00:05Thunderstorms a common problem, some severe here over the coming days across the central part of
00:10the United States. We have many tools in the free AccuWeather app to help you to track
00:14thunderstorms and all types of weather situations to help you to stay safer and make the best
00:18decisions. And one of those capabilities is the lightning alerts that AccuWeather offers
00:23in the free AccuWeather app. And I want to show you when you tap in the upper right hand corner
00:28of the screen, you can go down to settings and then go into manage notifications. And
00:35when you do that, you'll see a list of different capabilities here. Make sure government alerts
00:40are turned on and also lightning alerts. And notice you can do that for your current location
00:44and for any location that you care about. So where your kids live, where your parents live,
00:49where you like to vacation, those can all be added in there as well as your current location.
00:53And when lightning is occurring near those areas, this is what's going to show up on the free
00:58AccuWeather app. Look, that's a push notification detailing lightning is in your area. And when
01:04you tap on that, you go right into the AccuWeather app and you can look at the radar and also
01:09lightning that's occurring. And I'm going to show you how you can do that. If you go back
01:12to the radar and maps down at the bottom here and you tap on lightning on the top, that's going
01:18to give you a view on the recent lightning. And this is a particular example. As you zoom
01:23in, you see the number of strikes that have occurred in any particular location. And as
01:27you zoom in, you can see where those strikes are occurring. And you can loop this out over
01:31time so you can watch the pattern of thunderstorms and when they're moving into your area. And
01:37of course, the AccuWeather minicast is always a great tool to track thunderstorms, as well
01:42as the hour by hour forecast. And you could scroll out and look at the rain chances at
01:47any particular hour with all the details. AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source
01:50of weather forecasts and warnings. Better protect your family and keep them safer. Download the
01:54free AccuWeather app today.
Comments