# KATV Channel 7 Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id535841520](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id535841520)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id535841520`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (17,010 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.512
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-02
- **First published:** 2012-06-21
- **Size:** 239 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/katv-channel-7-weather/id535841520)
- **Website:** [https://katv.com/](https://katv.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/](https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

KATV Channel 7 Weather brings Arkansas weather updates from KATV Channel 7’s experienced team, led by Chief Meteorologist Barry Brandt. This app provides timely, accurate forecasts and critical severe weather information to help you stay safe.

Key features include a 250-meter radar, future radar to track storms, high-resolution satellite imagery, frequent current conditions, hourly forecasts updated from computer models, location-based alerts, saved favorite locations, GPS-enabled awareness, and National Weather Service severe weather alerts with optional push notifications.

## Rankings

- #12,754 — Overall
- #71 — channel

## Review summary

Users broadly praise KATV Channel 7 Weather for accurate, up-to-date forecasts, reliable, location-based alerts, and helpful maps, with particular usefulness for rural residents and during severe weather. However, recurring concerns center on radar reliability—radar data is often not in real time or is inaccurate—and on app performance, including crashes, freezing, and slow loading. A few users also report data/maps not staying in sync and updates that delay radar visibility. Overall, the app is valued for accuracy and safety, but its radar reliability and stability during storms are the main downsides.

### Pros

- Accurate, up-to-date forecasts
- Reliable location-based severe weather alerts
- Helpful maps that display weather data effectively
- Strong usefulness for rural or remote users

### Cons

- Radar data is not real-time or is inaccurate (radar reliability issues)
- App performance issues: crashes, freezing, and slow loading (especially around radar)
- Data and map synchronization issues: maps update but weather data does not consistently align

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