Tornado: American Red Cross

Name: Tornado: American Red Cross
Rating: 3.59531 (341 reviews)

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Tornado: American Red Cross

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User Reviews for Tornado: American Red Cross

Great app, 1 drawback

This is a fantastic app. Very useful and a great way to keep up with severe weather near a loved one. There is one drawback, however. When a Tornado Warning has been cancelled, I receive the exact same notification sound as a newly activated Tornado Warning. It says “Tornado Warning” and plays a recording of a tornado siren. Even though th warning was cancelled. I suggest this warning cancellation notification not say “Tornado Warning”? It would be better if the audible notification just say “Tornado Warning Cancelled” instead.

Aren Spiritus, Apr 23, 2018

This is the one to get if you live in tornado alley

I live in Fort Worth, Texas. We frequently have severe weather, usually Thunderstorms but occasionally there will be a tornado that could be life threatening. The trouble with most apps like this is that they go off so often you end up turning them off. We had a NOAA weather radio that went off so often that I finally threw it in the trash. With this well designed app you can easily customize the type of weather events you want to be notified about, how you want to be notified, and how near the weather event is before you are notified. We often get severe storm watches and warnings and tornado watches and I like to get silent, i.e. text notifications only, of these events. But when a tornado warning is issued within 25 miles of my home, I want the siren to sound immediately and loudly. That’s exactly what this app does.If you would like to be notified when an event is 44 or 144 miles away instead of only 25 you could specify that. It’s all up to you. You can even monitor multiple locations with separate settings for each one. For instance, you could set up separate locations for your home, your workplace, your partner’s workplace, and your child’s school. The siren has only sounded a few times in the last few years but I have been grateful to be alarmed and alerted each time it has.

Be the Change you want to see, Oct 29, 2019

Does not use iOS critical alerts capability

The only issue with this app is it cannot override the iOS do not disturb as the developer has never simply applied with Apple for the capability to use the “critical alerts” api. Most people use DND and this app and many others won’t sound off in the night. This app has the potential to SAVE lives and I’m sure Apple would approve the critical alerts override request for all Red Cross apps. This is a MUST have! Updated: The app STILL states right in the FAQ if your phone is in DND this will not alert. It’s useless and people will die because they won’t be alerted. DND is a commonly used function. Also the app support page is a 404 so just as useless.

CColotti, Dec 11, 2021

A must have!

My family and I live in a northern suburb of Chicago. In August of 2020, a strong derecho was approaching and spawned several tornadoes which caused lots of damage. I was completely unaware of the danger until I received a tornado warning from the tornado app. Minutes thereafter, the sirens began wailing from afar, and our family took shelter in the basement. Not even ten minutes later, the tornado passed over our house leaving considerable damage behind. A year prior, the tornado app also gave us an early warning from another tornado that hit in September of 2019, however, it was not as powerful as the tornado of 2020.

Collin Rieck, Mar 14, 2021

Great app definitely recommend

It was may of 2016 when I was home alone with 2 young kids and my phone started going off notifying my of a tornado warning in the next county over at the time the tornado was moving directly east so I had no worries because I was north 30 miles. My phone kept going off and I notice that the tornado was slowly starting to change direction I went ahead and got my kids dressed and ready to go and my phone went off again and showed it was coming straight toward us I started to load them up in the car when my phone went off it was the warning tornado. I jumped in the car right as the tornado sirens in town started going off! I KNEW ABOUT THE TORNADO WARNING BEFORE THE SIRENS IN TOWN WENT OFF! I took off to find a tornado shelter but ended up pulling into a friends driveway got the kids unloaded and in the basement where we stayed for 3 hours. When we got home there was no major damage just windows broken out everywhere the tornado was half a mile from our house… so it could have been so much worse in just glad I was given the extra time I needed to get my family out and to safety.

Fields1234567890, Apr 22, 2022

This app will wake you up!

I’m a heavy sleeper, so I got this app as a back up in case I can’t hear a siren. Well, I experienced my first tornado warning last night with the app (no touchdowns near me), and I will say that the that the alert noise is loud and honestly, terrifying. I was still awake when the warning happened, but I have no doubt that this thing will wake me up if something were to happen in the middle of the night.If you live anywhere there are tornadoes, you want this app!

Hydrohawk, Jun 25, 2022

Contact phone number choices MUST be fixed!

Red Cross/ 3 Sided Cube — I'm a beta tester for the Red Cross, and have been telling you this for YEARS: You MUST fix the ability to choose which number from within each Contacts listing is to be called when the "I'm Safe" button is clicked. As it is, the top number on the Contact list is the default — there is no way to select WHICH number for the app to text. Are users to go through their Contacts list and rearrange all the phone numbers to appease the app quirks? Certainly a landline auto-message asking for 25¢ to place a call is not very convenient when the ceiling has fallen in during a natural disaster. Also, what about an option to send an "I'm Safe" email vs. texting?Without these options, the apps are pretty much worthless and do not meet with your mission statement. Your agency was created to SUPPORT those affected by emergencies. These apps are falling short.

Joanie, Jul 09, 2019

Scary unreliable

We literally just had a tornado tear through Springdale, Arkansas and I am 7 miles away from a school that was taken out along with surrounding extensive damage. We don’t know the extent because it’s still dark. In fact it was close enough for us to hear that one was on the ground close by. Praise God that the emergency alert went off on our phones and woke us up, but I am extremely disappointed in this Red Cross app now. It didn’t alert me even once for my current location. I even opened the app to see why and it said “all is well”. I have used this app for at least 7 years in Texas and Oklahoma and have always referred people to download it. I know how to use the app well and how to set locations. Don’t place your faith in this app, your life depends on it.

KGC2768, Mar 30, 2022

All settings cleared without notice

I was disappointed to find that this app had removed all of my programmed locations and alerts some time in the recent past and I had no idea!! It didn’t notify me at all to review my settings. I only realized the issue because I was sitting with family and was the only one in the room who’s phone didn’t alert to a tornado warning! Usually I live alone and would have never known!! Only bright side I learned RC FINALLY put out a universal “alerts” app that does hurricanes tornadoes floods earthquakes and so on. Before I was stuck with like four separate apps so here’s hoping the new one doesn’t dump everything again. As for this app? It’s been tossed.

My-thoughts-as-stars, Jan 12, 2020

Disappointed

This was my favorite weather alert map until they changed how you monitor a location. I uninstalled it last year and recently decided to try it again in hopes they had fixed some issues. Sadly, it’s still the same. I was able to monitor a county, but that option was taken away. Now you have to monitor a location (an address) and a radius around the location. When the radius is set large enough to monitor my rectangle county, I obviously get alerts for several surrounding counties.

Mysticeyes26, Jun 08, 2020

Description

**One of CNN's 7 apps to help survive a tornado** Get your family and home ready for a tornado. The American Red Cross tornado app is the complete solution you need to understand and prepare for a tornado and all that comes with it. With interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to be ready!

Ahora disponible en español. Features: • Free and available in English and Spanish • Audible siren when NOAA issues a Tornado warning for any of your monitored locations letting you know when it’s time to go to your safe room plus an all-clear alert when the warning expires (Note: Alerts' sounds will NOT override if phone is on vibrate or in sleep mode) • Customizable alerting and push notification options. • Easy to view alert feed with the ability to remove alerts. • Simple step-by-step instructions to help you know what-to-do even if the cell towers and TVs are down. • Prioritized actions for before, during, and after requires no mobile connectivity • Help distant friends and family in tornado alley with ability to receive tornado watch and warning alerts based on their location from NOAA • Map with open Red Cross shelters and other weather-related layers. • Be ready should a tornado hit by learning how to assemble an emergency kit for your family in the event of power outage or evacuation • Reduce your household’s stress and anxiety should a tornado hit by learning to make and practice an emergency plan • Interactive quizzes allow you to earn badges that you can share with your friends and show off your tornado knowledge • Know the difference between a watch and a warning • Learn how to deal with food and water impacted by floods and power outages • Simply let friends/family know you’re safe with customizable “I’m Safe” notification sharable thru social media, text and email • Let others know where you are with the Toolkit’s strobe light, flashlight and audible alert functions