One of the most useful and popular features of the Hurricane Tracker App is for storm push alerts to be sent directly to your device. In this post, we will describe how to make sure you are properly signed up and when you will get storm alerts.

(iPhone and iPad App) - In the upper right-hand corner of the Hurricane Tracker App, tap on the settings gear icon and you will then see the screen below. Tap on “regions” to view the options.

We give you the option to select up to 3 region options that most apply to you. For example, if you live in Texas and have a second property in Florida, you might want to select “Gulf Coast” and “Florida/Bahamas”. Storm alerts are sent only sent to regions where there is a possibility of being affected in some way by a tropical cyclone within 7 days. Note: if you ever receive the same alert more than once, it means a storm may be affecting more than one region you are subscribed to. There’s no way of merging the same alert for multiple regions into one alert. See below for when we send storm alerts.

When will you notify me of a potential or active storm:

*When an area of interest (Invest) has a medium or high chance of development and may affect land during its lifetime. Note: If a tropical wave has a medium or high chance of development and will recurve (not affect land}, no alert will be sent in that situation. We will not bother our users unnecessarily when there is no threat to land.

*A tropical depression or tropical storm forms and has a reasonable chance of affecting land. Alerts will be sent only to regions that could be affected. Alerts will be sent only to regions that could be affected within 15 minutes of designation by the NHC.

*A tropical depression is upgraded to a tropical storm and has a reasonable chance of affecting land. Alerts will be sent only to regions that could be affected within 15 minutes of the upgrade.

*A tropical storm is upgraded to a category 1 hurricane and has a reasonable chance of affecting land. Alerts will be sent only to regions that could be affected within 15 minutes of the upgrade.

*A hurricane is upgraded to a major category 3 storm and has a reasonable chance of affecting land. Alerts will be sent only to regions that could be affected within 15 minutes of the upgrade.

*Alerts will be sent when tropical storm, hurricane, or storm surge warnings are issued within a specified region within 15 minutes of the warning being issued. We do not send push alerts for watches that may be issued, but you can find those in the public advisory within a storm page.

*From time to time, we may send app tips such as this one, seasonal outlooks, or other important information related to tracking hurricanes.

You may turn off alerts from our app at any time by opening the settings app on your phone, tapping on notifications, and then look for “Hurr Tracker”. See above. You can disable alerts within that menu.

The season will officially kick off on June 1st for the Atlantic and May 15th for the Eastern Pacific. If you are not already a premium graphics subscriber, sign up today and get higher resolution storm graphics that contain more information so you can make informed decisions. Premium users will have access to wind graphics that the NHC does not publish. Details here > Premium Graphics Info.

Thank you for being a Hurricane Tracker App user and supporting our passion for tracking tropical cyclones!