NOAA Weather Radar: Unofficial
NWS Alerts: Tornado & Storm
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Live Doppler radar, severe weather alerts, lightning, hurricane tracking, severe storm risk, widgets, and the full NWS Area Forecast Discussion. Free, no ads, no account.
Live radar, NWS forecasts and severe weather alerts for your area. Track hurricanes and lightning, check your severe storm risk, add widgets to your Home Screen, and read the forecast discussion from your local NWS office.
HIGHLIGHTS
• The Area Forecast Discussion, where your local NWS meteorologists explain why the forecast says what it does
• Radar loops up to 3 hours long, with warning outlines on the map
• Lightning strikes in 15-minute frames
• Hurricane tracking with the forecast cone, forecast track and coastal warnings
• Your severe storm risk for the next 3 days. The Weather screen tells you when you are in a risk area.
• Climate records for your city, going back to the 1800s in many places
• Every text product your NWS office issues, in one list
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS
• Notifications when the NWS issues a warning, watch or advisory for your area: tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, winter storm, hurricane, heat and more
• Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings show how far away the storm is and about when it will reach you
• One notification per event. You're notified again only if it becomes more dangerous or a warning or watch is extended.
• Set your own minimum severity and quiet hours
• Alerts for your saved location and, if you allow location access, for where you are now
• Your other saved places show when a warning is active there
LIVE DOPPLER RADAR
• NOAA RIDGE2 NEXRAD radar
• Base Reflectivity, Storm Layer, Storm Tops and Precipitation Type, which shows rain, snow and mixed precipitation separately
• 1, 2 or 3-hour loops with ½× to 4× playback, a timeline you can drag, and warning outlines on the map
• Rain totals for the past 1 or 3 days and the next week, and weather fronts for the next 3 days
LIGHTNING
• NOAA lightning strike density in 15-minute frames, from U.S. and global detection networks
HURRICANES & TROPICAL STORMS
• National Hurricane Center forecast cones, forecast tracks and past tracks
• Hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings along the coast
• Category, wind speed, pressure and movement for each active storm
• NHC's 7-day outlook for areas where new storms may form
WINTER STORMS
• Expected snow and ice for each of the next 7 days
• The Winter Storm Severity Index, which rates how disruptive a storm will be and whether snow, ice or wind is the main threat
• Chances of 4, 8 or 12 inches of snow, or a quarter inch of ice
TEXT PRODUCTS
• Every text product your NWS office issues, with when each was issued: Area Forecast Discussion, Hazardous Weather Outlook, Local Storm Reports, fire, winter, marine and river products and more
• Severe storm outlooks, rated Marginal through High, with the risk at your location
• Short-term discussions of where severe storms or heavy rain are likely in the next few hours
FORECAST & CONDITIONS
• 7-day NWS forecast and current conditions, including air pressure and whether it rose or fell over the last 3 hours
• An hourly forecast with graphs, which also shows the past 12 hours
• NOAA's 6–10 and 8–14 day outlooks: the chance of warmer, cooler, wetter or drier than normal
• A 14-day outlook
• Air quality from the EPA
SATELLITE
• Animated GOES-East GeoColor, Infrared, Visible, Air Mass, Dust and Fire Temperature imagery, including smoke and wildfire hot spots
CLIMATE & RECORDS
• Today's temperatures compared with the 1991–2020 normal and the record, with the year it was set
• Rain and snow totals for the month, year and season, compared with normal
WIDGETS
• A radar widget with the latest NWS radar image for your location, in three sizes
• Weather widgets in six sizes, including three Lock Screen widgets
PRIVACY
• No account, no ads
• Your location is used to get your forecast and alerts. It is never sold or shared for advertising.
DISCLAIMER
This is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, created by or endorsed by NOAA, the National Weather Service or any U.S. government agency.
• Landscape on iPhone: turn your phone sideways. The tabs move to the side, and the map controls stay out of the way.
• Made for iPhone Duo: the app works on both screens, with a larger layout when unfolded.
• More reliable radar: the loop loads at a steady pace and keeps the last good picture on screen.
• If map data doesn't load, the map now tells you.
• 2x and 4x radar speeds play at full speed once the loop has loaded.
• Alerts on the map load for the area you're viewing.
• Chance of rain next to the high and low on the Weather screen.
• Past hours in Hourly show weather icons.
• Alert labels are easier to read.
• The 7-day list uses the full screen height, and alerts refresh when a notification arrives while the app is open.
The developer, Kyle Nelson, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Kyle Nelson
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 nelsok
