Home screen widget: displays weather alerts from the US National Weather Service
3.84·79 reviews·10,000+ downloads
About NWS Weather Alerts Widget
NWS Weather Alerts Widget is a weather app developed by Justdave.
How many times has NWS Weather Alerts Widget been downloaded?
NWS Weather Alerts Widget has been downloaded 17 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 29 times.
What is the rating of NWS Weather Alerts Widget?
NWS Weather Alerts Widget is rated 3.84 out of 5 stars, based on 79 ratings.
Is NWS Weather Alerts Widget free?
NWS Weather Alerts Widget is free to download. The APK download size is 2.97 MB. The latest version available is 2.3.1. The last update was on July 2, 2026.
What are the requirements for NWS Weather Alerts Widget?
NWS Weather Alerts Widget requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play March 2014.
Description
This is an Android home screen widget to display current weather alerts from the US National Weather Service.
You can choose a county or state within the US (or the entire US) and it will display a list of all of the current weather alerts for that area on the widget. If there's more than fits, the list scrolls, and you can tap on an alert to open the full text of the alert. There is an accompanying app which can be used to configure what area you want and shows the raw feed data if you're really curious (though that part was mostly there for debugging, and might go away one of these days now that it all works). It does not currently do audible alerts (or any alerts), but that's probably coming soon.
I created this because I wanted a tablet on the wall in my kitchen to display weather alerts on the screen, and for all the plethora of weather apps out there, I couldn't find one that showed anything more than a (!) icon on their widgets for alerts, and you had to click through to find out what they were. Some of them would put the alerts into the notification bar, but that wasn't much better. So this one displays a list of the current alerts right on the widget, and that is the only purpose of the widget.
This application is open source. To report bugs, request new features, or If you'd like to help make it better, please visit the project page on GitHub at https://justdave.github.io/nwsweatheralertswidget/
This widget is not endorsed by or affiliated with the National Weather Service (NWS). Use of the NWS logo indicates that unaltered data/product has been obtained from NWS.
The full changelog can be found at https://github.com/justdave/nwsweatheralertswidget/releases
Recent changes: * Major overhaul of the Alert Detail screen, it now pulls some key information out of the alert and puts it in cards at the top for easy access. * Material 3 design for the main app screens. * Lots of new icons for more event types (fewer generic NWS logos!) * "Advisory" events are now orange, to indicate they're more important than a Watch (yellow) but less important than a Warning (red). * Many other changes - check the Change Log from the About screen in the app.
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Great app to use without having to install a full weather program just to know of severe weather alerts. Would welcome notifications and the ability to add multiple locations.
★★★★☆Mike Savad· Mar 10, 2019
I like the concept, I wanted a widget that would actively show warnings. But, it doesn't work that well. I will get a warning on another system, and then I could wait up to an hour before this thing shows that warning. If I do have something, such as an advisory, and it turns into a warning, it won't update itself. Sometimes I have to go into the program to see if the warning is even there, and right now it is, but the widget still shows the expired warning. It doesn't prioritize the importance of the warning either. It does it by date order. So if you have the 3x1 widget, it shows the last message and not the main one. So like it could say - there is a slippery ice advisory, but hide the warning of a blizzard on the way. More so, it takes a lot of space on the desktop. There is no reason to take up that much space, the text at the top can be smaller. They can fit more warnings if the tabs were half the height. -- I'm bumping this to a 4 since the creator did write back, and it might be an issue with my phone. Since it does work at least some of the time. I still think it should be a bit smaller looking.
★★★★★S B· May 27, 2022
Almost great app (very close). I am hoping for the update sometime soon. This does pretty much what I want. The background updates are still flaky for me. Multiple location would be nice. Storing the alerts locally would be nice for seeing last warnings without current network service. Thanks for the quick update due to the NWS change (faster than USPS package delivery).
★☆☆☆☆FLLDIVER 1· Jul 31, 2016
THERE ARE WX ALERTS OUT RIGHT NOW BY NWS UR APP FAILED Severe line of storms, damaging high winds, lightening. Where's widget shown ? Ugh another one deleted ...
★☆☆☆☆Willis Griffin· May 18, 2016
White Screen Only getting white screen when I select a state....
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· Jun 10, 2015
Liar's!!!!! They said that a severe thunderstorm is going to happen on June 10th at like four something and right now it's 6:10!!!! I didn't even see a thunderstorm. What a lie
★★☆☆☆david glenn· Apr 19, 2023
The app doesn't even show warnings at times... I've seen severe and tornado warnings, that happen on the app
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· Jul 20, 2015
Only one county I live in the corner of two states and three counties, only able to choose one state and one county. No option for it to follow via GPS. App is antiquated. One star is being generous
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