# WBTV First Alert Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id471314510](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id471314510)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id471314510`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (16,738 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2011-10-13
- **Size:** 254 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wbtv-first-alert-weather/id471314510)
- **Website:** [https://www.wbtv.com/advertising/](https://www.wbtv.com/advertising/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wbtv.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wbtv.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

WBTV First Alert Weather is trusted as Charlotte’s premier local weather app, powered by certified meteorologists. Get the Charlotte area’s most accurate forecast with hourly and daily updates so you’re alerted first when weather changes.

The app features the First Alert Doppler Radar Network with 250-meter radar resolution, future radar modeling, and satellite imagery. Opt-in, geotargeted alerts keep you safe during severe weather—Severe Weather Alerts from the NWS, lightning, precipitation—and you can save your favorite locations with integrated GPS for current location awareness and reliable updates from the WBTV weather team.

## Rankings

- #13,057 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise WBTV First Alert Weather for accurate forecasts and reliable updates, especially for Charlotte, but recurring issues undermine the experience: pervasive ads and video ads disrupt use, ads gate access to critical alerts, the app crashes or freezes and radar data can fail, and the redesign/navigation feels cluttered. Some desire iOS widgets and other feature gaps. Overall, the app offers dependable data when it runs, but stability and ad-heavy UX are the major recurring complaints.

### Pros

- Accurate and dependable weather forecasts, especially for the Charlotte, NC area.
- Keeps users informed with timely weather updates.
- Long-standing, trusted app used for years.
- Generally good weather data when the app is functioning.

### Cons

- Excessive ads and pop-ups that interrupt scrolling and use.
- Ads blocking access to critical weather alerts (e.g., tornado warnings) before content.
- Frequent crashes, freezing radar, and overall performance instability.
- UI/UX issues from redesign: cluttered layout, endless scrolling, and navigation problems due to ads.
- Lack of iOS home screen widgets (no widgets) and other feature gaps.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id471314510)