# Storm Team 12

> KWCH Storm Team 12 is proud to announce a full featured weather app for Android

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kwch.android.weather](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kwch.android.weather)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.kwch.android.weather`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Media
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 349,436
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (6,182 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.512
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28
- **First published:** 2011-08-25
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 103 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kwch.android.weather)
- **Website:** [https://www.kwch.com](https://www.kwch.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.kwch.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.kwch.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The KWCH Storm Team 12 Weather App delivers the most accurate and up-to-date weather information for your region. Featuring 250 meter high-resolution radar, future radar projections, and detailed satellite cloud imagery, it allows users to track severe weather with precision. Updated hourly with current conditions and forecasts, the app integrates GPS for real-time location awareness and supports saving favorite locations.

Users benefit from timely severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service with optional push notifications to stay safe during dangerous conditions. Designed specifically for mobile users, this app ensures you have comprehensive weather data and instant notifications right at your fingertips, making it an essential tool for weather preparedness.

## Rankings

- #120,513 — Overall
- #86 — Weather (Free)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.kwch.android.weather.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Storm Team 12 is valued for its accurate and timely weather updates, especially for severe conditions in Kansas, and offers useful alerts and rural area coverage. However, multiple users report frequent app crashes, intrusive and numerous ads, dysfunctional widgets, and inconsistent forecast details. Notification overload is also a common complaint. Overall, while the app is informative and helpful, its reliability and user experience are hampered by technical issues and excessive advertising.

### Pros

- Provides accurate and timely weather updates especially important for severe weather in Kansas.
- Includes useful alerts like lightning proximity and thunderstorm warnings.
- Continually updated with necessary fixes such as state lines on radar maps.
- App covers weather sufficiently for rural areas where other coverage is limited.
- Widgets provide quick weather information (though with issues).

### Cons

- Frequent app crashes and freezing, causing frustration and loss of trust.
- Excessive and intrusive advertisements, including long video ads before content.
- Widgets often fail to work properly or show blank, limiting convenience.
- Inaccuracies and discrepancies between hourly and daily forecasts causing confusion.
- Overabundance of notifications, many irrelevant to user's location or needs.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kwch.android.weather)