in the radar so its readable on some background colors 5.4.5 03/21/2025 - NEW INTERACTIVE RADAR! - Changed Icon for Radar from a Map Pin to a Map Icon - Separated Favorites from Push Notifications - Fixed About Screen… Again. - Changed Banner Image (New Tagline) New Interactive Radar! That’s right, there is now a completely new interactive weather radar! This uses the CONUS Radar Data from IEM. It also has all Active Alerts with the polygons on the map! Polygons are clickable where you can view the alert information! Push Notifications are now separated from Favorites! Now whenever you favorite a WFO, you can have the option of enabling notifications from the WFO! This makes it easier for people to have their set favorites, but maybe during a severe weather day, they can enable notifications from different offices! 5.4.0 03/19/2025 - Added new Local Radar View button - Added a Current Weather Condition to the top of the Home Screen - Added NOAA Weather Radio streams, Provided by GWES Weather Radio! - Added Tiyan, GU, Pago Pago, AS, and San Juan, PR Offices - Fixed View Product Button (Now Centered Properly) - Made Local Radar view bigger on iPad’s - Fixed the About View’s text from going off the screen - Inner App Bug Fixes Weather Radio now Added!
We have collaborated with Global Weather and EAS Society (GWES) to bring you NOAA Weather Radio streams to the app! This is running off of their WeatherRadio.org website! Don’t see your local NWR stream and want to provide it! Click on the button in app and it will take you to the website! 5.3.0 03/18/2025 - Added button inside product view to link to product page. This is for the products like WPC/SPC that come through with no description. - Bug Fixes 5.2.0 03/12/2025 - Added support for Remote Push Notifications - Changed App Icon and other logos on app - Added a Launch Screen while app is loading - Fixed feed parsing issue where it was showing pre and amp in the product descriptions - Fixed Notification App Icon issue where sometimes it was not displaying correctly - Added new page to display the SPC Categorical Outlooks - Custom Alert Tone for Emergency Products - Removed Local Notifications, everything now goes through our dedicated push notification server - Made App Free Again Thank you for your continued support of the IEM Mobile Application! We hope to bring you more updates in the future! 5.1.0 03/10/2025 Welcome to Version 5! This version has been completely overhauled to now support SwiftUI! So what's new? - New Layout Design for Simple Use - Feeds that auto refresh every 10 seconds - New Product sound, just like in the web version of IEMBot! - Favorites! You can now favorite different offices to stay pinned at the top of the list! - Push Notifications! Whichever WFO's you favorite, you will receive push notifications from them! 5.0.0 03/10/2025 -Updated Graphics -Fixed Feeds -Updated Support Page -Fixed Inner-App Issues 4.2.0 08/01/2022

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of AlerWX since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-23 07:17:47. The latest version is 6.4.3 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 22:44:27. See below the changes in each version.

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