Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter demonstrates how the free AccuWeather app provides you with fast alert notifications to keep you informed ahead of time from looming severe weather threats in your area.
00:00AccuWeather meteorologists have been stressing for days ahead of other sources the concerns about flash flooding this weekend across a broad part of the country from the Midwest to the Ohio Valley and also toward the Appalachians as well where heavy rainfall can result in flash flooding.
00:22There are many tools in the free AccuWeather app to help you be best prepared for weather events and to stay safer. That's what we do here at AccuWeather, help you to make the best weather impacted decisions and stay safer when you download the free AccuWeather app. We'll go over to Charleston, West Virginia today. You can notice that's on the top, but you can tap there and put in any zip code around the country or any city around the country, around the world to get your latest local AccuWeather forecast with proven superior accuracy.
00:49Our midi-cast, minute-by-minute weather for your specific location out to the next four hours is right on that home screen. And then hourly, daily and interactive radar and maps, news and other content at the bottom.
01:01I'm going to go into our daily forecast and look at the language we're using here in Charleston as we headed toward Saturday. You could tap on any day and more details show up over on the right hand side.
01:11A thick cloud cover, very humid, a couple showers and a heavy thunderstorm. Watch for flash flooding. That's a wording that has been added by AccuWeather expert meteorologists to help people be best prepared.
01:22Many times I see people like to screen capture, take a screen picture of this on their phone or mobile device and send it via SMS or email to their friends and encourage them to download the AccuWeather app.
01:34Another great tool is to tap on the upper left hand corner and go into settings, manage notifications and make sure government alerts are on so we can deliver those warnings to your device.
01:46AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings. Download the free AccuWeather app today.
