Whether the weather you need to weather is coming by land or by sea, we’re here to help you prepare for it.<\/p>\n Hurricane Season is still a few months off, but tornadoes and flash flooding can strike during any season. While we don’t yet have the technology to stop powerful storms from wreaking havoc, we do have the technology to help prepare us for them. Your Android phone is a tool that helps you through most major events in your life, and severe weather is no exception, so long as you properly prep your phone and have a plan in place to follow with it. We are here to help you, so let’s batten down the hatches and get the barn doors shut.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Regardless of the kind of weather you’ll face when you step outside your door, there are some weather essentials everyone should have on their phones, and that starts with a reliable weather app. Whether you check your forecast once a day, once a week, or once an hour, a good weather app will keep you from getting caught in the rain \u2014 or the flash flooding they can bring with them.<\/p>\n Read more: Here are our favorite weather apps<\/a><\/p>\n There are dozens of weather apps on the Play Store, and while they have various layouts and features, the most important aspect of a weather app can’t really be reviewed for everyone: how accurate it is for you<\/strong>. Weather apps pull their data from a variety of weather services, and some are better in some regions than others. It’s important to find a weather app that doesn’t just look good, but one that’s accurate for your area, so that you get the best forecasts available and can be better prepared.<\/p>\n Many local TV stations have weather apps that offer up forecasting directly from their team of meteorologists. They may not be the newest or shiniest apps, but they may very well be the most accurate forecasting you can get, and they almost always offer live streaming during severe weather events. If they’re not streaming through their apps, rest assured they’ll be streaming on social media or the station’s website.<\/p>\n Make sure that during a severe weather event, you have a way to listen to what your local meteorologist is saying. They’re going to give you the most up-to-date information and warn anyone in the storm’s path more efficiently than a simple NWS alert from a national or international weather app.<\/p>\n Beyond having a weather app and a meteorologist you trust, there are a few other things that are useful to have on your phone at all times:<\/p>\n Of course, your phone isn’t going to do you much good in an emergency if it’s dead or waterlogged, and here are a few accessories that can help ensure that your phone lives through a major severe weather event.<\/p>\n Mpow’s the most popular maker of waterproof phone pouches, and during hurricanes, a floating model can help ensure it doesn’t sink out of sight when you’re dealing with flooding. Just make sure you keep it attached to a lantyard or belt loop.<\/p>\n $12 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n This floating case is American-made, a little sturdier than the Mpow for re-use, and it has three models that glow in the dark, should you need help locating it at night. The hole for lanyards and carabiners is also a bit bigger.<\/p>\n $30 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n $36 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n This 10,000mAh power bank is easy to pocket and carry around as it recharges your phone while you wait for the power to be restored. 18W Power Delivery also means it should recharge your phone quickly.<\/p>\n $50 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n Need a bigger pack to get you through days without power? 20,100mAh should power your phone for over a week or a family of phones for a couple days, and 45W Power Delivery can charge USB-C laptops, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If these batteries don’t spark your interest, check over on Thrifter<\/a> for more deals on battery packs. Seriously, there’s a portable battery of some shape or size on sale almost every day. Most importantly, charge batteries early and often<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Once the power’s out, you don’t know when it’s coming back on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hurricanes are powerful, devastating, and \u2014 for better or worse \u2014 slow-moving. If you are in the path of a hurricane, you will (hopefully) have days to prepare, but you, unfortunately, will have far more you need to prepare for than our tornado-facing friends<\/a>. Radar and weather alerts are slightly less urgent in a hurricane considering how large an area tends to fall under Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watches and Warnings, but there are a number of things you can and should do with your phone to prepare:<\/p>\n While hurricanes usually come with a fair amount of warning, usually you’re lucky if you get 15 minutes warning before a tornado hits. In most cases, by the time the National Weather Service sends a Tornado Warning, either there’s already been a touchdown or that funnel cloud is really<\/strong> close to it. This is why proper watch\/warning alert settings on your weather app of choice are critical.<\/p>\n Alert settings in 1Weather and First Alert 25<\/p>\n On many weather apps, Severe Weather Alerts are an all-or-nothing setting \u2014 a single toggle \u2014 but some apps understand that different levels of weather alert warrant different levels of alarm. For instance, on 1Weather<\/a>, you can set different sounds for watches and warnings, and you dictate which levels of alert trigger a Vibration, Flash, or Alarm to alert you.<\/p>\n This means that for a Watch, when severe weather is possible<\/strong>, 1Weather can have your phone just vibrate but not play a sound. For a Warning, when severe weather is expected<\/strong> or already arriving, 1Weather can cue the lights and sirens. Meanwhile, the First Alert 25 app<\/a> used in Central Texas allows you to pick which watches and warnings you are notified for. If you don’t want to be bothered with thunderstorm warnings but do want to know about tornado watches and warnings, you can do that, but the Tornado Warning and Thunderstorm Warning are going to give the same tone and vibration.<\/p>\n Radar pages in Weather Underground and The Weather Channel<\/p>\n Broken lines of supercells and isolated tornadic storms are quick to develop, quick to move, and quick to change, so having a good radar app is extremely<\/strong> useful. Nothing quite convinces you to get back inside right now<\/strong> like a nasty mess of red, purple, and black barreling towards your GPS pin on a radar map.<\/p>\n Most weather apps have some kind of radar included, but some are more robust than others. Not everyone needs the professional-level radar of $10 (plus a subscription) RadarScope<\/a>, but Weather Underground<\/a> offers an hour loop on its radar as opposed to the half-hour radar loop on most weather apps. The Weather Channel<\/a> sports a two-hour radar loop. Some apps also offer “future radar” rain forecasts, but during severe weather, those will likely not be all that accurate.<\/p>\n What other preparations do you make with your phones for severe weather season? And what non-phone preparations have you made? Is there a storm kit in your car or your house? What severe weather alerts do you have set up on your phone? Let us know your severe weather setup in the comments, and if you have any tools in your prep kits that served you well during previous hurricane seasons, share them!<\/p>\n Updated June 2020:<\/strong> This guide has been updated with better power banks and a few updated links. Stay safe, everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Whether the weather you need to weather is coming by land or by sea, we’re here to help you prepare for it.<\/p>\n Hurricane Season is still a few months off, but tornadoes and flash flooding can strike during any season. While we don’t yet have the technology to stop powerful storms from wreaking havoc, we do have the technology to help prepare us for them. Your Android phone is a tool that helps you through most major events in your life, and severe weather is no exception, so long as you properly prep your phone and have a plan in place to follow with it. 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Weather Essentials<\/h2>\n
Going local: Find a meteorologist you trust<\/h3>\n
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Severe Weather Smartphone Accessories<\/h2>\n
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Hurricanes<\/h2>\n
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Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms<\/h2>\n
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