Weather Warnings on your Phone

In the future the government hopes to wake up residents in the middle of the night when severe weather threatens by sounding an alarm on a cellphone. Severe weather can threaten overnight an a tool like this could prove to be very useful. For instance if a tornado impacts an area overnight, residents might not know until it is to late and a ring on your cellphone could be the perfect solution.  While the government would like to go in this direction in the future, a company called WeatherCall has already beat them to the punch. WeatherCall sends out phone calls and text messages to customers who live in areas under tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warnings. There is a catch though, the service costs $6 each year. The system is fairly accurate as it will notify customers within one minute of the warning being issued. If you are interested in the service, visit WeatherCall's website at http://www.weathercall.net

Until Next Time,

Andrew Thut

News 19 Forecast Team