Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Other than linking to local TV/regional weather/NWS office Facebook pages, is there a way to receive, for free (preferably) local severe weather alerts on Facebook for your preferred counties? And when there's a warning it shows up either as a Notification, a Private Message, and/or perhaps even a post on your FB profile (so your friends could see it too). Anything out there, or perhaps a FB app, that provides Severe Weather alerts for your social media profiles? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On 7/10/2016 at 5:48 PM, Tim from Springfield (IL) said: Other than linking to local TV/regional weather/NWS office Facebook pages, is there a way to receive, for free (preferably) local severe weather alerts on Facebook for your preferred counties? And when there's a warning it shows up either as a Notification, a Private Message, and/or perhaps even a post on your FB profile (so your friends could see it too). Anything out there, or perhaps a FB app, that provides Severe Weather alerts for your social media profiles? Just curious. You probably will not find what you are looking for through Facebook, but there are several mobile phone apps for official weather alerts. I use the free android app called Simple Weather Alerts. Many of the private sector national weather organizations' apps can also give you the option for receiving weather alerts. Check Weather Channel, Accuweather, Weather Underground, Weatherbug, etc. User submitted product reviews can be very useful for making your selections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Lightning Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 There used to be a way to forward iNWS alerts to Facebook via Tumblr, but since Tumblr discontinued its email forwarding you are stuck with paid apps/programs for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHurricane Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I have any iNWS text alerts that I am signed up for sent to my Twitter account via a iFTTT.com recipe. I did have it also sent to my FB NCHurricane page, but have turned it off for now. This is through the Android SMS Channel that they have available. As far as I can tell, they don't have one for iOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I have the NOAA radio app which you can set push notifications for states or even counties. However, I have not been receiving any push notifications for nearly two months now. I've used the support feature to send a couple emails...the first email I received a response asking what my location was and I told them alon with sending my device token and what states I had...but got no response after that and never heard back from my second attempt. The he app is cool though b/c you can easily check SPC outlooks, MD's, and current watches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I post weather alerts to my FB page using Weather Message. I can post anything that is broadcast on EMWIN or Weather Wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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