How to make sure your severe weather warnings are turned on in the AccuWeather app

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If you want to receive severe weather warnings for your local area from AccuWeather, you need to turn push notifications on. Here's a quick rundown of how to do that.

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00:00 - When severe weather is expected in your area,

00:02 it's vital you have a way to get notifications

00:04 like the free AccuWeather app.

00:06 Once you get the app, make sure alerts are turned on.

00:09 Christina Shalhoup walks you through the steps

00:10 so you can make sure you and your family are safe

00:13 when severe weather strikes.

00:14 - When it comes to being prepared for severe weather,

00:19 every tool you need is right here in the palm of your hand

00:22 with the AccuWeather app.

00:24 With the app, you can get watches and warnings

00:26 to the palm of your hand anytime active weather is around.

00:29 But here's the thing, you have to make sure

00:31 your push notifications are turned on for your local area.

00:35 Let's show you how to do that in case you need a refresher.

00:38 We'll start with this.

00:39 Go to the three lines at the top left of the app.

00:43 Once you're there, go down to settings.

00:45 Once you're in settings, go to manage notifications.

00:48 Turn on your government alerts,

00:50 and from there you can select the notifications

00:53 that apply to your area.

00:54 For example, here at AccuWeather HQ,

00:57 we're in State College, Pennsylvania,

00:58 so we have our State College, Pennsylvania

01:00 notifications turned on.

01:01 But maybe we don't necessarily need them today

01:04 for Hays, Kansas.

01:05 You can go into edit locations and remove Hays.

01:08 Hopefully this helps you,

01:10 and we will always be here to help you through the storms.

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