Below are various resources from across the Weather Enterprise including links to commercial, academic, and governmental products and services. These lists contain the providers/services that we know. If you are a provider of a weather, water, or climate alerting service and want your service added to the lists below, please contact us at: wrn.feedback@noaa.gov (this email address is not for subscribing to NWS alerts.)
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Company listings are in alphabetical order. Global/national-level products are followed by regional/local-scale products. |
| Alert-Hub.Org | https://alert-hub.org/ |
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FREE | Global/national-scale | Free and open-source tools enabling alert systems to leverage CAP. 'CAP Editor', https://cap.alert-hub.org, makes it easy to create and publish CAP alerts on an RSS feed; 'CAP Alert Hub', https://alert-hub.org, aggregates published CAP alerts at any scale. | |
| A3M Global Monitoring | general | $ | Global/national-scale | With Global Monitoring, alerts are location based and focused on hazards that could impair travel. Along with political unrest, security, and many other types of events, notifications are also sent for hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, volcanic ash, and other meteorological phenomena. | ||
| AccuWeather | Apps | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | Accuweather offers free apps for a variety of devices that give you access to daily forecasts, radar images, and more. | |
| Vaisala XWeather | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Vaisala XWeather powers applications for weather-sensitive businesses, providing product managers, developers & data scientists around the globe unique data points they need for success. Companies taking advantage of the Vaisala XWeather Mapping Platform and Weather API build cutting-edge applications that both generate new revenues and allow businesses to operate more safely and efficiently | ||
| AlertFM | general | FREE / $ | Global/national-scale | Users can purchase FM receiver devices or receive alerts via text, email, or app. Their alert and messaging system allows emergency management officials to create and send alerts to recipients based on geographic or organizational groupings. Alerts can include NWS weather watches and warnings, evacuation instructions, homeland security notices, Amber Alerts, or school closings. | ||
| American Red Cross |
Mobile Apps | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | The American Red Cross has mobile apps for general severe weather, as well as specific options for tornado, hurricane, earthquake, and flood. | |
| Asher Group | Hyper-Reach | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Hyper-Reach is an advanced SaaS emergency mass notification platform that is used to reach as many people as needed when emergencies strike with multiple ways to send alerts, targeted emergency notifications and automated emergency warnings. Hyper-Reach is integrated with the National Weather Service and FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). | |
| BloomSky | general | FREE / $ | Global/national-scale | BloomSky users can purchase weather cameras to record time lapses from their location. With a free app or on their browser webpage, anyone can view these timelapses and recorded data for free. | ||
| CodeRED Mobile Alert App | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Free app with customizable alert options based on location. |
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| DialMyCalls.com | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Organizations can send thousands of alerts per second in order to quickly reach all recipients in the case of emergency or severe weather. | ||
| Disaster Alert by Pacific Disaster Center | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | Use apps or their web-accessible platform in order to receive global hazard monitoring and alerts. |
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| Dynamic Weather Solutions | https://www.hailstrike.com/ | Hail | $ | Global/national-scale | The heart of the Dynamic Weather Solutions line is our respected and innovative off-the-shelf software solutions. Our HailStrike division acquires and stores every NOAA radar rotation, nearly 28 million per year, then processes them into the industry’s most acclaimed hail-detection software––along with an expanding family of companion products. | |
| Earth Networks | general | $ | Global/national scale | Earth Networks operates the world’s most comprehensive weather networks including hyperlocal real-time observations, lightning detection and trace gas monitoring that helps schools, government agencies and companies with weather intelligence data to help automate decision-making and optimize operations. Operating in over 90 countries, Earth Networks provides customers with services such as weather monitoring, alerting and visualization, real-time lightning detection, and severe weather analytics. More information at www.earthnetworks.com | ||
| FEMA | Mobile App | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | FEMA's mobile app allows you to receive NWS alerts, as well as view information on how to contact FEMA, find open shelters, and upload photos to help first responders. | |
| FirstCall Alerts App | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Emergency managers and directors can send alerts and updates to their personnel and staff via a wide variety of devices and methods. General emergency alerts can be sent as well as NWS alerts. Technology is also available to reach the hearing impaired. | ||
| Forensic Weather Consultants | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Forensic Weather Consultants is one of the largest and most reliable weather expert firms in the country. We provide past weather information, meteorological analyses, and written reports for insurance claims, lawsuits, and disputes nationwide. Our work research is very detailed and site-specific. We work as experts on Slip and Fall on Snow/Ice claims, Hail claims, Hurricane wind (or wind vs. storm surge) cases, Wind damage claims, flooding cases, Motor Vehicle Accidents, and most other types of weather-related cases. Our team consists of at least six Certified Consulting Meteorologists, Forensic Meteorologists, data and Computer Modeling experts. Over the past 23 years we've worked on more than 7,300 claims, testified in court more than 115 times, and have been deposed in around 100 depositions. We also provide detailed weather forecasts for corporations whose assets are sensitive to various weather conditions and impacts. | ||
| In-telligent | general | $ | Global/national-scale | The In-telligent app receives NWS alerts with an audible tone, and is equipped with LightningAware to notify the user of lightning in the area. Other notifications available with the alert include those for public health, local emergency, missing children, and the ability for personal networks to connect. | ||
| Maritime Safety Guide | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | A guide on how to increase safety for maritime workers. | ||
| MeteoGroup | AlertsPro | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | AlertsPro is an app developed by MeteoGroup that sends users alerts in advance of severe weather. Coverage is available through most of Europe and the United States. Also included is access to radar and satellite images. | |
| MyWARN | general | $ | Global/national-scale | This app offers severe weather watches and warnings based on your location as issued by the NWS. | ||
| OnSolve | MIR3 | general | $ | Global/national-scale | OnSolve's MIR3 option is focused on business alerting and notification, serving many of the world's largest brands and companies. Federal agencies also use this solution to maintain business continuity during critical events and natural disasters. | |
| OnSolve | Send Word Now | general | $ | Global/national-scale | OnSolve's Send Word Now platform is another option for communication and collaboration for businesses and government agencies. Two-way communication is possible between the company and individuals receiving the alerts. | |
| OnSolve | CodeRED | general | $ | Global/national-scale | OnSolve's CodeRED is a way by which government agencies can easily deliver geo-targeted, time-sensitive information and alerts to customers. Alerts include severe weather alerts from the NWS. CodeRED is fully integrated with the Integrated Public Alerts & Warning System (IPAWS) from FEMA. | |
| Ping4alerts! | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | Users can use this free app to begin receiving severe weather alerts. It can also be used by public safety agencies to send detailed emergency alerts to people within a specific location. | ||
| Saildrone | Saildrone Forecast link | General/ marine weather (wind and tides/ currents for sailing/ boating) |
FREE/$ | Global/local-scale | Saildrone Forecast is designed for anyone who requires precision weather forecasting to plan outdoor activities with confidence. Global temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud cover, atmospheric pressure, and ocean currents data are presented on a 3D globe. A combination of precipitation and temperature data is used to visualize rain, snow, and mixed precipitation. In the wind layer, users can switch between wind particles and wind barbs that show the speed and direction of the wind in any given location as they move around the globe. Ultra-high-resolution tidal current data is available in select regional locations. | |
| StormGeo |
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$ | Global/national-scale | Description: StormGeo offers site-specific forecasts, monitoring and alerts for all severe weather, including specialization in hurricanes. Weather data can be access through our online platform or via GIS or APIs. | ||
| Storm Shield Severe Weather App |
general | FREE | Global/national-scale | The Storm Shield app sends users severe weather alerts based on specific location. Voice alerts, similar to a NOAA weather radio, com evia push notifications. Also accessible are radar maps, current conditions, and hourly and daily forecasts. | ||
| StormWatch+ | StormWatch+ App | general | $ | Global/national-scale | This app contains nationwide radar, NWS forecasts, and severe weather alerts. | |
| Syneren Emergency Management System for Disaster Recovery | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Rescue centers can use ITUS, a web-based platform, to streamline communications and decision making. ITUS combines services such as GPS, NWS weather alerts, FEMA shelter locations, and more into one location to be used more efficiently. | ||
| The Weather Channel | Notifications | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | The Weather Channel provides forecasts, radar, and severe weather alerts on their desktop site. Users can also subscribe to browser push notifications and email subscriptions of weather alerts. Similar features are available with their mobile app. | |
| UP5 | general | $ | Global/national-scale | UP5 provides severe weather alerts for businesses. . | ||
| Weather Decisions Technology | WeatherOps | general | $ | Global/national-scale | WeatherOps helps business and enterprise level organizations to make critical decisions to protect assets. Alerts are customizable and can be seen by as many people in the company as desired. With this service, a meteorologist is always available for assistance. | |
| Weather Decisions Technology | Weather Radio | general | $ | Global/national-scale | This app provides severe weather alerts, including specific lightning alerts. It is also user friendly for the blind, equipped with voiceover technology. | |
| Weathermate+ | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Weathermate+ is an android and iOS application providing current observations, forecasts (daily and hourly), radars, and active alerts. | ||
| WeatherSTEM | general | FREE/$ | Global/national-scale | Smart Weather Technology including: Weather Stations, Live Streaming Weather Cameras, Weather Health/Safety alerts and notifications, lightning detection and high heat monitoring, real-time and future-cast Radar. | ||
| Weather Underground | https://www.wunder ground.com/download |
general | $ | Global/national-scale | Wunderground provides, forecasts, radar, and severe weather alerts on their desktop site, as well as their app. A second app, WunderStation, allows users to connect to their personal weather stations. Users can subscribe to severe weather alerts via SMS or email, and also stream NOAA Weather Radio via a desktop browser. | |
| Weather USA | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | Weather USA offers current weather observations, forecasts, and severe weather alerts via their desktop browser and app. | ||
| Weather USA | Business Services | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Severe weather alerts are available to notify those associated with your business. Also available are decision support services, event forecasts, and Weather API. | |
| WeatherBug | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | Users can access radar, forecasts, and severe weather alerts via their desktop browser or app. | ||
| WeatherSphere | general | FREE / $ | Global/national-scale | WeatherSphere offers many articles about weather phenomena, and also a NOAA Hi-Def Radar App, Storm Shield App, and NOAA Weather Alerts App. | ||
| weatherTAP | general | $ | Global/national-scale | weatherTAP is online, subscription based weather service. Products available through a subscription include current data, forecasts, model data, radar and satellite images, as well as information on lightning, aviation weather, severe threats, and global weather. Their corresponding RadarLab HD+ product offers severe weather text alerts and sound alarms in the case of severe weather threats. | ||
| weatherUSA | general | FREE / $ | Global/national-scale | Users can access current weather data and forecasts via their webpage and app. They also offer weather alerts by text and email, with the option to upgrade to a premium subscription to receive alerts by phone and for more devices. Also available are weather alerts for businesses and organizations. | ||
| Wehealth | Wehealth Notify | general | FREE | Global/national-scale | Wehealth Notify is free for everyone. Receive important public health and safety alerts from trusted sources – health alerts from CDC, weather safety alerts from National Weather Service and important notices from local public agencies. Prepare and respond with personalized actions that help keep everyone safe. Wehealth is a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to build digital infrastructure to enhance global preparedness and resilience. | |
| Wilkens Weather Technologies | general | $ | Global/national-scale | Wilkens Weather Technologies specializes in offshore and marine forecasting for the oil & gas and petrochemical industries. Alerts specific to squall lines and lightning are available, as well as historical analysis, on-site meteorological services, media production services, and more. | ||
| Alabama SAF-T-Net | Mobile Alerts | general | FREE | Regional/Local-scale | Alabama residents can sign up for severe weather notifications in multiple formats. | Alabama |
| Fair Weather Friends | general | FREE | Regional/Local-scale | Fair Weather Friends helps you know the weather where your friends are. With weather becoming more chaotic and dangerous, you can have peace of mind knowing your friends are okay wherever they are, or know when to reach out if they appear to be in harm's way. Fair Weather Friends will alert you any time someone you love is in weather conditions that are abnormal or extreme. | ||
| FOX Weather | general | FREE | Regional/Local-scale | Home of America's weather team covering breaking weather news and offering the free FOX Weather app that brings you national & local weather forecasts, radar, news, and advisories. | Alabama | |
| MemphisWeather.net App | general | $ | Regional/Local-scale | This app contains the MWN StormView Radar, human-generated MWN forecast, severe weather information, and access to multiple social media feeds. It can be upgraded to having StormWatch+ information. | Memphis and Mid-South | |
| ReadyNH.gov | general | FREE | Regional/Local-scale | New Hampshire residents can receive severe weather alerts via multiple methods of transmission. Other customizable alerts include emergency, community, and missing person notifications. | New Hampshire |
