WMC5 First Alert Weather

The app is fine. It’s exactly like the competition’s app which is good also. It’s the amount of talking on a weather alert that both annoys and amuses me. We don’t need to hear every time “This is Chief Meteorologist blah”. Time could be of the essence with these weather alerts. Imagine having an ego so large you have to let your viewers hear your name and title when a tornado could be seconds away from blowing them away. The competition just states the alert which is all we need or want to hear.

With the tornado outbreaks that passed through March 31 this app kept me updated with breaking updates. Even if my phone was idle on a table, Ron Childers’ voice alerts you when you need to pay attention. We’ll done channel 5 team! Appreciate all you did last night. 🙏💕

The latest update took away the ability for me to get notifications no matter where I’m at. Now I can only get locations based on my home. I was able to get locations based on where my kids live, Charlotte and another area close to Memphis, not anymore. For some reason now I don’t have Ron Childers telling me what the notifications are I just get a bar notification that it opens up to a video. I do not like this update and I think it is a backward step for your app. I will be looking for another app to use for my local weather.