Do you Receive Weather Alerts on Your Phone?

1/19/2022 (Permalink)

Do you receive weather alerts on your phone? If not, here is how to get them. Weather alerts can save lives. Be sure to receive them on your smartphone.

Search for "CMAS" or "WEA" in your phone's messaging settings. You can also dial "##2627##" (minus the quotes) on your phone to turn them on.

 If neither of these do the trick, you might not have a phone that is WEA enabled, but you can still get emergency weather alerts with weather apps like the Weather Channel app or WeatherUSA.

For Android users, in order to meet the FCC standards, Android introduced “Emergency Broadcasts” features in all its mobiles. Through this service, you can get severe weather alerts instantly. Apart from these alerts, this feature also sends out an alert whenever there’s any emergency in your area.

Source: USA Today Online