Description
Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed.Be OnGuard... Weather Alert & Weather Alarm.
OnGuard Weather Alerts monitors the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) active weather alerts for advisories, watches, and warnings for your location (Within the Continental United States. Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico).
When an alert is detected for your current location or any of your static location entries, an appropriate audible, sensory (vibrate), and visual alert will be generated depending on the severity of the NOAA alert type (Advisory, Watch, or Warning).
Weather Alert & Weather Alarm.
Features:
- NO Signups, NO Websites, NO text messages, and NO ads! This application runs entirely on your Android device as a background service and pulls alerts directly from the source (NOAA).
- NOAA provides advisories, watches, and warnings for: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Earthquakes, Winter Weather, Extreme Temperatures, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Typhoons, Volcanoes, Tsunami, Wind, 911 Outages, Fog, Flooding, Civil Emergencies, Nuclear Power Plant Warnings, Law Enforcement Warnings, Local Emergencies, Child Abduction Emergencies, Avalanches, and more.
- Dynamic Location Support (uses GPS or Cell Network location determination).
- Dynamic Location feature is on/off configurable.
- Static Location Support (unlimited # of entries).
- Audible, Sensory (vibrate), and Visual alerts (Configurable).
- User customizable alert sounds.
- Insistent Alert Support (off/on configurable) for Warning level events (ie. Audible, Sensory, and Visual alerts will repeat until acknowledged).
- Filtering of Alerts by category. *NEW* (in the 06/03/2011 release).
- Configurable Notification Levels (Warnings Only, Watches & Warnings, Advisories & Watches & Warnings).
- Configurable interval for checking for alerts.
- "Check Now" Button for manual or instant checks.
- Easily stop the service by simple unchecking a box in the preferences.
- Link to context sensitive tips from FEMA detailing information about what to do before, during, and after certain events. (In the main menu - full list of events, In the alert detail menu - contect specific information).
- Link to the "Red Cross Safe & Well Check In" site (This is the site to report that you are OK after a disaster or to locate a loved one that was in a disaster).
In Development:
- Radar & Weather Radio Mode currently work, we are waiting for tablet integration before release.
- Various other improvements to existing functionality.
FAQ:
Q: Is OnGuard hard on my battery?
A: No. The application minimizes the amount of power required by allowing the user to control whether Dynamic Location is enabled. Even with this feature enabled, the app only requests Dynamic Location updates at the same interval as your alert polling interval.
Q: How much data is used?
A: Not much at all. It varies based upon the number of active weather publications and how frequently you configure the application to check for updates. Each time the app checks for new NOAA publications a 2k (kilobyte) data packet is retrieved via the Internet for each location configured in your preferences. Using the default app settings, approximately 200k (kilobytes) per day or 6M (megabytes) per month of data is used. This is a very small amount given the allowances of most provider's data plans.
Tip: If data usage is a concern, consider disabling the background service and using the Check Now feature instead.
Q. I am getting alerts for an incorrect location.
A. If you are using "Dynamic Location", sometimes the cell network location (used when GPS is unavailable) will return an incorrect location. This is cell tower issue and is outside our control. Please obtain a GPS fix or use a static location entry.
Q. I am having an issue after updating, what should I do?
A. If you are experiencing any issues after an update, please uninstall and re-install the application.
Droid
Aug 16, 2012 1:38:59 AM
Not for serious weather watching Only good for few locations. I have emailed my requests but still does not have: export/import locations; no "read all" to clear all alerts; set types of alerts PER COUNTY. I might want hot fire day alerts near me but not in 12 other places I watch weather. This inability crashes the program with dozens of alerts. And if I want to see them near my house they have to be enabled for *all*, so this is useless for watching weather in a lot of locations since it will start to bog down and crash.
Lindsay
Jul 28, 2012 7:26:26 PM
This is a great app Third app is a lifer saver
Dan
Jul 26, 2012 10:13:49 AM
Total piece of crap! When I open the app, all I get is a screen that says "No active alerts." Even during the worst storm our town has seen in decades. That is the only page available. No settings/options page or anything. Complete waste of money!
Charles
Jul 23, 2012 12:30:58 AM
Good but.. It isn't giving me updates like it used to. Used to it was on time and everything no delays or nothing. Now thunderstorms just roll up and this app never tells me about them. HTC hero s.
solomon
Jul 20, 2012 3:55:03 AM
Awsome Live in ms and we have alot of tornadoes and it works great
John
Jul 19, 2012 3:40:27 PM
Great Great app to use while I'm travelling or as an additional warning in my home.
Don
Jul 18, 2012 9:41:32 PM
Spot On! Alerts are real-time, accurate, and dependable. Multiple options & easy to customize. Highly recommend. Samsung Droid Charge.
Ron
Jul 15, 2012 12:58:41 PM
This really works Needs some development. But works.
Spencer
Jul 13, 2012 7:43:30 AM
Love It!
Sherrie
Jul 10, 2012 1:50:08 PM
Very accurate and realtime Don't abbreviate state in static location settings. Learned the hard way since no directions. But once I figured out, entries easy. Great app for VA folks with our DAILY ALERTS!