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Tornado: American Red Cross

Tornado: American Red Cross

by American Red Cross

446 ratings
54 reviews
🔧 Utilities
☀️ Weather

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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • February 20, 2013
  • April 19, 2023

Developer

American Red Cross
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About

Prepare your family and home for tornadoes with this comprehensive app. It offers interactive quizzes, step-by-step guidance, and customizable alerts to ensure you know what to do before, during, and after a tornado. Includes shelter information and safety notification features.

✓Audible tornado siren alerts
✓Customizable push notifications
✓Step-by-step emergency instructions
✓Offline functionality for critical actions
✓Red Cross shelter map
✓Emergency kit and plan guidance
✓"I'm Safe" notification sharing
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Tornado. Based on 446 reviews and a 3.7/5 average, it highlights the 10 positives and 10 negatives reviewers mention most about this Weather app.

Positive things

  • 🚨Loud, attention-grabbing alert sounds that wake users
  • ⚡Faster alerts than sirens and other weather services
  • 🎯Customizable alert types and notification radius
  • 🗺️Real-time tornado location tracking and visualization
  • 💰Free app with no subscription costs
  • 👤Multiple location monitoring capability
  • 🛡️Life-saving early warnings for tornado alley residents
  • 📱User-friendly interface and easy setup
  • 🔔Reliable notifications for tornado warnings specifically
  • 🌐Accurate NOAA weather data integration

Negative things

  • 🐛Frequent failure to send alerts during active warnings
  • 🔕Does not override Do Not Disturb mode on iOS
  • 📍Location detection errors and confusion
  • 🔄Settings reset without user notification
  • 📢Too many irrelevant notifications outside monitored area
  • ⚠️Confusing distinction between monitored and alert areas
  • 🚫Requires excessive permissions (contacts access)
  • 📊Misleading 'All is Well' status during active threats
  • 🔗Broken support links and poor customer support
  • 🐛Buggy UI with database field names displaying instead of labels
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What's New in Tornado

3.19

April 19, 2023

The American Red Cross Tornado app will be retired in the summer of 2023. Download the Emergency app, which offers the same functionality along with tools for other hazards. Text "GETEMERGENCY" to 90999 or search “American Red Cross” in your app store. With this update, we are preparing to help you move the locations you monitor to the new Emergency app.

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User reviews

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Keep the Tornado App alive!

It works! Having been warned of threatening storms and tornados, it helped keep myself and family alerted to upcoming events. It would be a colossal mistake to retire it. The new Emergency App is garbage. No decent warnings and I’m constantly signaled about issues outside my area. Tornado is better designed with easy user interface. Please restore it to your customers!
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SteelygurlSteelygurl

Developers better upgrade the Emergency app!

This Tornado app from the ARC is better, faster than the app with which the ARC will replace it. The Tor app is my go-to, and is slower only than the NWS among the public services providers. I wish the Emergency app has a real-time weather map LINK feature, but DONT want to slow down this app with a ginormous function set that would prevent more timely warnings. ARC needs to ensure more effectiveness in its Emergency app
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TikosmiTikosmi

Keep it going!!

As an active member of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), I am truly sorry to see that this app is scheduled for destruction. Have used this for years. I have received warnings of danger at my added network’s location. Local warnings:17.

The NEW app is sorry to say more wordy but STUPID. It says I have completed all levels of disaster in one spot and only one on another.

LABOR INTENSIVE SET UP : maddening. If both remain active BY FAR my choice is original. Thank you for all you do.
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capnvhaoscapnvhaos

Retiring App

I am sorry to hear that you all are retiring this app which has proven itself time and time again.
I live in tornado alley and I also drive an 18 wheeler.
This app has saved my life six times. I just hope that your new app is just as accurate as this one. I’m sorry to see it go I think you all are making a mistake by getting rid of it.
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SassiLadyTruckerSassiLadyTrucker

What about tornado warnings?

I have the Emergency app, but I kept the Tornado app because it had the tornado warning audible alert and siren. Will that be added to Emergency?
George/Lynne S.George/Lynne S.
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Reported Bugs

10 issues

Location not found error when adding locations from app's own search results

Bug

App fails to load alerts without internet connection message despite being connected

Bug

Settings and monitored locations deleted after app updates

Bug

Daily location access permission prompts despite previous approval

Bug

App displays database field names instead of UI labels

Bug

Alerts for areas outside monitored radius

Bug

No sound alerts when phone is on silent/vibrate mode

Bug

Tornado warning cancellations trigger same alert sound as new warnings

Bug

Delayed alerts or showing 'All is Well' during active tornado warnings

Bug

Contact list defaults to first phone number without selection option

Bug
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Requested Features

10 requests

Critical alerts API support to override Do Not Disturb

Feature

County-level monitoring instead of just address-based radius

Feature

Batch delete function for alert history

Feature

Auto-delete old alerts after specified time period

Feature

Ability to choose specific phone numbers from contacts

Feature

Email notification option for 'I'm Safe' alerts

Feature

Real-time weather map link feature

Feature

Distinguish between active warnings and cancelled warnings in notifications

Feature

Alert radius adjustment for current location

Feature

Ability to silence non-critical alerts while keeping tornado warnings loud

Feature

FAQ

What does the Tornado app do?

The app helps you prepare your family and home for tornadoes. It provides step-by-step instructions for before, during, and after a tornado, interactive quizzes to test your knowledge, and alerts for tornado watches and warnings. It also offers features to help you communicate your safety and find open shelters.

What are the key features of the Tornado app?

Key features include audible siren alerts for tornado warnings, customizable push notifications, step-by-step instructions that work offline, a map of open Red Cross shelters, guidance on assembling emergency kits and making plans, and the ability to share an "I'm Safe" notification with contacts.

Is the Tornado app free to use?

Yes, the app is completely free to download and use. It is provided by the American Red Cross to help people prepare for and stay safe during tornado events.

What devices is the Tornado app compatible with?

The app is available for mobile devices and can be downloaded for use on smartphones and tablets. It is designed to be accessible to a wide range of users preparing for severe weather.

How can this app help me during a tornado emergency?

During a tornado, the app provides critical step-by-step instructions that can be accessed even if cell towers are down. It alerts you to warnings, helps you find shelters, and allows you to quickly notify loved ones that you are safe, reducing stress and anxiety.