While planning your daily trips and especially road trips, you should check the weather forecast before stepping out. You can get information about upcoming weather conditions using the Default Weather App on your iPhone or Android. What if you could also stay up-to-date on severe weather conditions?
Luckily, you have the option to enable severe weather alerts on your iPhone and Android to plan your commute in a better way. This post will show you how to enable severe weather alerts on iPhone and Android.
Turn on severe weather alerts on iPhone
With the release of iOS 16, you can enable severe weather alerts using the Weather App on your iPhone. As of writing this post, we are using an iPhone running on iOS 16 Public Beta. This feature will be available for iPhones running on iOS 16 or later.
Here’s how to turn on severe weather warnings.
Step 1: Open the Weather app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Tap the app’s menu icon in the lower right corner.
Step 3: Tap the three dots in the upper right corner.
Step 4: Select Notifications from the list of options.
Step 5: Under Current Location, tap the switch next to Severe Weather. You can also enable Next Hour Rainfall for your current location.
Make sure you allow the Weather app to always access your current location.
Step 6: Tap Done in the upper right corner.
If the iOS weather widget shows the wrong location, read our guide containing the best fixes for the iOS weather widget showing the wrong location.
Bonus Tip – Enable severe weather alerts for saved locations
If you’ve saved some locations to check the weather forecast, you can enable severe weather alerts for those locations using the Weather app. This is useful when you are flying to a new city and want an update on weather conditions. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Open the Weather app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Tap the menu icon in the lower right corner of the app.
Step 3: Tap the three dots in the upper right corner.
Step 4: Select Notifications from the list of options.
Step 5: Under Your Location, tap the location name.
Step 6: Tap the switch next to Severe Weather after selecting a location.
Step 7: Tap Done in the upper right corner to enable severe weather alerts for the selected location.
Using the same method, you can turn off severe weather alerts for your current or other saved locations.
You can also read a post on how to fix iPhone weather that shows wrong temperature if you have this problem.
Enable severe weather alerts on Android.
Here’s how you can trigger critical emergency alerts on Android using the Google app. Make sure your phone is running the latest version of the Google app.
Step 1: Long press on the Google app icon.
Step 2: Tap on App Info from the pop-up menu.
Step 3: In the App Info menu, tap Manage Notifications or Notifications.
Step 4: Scroll down and tap the toggle next to ‘Current weather conditions’.
You can tap the option after enabling it to customize your notifications.
Step 5: Scroll down a bit further and tap the toggle next to ‘Weather alerts for changes and forecasts’.
You can tap the option after enabling it to customize your notifications.
You can also enable Wireless Emergency Alerts on Android to receive severe weather alerts and other emergency alerts for your area. Here’s how to turn it on.
Step 1: Open Settings on your Android phone.
Step 2: Scroll down and tap Safety and Emergency.
Step 3: Under Safety and Emergency, scroll down and tap Wireless Emergency Alerts.
Step 4: Click the switch next to Allow Alerts.
You can also enable emergency alerts such as Extreme Threat, Critical Threat, and TIGER Alert.
If you want to turn off weather alerts on your Android phone, read our guide on the best ways to turn off weather alerts on Android.
Save yourself from inclement weather
Severe weather alerts keep you safe before you decide to board a flight to a new city, embark on a road trip, or plan your commute to the office. You can also check out our post recommending the best weather widget apps for iPhone for more information on weather conditions in your area or some other places. It’s always best to check for weather updates, especially when traveling with family and friends.
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