Published by American Red Cross on 2023-01-30
What is Tornado?
The American Red Cross Tornado app is a comprehensive solution to help you prepare for a tornado and its aftermath. It is available for free in English and Spanish and provides step-by-step instructions, customizable alerts, and interactive quizzes to help you be ready for a tornado. The app also includes a map with open Red Cross shelters and other weather-related layers.
1. The American Red Cross tornado app is the complete solution you need to understand and prepare for a tornado and all that comes with it.
2. • Easy to view alert feed with the ability to remove alerts.
3. • Simple step-by-step instructions to help you know what-to-do even if the cell towers and TVs are down.
4. • Map with open Red Cross shelters and other weather-related layers.
5. Get your family and home ready for a tornado.
6. • Customizable alerting and push notification options.
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
Install Tornado: American Red Cross app on your Windows in 4 steps below:
Download a Compatible APK for PC
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Get APK for PC → | American Red Cross | 3.64 | 3.18.0 |
For Windows 11, check if there's a native Tornado Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:
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Get Tornado on Apple macOS
Download | Developer | Reviews | Rating |
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Get Free on Mac | American Red Cross | 413 | 3.64 |
Download on Android: Download Android
- Free and available in English and Spanish
- Audible siren when NOAA issues a Tornado warning for any of your monitored locations
- Customizable alerting and push notification options
- Easy to view alert feed with the ability to remove alerts
- Simple step-by-step instructions for before, during, and after a tornado
- Help distant friends and family in tornado alley with ability to receive tornado watch and warning alerts based on their location from NOAA
- Map with open Red Cross shelters and other weather-related layers
- Learn how to assemble an emergency kit for your family in the event of power outage or evacuation
- Learn to make and practice an emergency plan to reduce stress and anxiety
- Interactive quizzes to earn badges and show off your tornado knowledge
- Know the difference between a watch and a warning
- Learn how to deal with food and water impacted by floods and power outages
- Share your safety status with customizable “I’m Safe” notification through social media, text, and email
- Toolkit’s strobe light, flashlight, and audible alert functions to let others know where you are.
- Customizable notifications for specific weather events
- Ability to choose how to be notified and how close the event needs to be before notification
- Useful for protection from severe weather
- Issues reported in June 2018 have not been addressed or fixed
- Notifications can be confusing and not always accurate
- App has quirks with selecting which number to call or text in case of emergency
- Recent updates have caused daily pop-up alerts about location access, which can be annoying
This is the one to get if you live in tornado alley
Contact phone number choices MUST be fixed!
Needs improvements
All things must pass....