The alerts your phone doesn't send.
Wireless Emergency Alerts reach the phone in your pocket, for the most extreme events, wherever you happen to be standing. We watch the places you've chosen — including the ones you're nowhere near — across hazards your phone stays quiet about, at the severity you set.
Free plan covers one location by email. No card required.
Tornado Warning
Fairfax County, Virginia — saved as "Mom's house"
Take shelter now on the lowest floor, away from windows. Radar-indicated rotation moving northeast at 40 mph.
- Source
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Issued
- 2026-05-14 21:14Z
- Expires
- 2026-05-14 21:45Z
- Zone
- VAC059
Why it's different
Start with what you already have.
Wireless Emergency Alerts are free, automatic, and genuinely good at one job. Here is exactly where they stop, and what we add.
Wireless Emergency Alerts
Built into your phone. Keep them switched on.
- Only reach the phone in your pocket, where it is right now
- Only fire for the most extreme, immediate threats
- No way to choose hazards or set your own threshold
- No history once the alert is dismissed
- Weather and imminent danger only
US Disaster Alert
What we add on top, not instead.
- Up to ten saved locations anywhere in the US
- Your own minimum severity, set per hazard type
- Earthquakes, tsunami, tropical systems, space weather
- Every alert names its source, its time and its expiry
- Searchable history of everything we have sent you
Keep your phone's emergency alerts on. This service is built to sit alongside them, for the places and hazards they don't cover.
Coverage
What we monitor, and where the gaps are.
Every alert is traceable to a named public source. Where our coverage is partial, it says so here rather than in the fine print.
| Hazard | What we send | Source and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Earthquakes | Magnitude and distance from each saved location, at the threshold you set. | USGS — nationwide |
| Tsunami | Warnings, advisories and watches for coastal zones. | NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers — US coastlines |
| Tropical systems | Advisories, watches and warnings as a storm develops and approaches. | National Hurricane Center — Atlantic and eastern Pacific |
| Severe weather | Tornado, thunderstorm, flood and winter storm products, matched to your county and forecast zone. | National Weather Service — nationwide |
| Space weather | Geomagnetic storms and solar flares at levels that affect radio, satellite, aviation and grid operations. | NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center — national |
Example alerts
Four questions, answered on sight.
What happened, where it happened, how serious it is, and who said so.
Tsunami Warning
Northern California coast — "Dad"
Move inland and to higher ground now. Wave activity may threaten low-lying shoreline and harbors.
- Source
- NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center
- Issued
- 2026-03-02 08:41Z
Flash Flood Warning
Travis County, Texas — "The house in Austin"
Heavy rainfall is producing flash flooding. Move to higher ground now. Do not drive through flooded roadways.
- Source
- National Weather Service
- Issued
- 2026-08-19 20:45Z
Hurricane Warning
Southwest Florida coast — "Beach condo"
Landfall expected within 24 hours. Damaging winds and life-threatening storm surge. Complete preparations or evacuate as directed.
- Source
- NOAA National Hurricane Center
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 02:30Z
How it works
Three things to set up, once.
A couple of minutes now, then leave it alone until something happens.
Save your locations
Enter an address and choose how far out you want to hear about. We resolve each one to its official forecast zone and county so weather alerts match exactly how the National Weather Service issued them.
Set your thresholds
Choose the minimum severity for each hazard and which channel it should use. Add quiet hours if you want them, with an override so life-threatening alerts still come through.
Get the alert, with its source
When a source publishes something that crosses your threshold, we send it. Each message carries the event, the area, the severity, the expiry and who issued it.
Pricing
Start free. The rest is being built.
The free plan works today: email alerts for one location, at the severity you choose. Paid plans are not on sale yet — join the list and we'll tell you when they open.
Free
$0
For one place you watch closely, or for trying the service before you pay.
- Email notifications
- Browser notifications planned
- One saved location
- Severe and extreme events
- 30 days of alert history
Premium
$8.99 / month
or $89 a year — two months free
For one person watching a few places, who wants a text when it matters.
- Email notifications
- Text messages planned
- Three saved locations
- Moderate severity and above
- Custom threshold for each hazard
- Quiet hours with severity override
- Full alert history
Household
$16.99 / month
or $169 a year — two months free
For a family spread across places, or anyone looking after relatives at a distance.
- Everything in Premium
- Up to five people, each with their own contacts planned
- Ten saved locations
The paid plans are not on sale yet. Items marked planned above are being built and are not available today — text messaging needs carrier registration, which takes weeks and is in progress. What works right now is email alerts, on the free plan, for one location at the severity you choose. Join the list and we will tell you when the rest opens; no card, and nothing charged.
Questions
Before you sign up.
How is this different from the alerts my phone already sends?
Wireless Emergency Alerts reach the phone you are carrying, for the most extreme events, wherever you happen to be. We alert you about places you have chosen, including ones you are nowhere near, for a wider set of hazards, at a threshold you decide. Keep your phone's alerts on and treat this as an addition.
Is this an official emergency alert system?
No. We relay and filter public information from agencies including the National Weather Service, USGS and NOAA. We are not a government service and we do not issue warnings ourselves. Official instructions during an emergency come from your local authorities.
How quickly do alerts arrive?
We poll each source continuously and send as soon as an event crosses your threshold. Browser and email are near-immediate; text messages also depend on carrier handling. Our measured delivery times are published on the service status page.
Will I be flooded with messages?
You control it. Each hazard has its own minimum severity, and we send one message per event rather than one per update unless the severity escalates. Quiet hours are available, with an override so life-threatening alerts still reach you.
Can I stop the text messages?
Reply STOP to any message and texts stop immediately. Reply HELP for contact information. You can also switch texts off in your settings and keep email and browser alerts.
What do you do with my address?
We convert it to coordinates and to the official zone codes we need for matching, and use it for nothing else. We do not sell location data. Details are in our privacy policy.