# 13abc First Alert Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1421229479](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1421229479)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1421229479`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (11,114 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2018-08-16
- **Size:** 231 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/13abc-first-alert-weather/id1421229479)
- **Website:** [https://www.13abc.com/](https://www.13abc.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.13abc.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.13abc.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The 13abc First Alert Weather Chrome extension brings the WTVG Weather App features to your browser: 250-meter radar, high-resolution satellite imagery, future radar to forecast storm paths, and current conditions updated frequently. It includes fully integrated GPS for location awareness and opt-in push alerts to keep you safe during severe weather, with official National Weather Service alerts.

You can save favorite locations and receive daily and hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models. Stay connected with real-time weather updates and location-based information right from your browser.

## Rankings

- #16,762 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for accurate, informative local weather and timely alerts, but the experience is marred by heavy ads and significant location-related issues (saved locations removal, wrong default location, and mis-targeted alerts). Update-driven UI changes and occasional slower performance also stand out as recurring negatives. Overall, ad disruption and location accuracy challenges are the dominant recurring themes.

### Pros

- Accurate and informative local weather information.
- Timely weather alerts for severe weather, which some users view as potentially life-saving.
- Overall positive reception as a local-weather resource by some users.

### Cons

- Heavy, intrusive ads, including loud audio ads and long video ads at startup.
- Location-related issues: inability to delete saved locations after updates, the app defaults to Toledo, Ohio, and alerts are not localized to the user’s actual area.
- UI/design changes and update-related performance issues (new design disliked and slower downloads).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1421229479)