WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather alternatives

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1. [R1] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 1/5 · US Surplus of Ads Ruin what used to be a 5-Star App: This used to be a great 5-star app that was extremely helpful, lightning-fast, and so simple to understand, use, and navigate. It initially had a minimal number of ads that were short, easy to skip, didn’t block or detract users from viewing the important content of important and critical info in time-sensitive situations like severe weather, major
2. [R12] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 3/5 · US Stop with the opening ad: I get that cool ray probably paid a lot of money for their title sponsorship but do we need to show it every single time I open the app? wasted seconds especially when trying to find news about severe storms quickly and I have to wait for the ad/open screen to disappear.
3. [R13] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 1/5 · US The panic show: What a non serious weather app for Tennessee. Tells you nothing but keeps you in suspense and state of fear. Also, the most junk ads on it that are dishonest. Boy the local weather has really gotten desperate to pay these hucksters that call themselves meteorologists. Just use apple westher. Just as good.
4. [R15] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 3/5 · US Cluttered: I have to dig through a lot of unrelated news stories and skin cream ads to find what I need now.
5. [R3] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 3/5 · US Inconsistency: The app is eh. The only issue I have is the inconsistency it's information is with what the meteorologist say on the tv. Ex: we're supposed to have 30% chance snow showers for Friday according to what they're saying on tv and the app says 15%. It also just shows a cloudy day instead of snow. Which what they say on tv seems more accurate than the app. I don't keep the app around on m
6. [R29] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 4/5 · US Not as accurate: The app is good but it's not as accurate as the actual channel 4, the app told me storms would be over at this time, which is like an hour before the actual storm is done, and the actual news on the TV was way more accurate. But otherwise. The app is very good and was somewhat reliable, and definitely calmed my nerves during storms.
7. [R4] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 2/5 · US Too many spam notifications: This is supposed to be a weather app but you get more notifications about other things and have no way to turn them off. I want notifications about weather events not about the color of fireworks.
8. [R6] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 3/5 · US Just too much: I use weather apps for the weather forecast. I do not use them for useless factoids. If you get this app, go ahead and plan for useless information coming through your notifications. No thank you, deleting the app. I really don’t care that local humans are running this app. They also pull the notification trigger WAY too much.
9. [R8] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 5/5 · US Love the Weather, Not the Warning Spam: I really love the radar, it’s consistently more accurate and up to date than many other apps I’ve tried. Unfortunately, the notifications are a major downside. I only have a few very specific alerts turned on, yet I keep receiving notifications for things I’ve disabled. If the notification issues get fixed, I’m happily back on Team WSMV4.
10. [R24] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 3/5 · US Way too many notifications!: Went to setting to receive notifications for severe weather and tornado warnings. Gives me notifications for basically everything.
11. [R9] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 3/5 · US Very buggy now: App closes and jumps around making it harder to use or even want to now .
12. [R10] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 1/5 · US Keeps going down: The app can be difficult to navigate. Trying to get current local news can be difficult.. Someone loves some generic news channel that has nothing to do with Nashville. The app is not in sync with the news in the morning. I hope they’re not paying good money for somebody to put this together.
13. [R16] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 2/5 · US Not impressed with app: I recently moved here from Cincinnati, Ohio. I found the WLWT app to be very user friendly and easy to navigate. I find the First alert 4 weather app not as user friendly. When trying to scroll down if you accidentally touch the wrong area on the page the page collapses into a list of 4 or 5 smaller boxes. Once there the only way I’ve found to get back to the main page is t
14. [R20] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 4/5 · US Good: I got the app because I watch the WSMV 4 news channel There’s only one thing I don’t like about this app. Randomly there will be some map key or something like that and it will pop up and I don’t know how to get out of it so I just kill the app and reopen it But overall it’s good, easy to understand, and reliable.
15. [R7] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 2/5 · US Weather radar too fast: The weather radars have all been changed in that the Past radar goes by too quickly. It used to pause at the current time’s radar return before repeating the cycle. Now it flies by that and returns to the beginning of the cycle. No time to study the map unless manually pausing it.
16. [R48] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 2/5 · US Radar app: Radar app rarely works.
17. [R50] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 2/5 · US Radar: 4 out of 5 times I go to check radar it doesn’t work
18. [R19] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 1/5 · US HATE THIS APP: This app used to be good but for some reason someone thought it would be a good idea to get rid of the daily and hourly lists and go to stories… HATE THAT!!! I come to the app for each thing… hourly and daily so I can plan my day. Don’t want a story just what I need! Deleting this app.
19. [R40] WSMV 4 FIRST ALERT Weather 2/5 · US Needs work.: The page is way too busy- have to look around too much for what Want. Too many ads.
20. [R55] WBRC First Alert Weather 5/5 · US Every day: Helps me plan my day 😉
21. [R61] WBRC First Alert Weather 5/5 · US The best: WBRC is a great place to hear up to date weather reports
22. [R64] WBRC First Alert Weather 5/5 · US WBRC WEATHER: Led by Wes Wyatt, one of the best teams to ever do it. The app is simple, easy to access, and knowledgeable. LOVE IT
23. [R69] First Alert 4 Weather 5/5 · US Preferred weather app!!: We used to use a different local station's Weather app, which shall remain anonymous, but it became so unusable by pop-up windows that we decided to try the First Alert 4 Weather app. Bingo! You can actually use the First Alert app without having to wait for the next advertisement to finish its run. We're sticking with this one.
24. [R72] First Alert 4 Weather 4/5 · US Extremely useful but some bugs: I do love that it gives me loud alerts to storms but unfortunately even though I turned off alerts to lightning so I could sleep it still gave me the alerts. Hopefully this bug is fixed quickly. .
25. [R75] First Alert 4 Weather 5/5 · US Info at my fingertips: This is a great app for relevant weather information at my fingertips.
26. [R80] StormTrack 5 4/5 · US Stormy Weather: The radar maps are detailed and are helpful, especially when they’re tracking nearby storms.
27. [R86] StormTrack 5 5/5 · US Perfect: My go to weather app
28. [R89] StormTrack 5 5/5 · US sub to my youtube: best local weather app and it’s free!
29. [R92] StormTrack 5 5/5 · US Awesome: This is my only weather app I have and I have it on 3 devices the storm alerts are top notch and to think I can get regular heads up on tomorrow’s weather today the storm tracking system is exceptional along with the accuracy I would recommend this app to anyone who wants to know about the current and future weather conditions. Thank you to the developers for making a weather app that doe
30. [R94] WBTV First Alert Weather 5/5 · US Yes: Very good weather
31. [R97] WBTV First Alert Weather 5/5 · US This app is the best it can’t stop telling me there’s is going to be rain but thank you WBTV ALERT: I love this app
32. [R103] WBTV First Alert Weather 5/5 · US Weather: Thanks for constantly keeping me informed.
33. [R104] WBTV First Alert Weather 3/5 · US Take my money!: This app is the most accurate if you want to know the weather forecast for Charlotte NC area, but I would gladly pay for a less cluttered ad-free experience.
34. [R107] First Alert 4 1/5 · US App needs work: Many things wrong with this app, once you click a story towards the end of the “top stories”, and you’re finished reading and click back, the app always takes you to the very top - losing where you previously were. The custom notifications don’t work. I have “breaking news” only checked, but I receive notifications of the cardinals minor league team’s results. Please fix!!! This
35. [R111] First Alert 4 3/5 · US Needs slight improvements: There needs to an auto play option so you can opt out. Have the option to automatically playing videos or when I can just read the story. There’s a glitch where the stories I clicked to read or watch don’t come on. A bunch of advertisements come on and never show the story I clicked on.
36. [R113] First Alert 4 3/5 · US Stop autoplaying videos with sound: The content is good, but I really wish there was an option to either 1) stop autoplaying videos, or 2) at least have them be muted when they do. I actually hate opening this app because it’s so obnoxious and disrupts everything I’m doing. I still do, because I want to see the content, but I don’t enjoy it.
37. [R115] First Alert 4 3/5 · US Do not like the latest version: I've been using the KMOV App for several years now and I don’t appreciate being forced to listen to ads while reading the stories because there is no pause or volume control. I could care less how Peter Pan feels about AAA. I used to love this app, now I’m not as inclined to use it. 🥺
38. [R51] WBRC First Alert Weather 1/5 · US Need to learn how to predict weather: Really really need to learn how to predict weather 97 out of 100 times they are wrong. Same as ABC 33/40 and James Spann
39. [R58] WBRC First Alert Weather 5/5 · US WBRC first alert weather: This is the best app forever
40. [R62] WBRC First Alert Weather 3/5 · US Accuracy: Your accuracy on radar is not very good. You show rain when sun is out and sunny or cloudy during a storm. I try to use it for planning, but I don’t rely on it.
41. [R65] First Alert 4 Weather 2/5 · US Conflicting information, ad prioritized: Could literally be dangerous in bad weather that the advertising sponsor takes up the entire screen so long. (Duh, just have the ad at the top or bottom of the screen continuously.) And regular future radar and 24-hr radar conflict, even in the supposed current status.
42. [R70] First Alert 4 Weather 3/5 · US Bogus: I can never see the video about the weather - there’s always an ad running instead of the storm warning I want/need to see.
43. [R73] First Alert 4 Weather 3/5 · US Ok: When watching live for tornado warnings, it’s not helpful to bring up ads in the middle of watching to see where it’s at. Not happy
44. [R91] StormTrack 5 1/5 · US No alert for tornadoes: I depend on the app for alerts. I have never had a problem. Except for today. Henry county had tornadoes all over touching down not one alert on my phone. I will pick another app to download.
45. [R93] WBTV First Alert Weather 1/5 · US WBTV Weather application: This is a very disappointing app. It only gives me 10 seconds and then it locks up. However,I do use it for current radar information.
46. [R96] WBTV First Alert Weather 1/5 · US Severe Thunderstorms: My favorite is telling you there is a severe thunderstorm and to take cover but then make you watch ads before you can see the affected area. Good times.
47. [R98] WBTV First Alert Weather 3/5 · US Good app with an annoying bug: I don’t know why all of these apps seem to be designed to interrupt you all the time. There is a page that shows current weather stories that keeps popping up without request and I keep having to navigate away from it. Really tired of the interruption culture app developers have embraced.
48. [R100] WBTV First Alert Weather 4/5 · US 24 hour radar freezes: For some time the 24-hour radar display freezes about half way through the timeframe. This happens on IPhone 13 and new iPhone 16.