AmericaAlerts provides alerts for weather, earthquakes, and tsunamis from nationwide and worldwide data sources including NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the USGS (United States Geological Survey), the PTWC (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center), and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
Whether you’re monitoring a storm and want real-time warnings, checking the size of a recent earthquake, wondering if there has been a tsunami warning issued, tracking a hurricane, or you would like to receive talking weather alerts, this app is for you!
Weather
- Receive talking notifications with distance and bearing
- Current temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction, and weather conditions
- Daily temperature forecast
- Doppler radar (updated every 10 minutes)
- Real-Time NOAA weather warnings
- All standard NOAA weather warnings, watches, advisories, and miscellaneous alerts
- Clouds (updated every 3 hours)
- 30 minute precipitation accumulation
- 3 hour precipitation accumulation
- 24 hour precipitation accumulation
- Current hurricanes and typhoons (tropical cyclones)
- 3 hour rainfall accumulation
- 24 hour rainfall accumulation
- 72 hour rainfall accumulation
Earthquakes
- Receive talking notifications with magnitude, distance, depth, and bearing
- Sort and filter by magnitude, distance, and depth
- Tectonic plates layer for map
- Active volcanoes layer for map
- Nuclear reactors layer for map
- Store up to 2,000 events
Tsunamis
- Receive talking notifications with magnitude, level, distance, and bearing
- Sort and filter by magnitude, level, and distance
- Tectonic plates layer for map
- Active volcanoes layer for map
- Nuclear reactor layer for map
There is no login required, no ads, and no collection of personal data. The app relies on information taken from third-party feeds, and Liveware Media is not responsible for the accuracy or lack of data being presented or sent.
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
- Added all standard NOAA weather warnings, watches, advisories, and miscellaneous alerts.
- Added an Apple Watch app for alerts at-a-glance.
- Added background location tracking option to improve distance accuracy for alerts while in background.
- UI updates
- Bug fixes