# WRIC StormTracker 8 Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id648953429](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id648953429)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id648953429`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** LIN Television Corporation
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (763 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-16
- **First published:** 2013-05-20
- **Size:** 89 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wric-stormtracker-8-weather/id648953429)
- **Website:** [http://wric.com/contact-us/](http://wric.com/contact-us/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://wric.com/terms-and-conditions/](http://wric.com/terms-and-conditions/)

## Description

StormTracker 8 and 8News bring the world’s most powerful radar features to your fingertips. This free weather app offers interactive options for any location, with customizable alerts for up to 16 locations, Real-Time VIPIR radar, and Richmond’s #1 rated forecast accuracy. Get a 7-day outlook, current conditions, weather-related news, outages, and tropical storm tracking.

Whether you live in Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield, Petersburg or anywhere in the RVA and Central Virginia region, WRIC StormTracker 8 Weather helps you stay safe with critical safety features and alerts. Rely on the WRIC StormTracker 8 Weather team and 8News to keep you and your family informed.

## Rankings

- #62,665 — Overall

## Review summary

Users generally praise the app for strong radar/storm-tracking and reliable alerts but are frustrated by the latest update. Repeated concerns center on degraded radar features (Storm Tracker removed or less impressive), a more complex, hard-to-navigate interface, and loss of quick access to dew point and hourly forecasts. Technical problems also appear, including push notification failures, ads and pop-ups, and occasional crashes. A minority note positive items like video forecasts and multi-location alerts, and some users still prefer the older version. Overall sentiment is mixed-to-negative, with reliability and usability issues outweighing feature enhancements for many users.

### Pros

- Radar/storm-tracking is accurate and reliable
- Updated version adds advanced features (interactive radar, custom alerts for multiple locations, and video forecasts)
- Good interface noted by users

### Cons

- Radar/storm-tracker degraded or removed in the newer update / not as impressive
- Update caused usability/navigation issues (more screens, harder to access hourly forecasts and dew point)
- Push notifications sometimes fail to register or work after update
- Intrusive ads and pop-ups
- Reliability issues: app crashes or not working since update

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id648953429)