Tornado: American Red Cross App Reviews

Why did you change this app? Now I cant see alerts or warnings on any of my places. Cant even find one of my places, but when I try to add it the app tells me its already there. Well yesterday (dec26) there were some horrible storms in all the areas I have close family and friends, but I never got an alert. So will be looking for a different app unless this one is fixed very soon. Horrible fix!!

The alerts never load!

Love this app! Works great and it a wonderful resource to have.

Tip: I accidentally deleted an alert and was able to still view that alert among deleted and expired alerts by tapping the view old alerts button. This update an improvement!

The new update is great. The updated look and feel is modern and makes it really easy to view alerts, add the people I care about to the locations I am monitoring and manage the alerts I receive. The app is getting better with time! ☺️

I have not experienced issues others have mentioned either. I have been receiving tornado watches today and was able to quickly share the alert with those affected. I like the change to the layout as well. The alerts are easier to find compared to the old app.

The update to the app is great! I love that I am brought to the alerts screen when I open the app and I can easily toggle to the Places tab to view my monitored locations. Unlike other users, I have been receiving the push notification with the audible siren for tornado warnings and the regular alert sound for tornado watches.

I live in Mississippi, where weve gotten a slew of tornado warnings in the last week. Despite turning on all notifications in the app and in Settings, I havent received a single alert.

Based on the other reviews I was hesitant on downloading this app. I am pleased with how easy it is to use and was notified last night of several tornado watches for my area.

On the day after Christmas last year (2015), North Texas had a severe outbreak of tornadoes. Our city wide alarms went off around 4:45 that afternoon. My husband and I got up and got out dog into our closet, turned on the weather radio and listened to the warnings that were issued for our county but no where close to our vicinity. Because this app can be set to specific zip codes, instead of just counties it gives you a more personalized warning system. You still get the traditional NOAA alerts for warnings (just like on the radio) but along with that, this app has its own warning siren that sounds if the danger is in your specific zip code. Another function of the app is that when you click on the warning notification-it brings up a map of the area. Counties included in the warning are shaded in light red and it also shows the path of the tornado in dark red. We live in Midlothian, TX which was in the direct path of the tornado that evening. We thought we heard the radio tell the city of Midlothian to take shelter but the signal wasnt very clear. Luckily the siren on this app went off at that exact moment and we knew for sure. Most cellular devices will also receive the wireless alert when there is an emergency in the immediate area but depending on just that alone, doesnt give you enough time to get to safety. We were very lucky that night and did not have any damage in our exact location but less than a mile away the tornado touched down and destroyed and leveled hundreds of homes. If we wouldnt have had this app to keep us informed, we might not have been so lucky. I informed several nearby friends of the severity of the situation by using the information provided by this one app alone. Thank you for creating such a wonderful app! The resources that it offers actually came in handy for those that had damage and needed to know where to start.

The app is great keeping me up to date with approaching storms. My one complaint is not being able to delete past watches and warnings. I have looked everywhere on the site. Am I missing something somewhere? I have watches and warnings from nine months ago and it is wasted space.

It stopped working after updates and I had to reinstall. Failed in giving alerts.

This app along with the emergency alerts via our phone and the NOAA app woke us up at 5 AM 1/17/2016 in Naples, FL when a tornado warning was issued. The Red Cross Tornado app was the loudest and the tornado siren effectively alerted us of the danger lurking outside our home. Two tornadoes touched down north of us. This is a MUST have app.

The app no longer works for me and crashes whenever I try to set up my location. Ive tried reinstalling it and that didnt help.

I downloaded this app because the default NWS earnings were pushing through too many flash floods. I only want to know about tornados. Our house was destroyed by an EF4 tornado on 12/26. This app did NOT go off at any point. Since then I have discovered it is actively using my location 24/7 (instead of background location like a good app) and running down the battery. Deleting this app now, it is worthless.

The best and loudest alerts of all 7 of my weather apps! Great info as well. No problems whatsoever! Set alerts to your liking! Some reviewers dont know how its done. Its easy to set up. Deserves 6 stars! ★★★★★★

This app was great at first but now the alerts no longer go off. It tells me it cant use my location. I uninstalled and installed again. It asked to use my location, I said yes. It asked if I wanted alerts and push notifications, I said yes. My location services are on. This is not a reliable app for me so I will have to find another.

I just got this app today since there is s tornado watch in my area and I feel in love with this wonderful app that can keep you safe and can let you know if your loved ones out of town are safe.

Absolute must have!! I love this app!! Will warn you for every area you have family in.

Functions are accurate and timely. However the alerts are gray on white background and I struggle to read the full content. Small font not helpful. Wish the text was black or blue. I hope that can be revised.