NWS Weather Alerts Widget

Home screen widget: displays weather alerts from the US National Weather Service

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Previous Versions

NWS Weather Alerts Widget 2.2.3 APK

March 5, 2026 2.73 MB

Requires Android: Android 7.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 194f0d5690f9f65fb682269a49d095c99f81774b

Size: 2.73 MB

What's New:

* Fixes a crash at boot on Android 14+

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NWS Weather Alerts Widget 1.1.4 APK

January 18, 2021 1.72 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: a1d5a625b5ece5f09aaa9a49e83404538f34f534

Size: 1.72 MB

What's New:

* Built against target API 30 (minimum API 14 still)
* Fix "waiting for feed download" after Dec 11, 2020 NWS requirements changes
* several crash fixes
* adaptive icon
Version 2.0 coming soon!

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NWS Weather Alerts Widget 1.1.3 APK

June 23, 2016 1.16 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Screen DPI: 160-240dpi

SHA1: 4990414fd5a3b7ee0864eb2aac5a7870673d58ba

Size: 1.16 MB

What's New:

version 1.1.3:
- NWS started requiring HTTPS to retrieve alert feeds. The app has been updated accordingly. This should fix the "Waiting for feed download" that never goes away.

version 1.1.2:
- fixes a crash when trying to retrieve an expired alert

version 1.1.1:
- The main app now tells you when there are no alerts to display instead of just showing a blank white screen

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NWS Weather Alerts Widget 1.1.2 APK

June 15, 2016 1.16 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Screen DPI: 160-240dpi

SHA1: 5877938bfa74847340d1ae0487e466441b18d3b2

Size: 1.16 MB

What's New:

version 1.1.2:
- fixes a crash when trying to retrieve an expired alert

version 1.1.1:
- The main app now tells you when there are no alerts to display instead of just showing a blank white screen

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NWS Weather Alerts Widget 1.1.1 APK

June 3, 2016 1.16 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Screen DPI: 160-240dpi

SHA1: 2f66c973ab50bcf97b6d23a8fc27191fe38d6b3a

Size: 1.16 MB

What's New:

version 1.1.1:
- The main app now tells you when there are no alerts to display instead of just showing a blank white screen

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NWS Weather Alerts Widget 1.1 APK

August 3, 2015 1.15 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Screen DPI: 160-240dpi

SHA1: d37bcb982d2fd1215c129c2f1489da7452e58275

Size: 1.15 MB

What's New:

version 1.1:
- Alert detail text is now rendered in the app in a format suitable for the device rather than loading the NWS site in your web browser when you tap on an alert.
- We no longer show a dummy alert box in the widget when there are no active alerts, making it easier to tell from a distance if there's a real alert or not.
- Added "tsunami" as a keyword for the wave icon.
- Added "freeze" and "frost" as keywords for the icicle icon.

version 1.0.5:

- Jelly Bean and Kit Kat fixes.

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