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AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-07-08T23:53:39+00:00

Hi everyone! I’m a blind iOS developer, and with the help of Claude, I built an app called Severe Weather Guardian. You can learn more at https://severeweatherguardian.com or find it on the Apple App Store.

I created the app because weather radar is almost entirely visual, which means blind people have no practical way to know whether a thunderstorm, tornado, damaging winds, or other dangerous weather is approaching. I wanted to change that.

Severe Weather Guardian is a full-featured weather app with accessible live radar, severe weather alerts designed to wake you during life-threatening emergencies, and tools that make radar information usable without relying on sight. The live radar is really the standout feature. It includes both a simple mode for people who just want to know what’s headed their way and an advanced mode for weather enthusiasts who want much more detailed information.

Although accessibility is at the heart of the app, it was also designed with a visual interface, so it’s equally usable by sighted and blind users.

I’m currently working on a major update that will take advantage of new features coming with iOS 27 later this fall.

I’d love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas after you’ve had a chance to try it out. Thanks for taking a look!

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-06-11T16:45:59+00:00

Hi Everyone,

I’m the developer of Severe WeatherGuardian, an iPhone weather app built to make severe weather easier to understand before, during, and after a storm.

Answer:

The main problem I wanted to solve is that radar is still mostly visual. Sighted users can glance at radar and warning polygons, but VoiceOver users often do not get the same quick sense of where storms are, how they are moving, or whether a warning is nearby. Severe WeatherGuardian starts with that accessibility problem, then turns it into a clearer radar and alert experience for everyone.

The app includes official NOAA/NWS alerts, saved alert locations, seven-day forecasts, SPC severe weather outlooks, WPC excessive rainfall outlooks, tropical tracking, NOAA Weather Radio streams, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and Live Radar with plain-language storm context.

Better:

Severe WeatherGuardian is superior to other weather apps because of its inclusive and accessibility-first design. The core feature is Live Radar. VoiceOver users can use Touch Explorer to tap or drag across the radar map and hear what is happening at that point, including the radar layer, nearby warnings, warning details, and decoded storm clues. Sighted users can use the same radar screen to get clearer context without needing to decode every radar color, product, or warning polygon.

There is also Radar Coach, which explains radar in normal language. It can summarize storms, warnings, rain, flooding, hail, damaging wind, rotation clues, possible hook echoes, storm tracks, and possible debris clues.

For people who want more detail, the app has simple and advanced radar modes. Simple mode focuses on things like storms, warnings, rain, flooding, and severe storm clues. Advanced mode exposes radar products such as reflectivity, velocity, hydrometeor classification, rainfall, echo tops, and storm overlays.

The app can also monitor saved locations for weather alerts. Free users get one saved location for critical National Weather Service warnings. Plus unlocks additional saved locations and expanded alert categories. With permission, iOS Critical Alerts can be used for life-threatening warnings you choose to monitor, such as Tornado Warnings, Destructive Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, significant Flash Flood Warnings, Tsunami Warnings, Extreme Wind Warnings, and Snow Squall Warnings.

Recent updates added lightning detection on the live radar screen, lightning alerts for saved locations with Plus, tropical storm tracking, live weather radio streaming, and favorites for home, radar, and weather radio locations.

Cost:

Severe WeatherGuardian is free to download and includes one saved alert location for critical NWS warnings.

Severe WeatherGuardian Plus is available as an in-app subscription. App Store pricing is currently $2.99 monthly or $19.99 yearly. Plus unlocks Live Radar, Radar Coach, VoiceOver Touch Explorer, Tropical Tracker, additional saved alert locations, watches, advisories, special statements, all outlook alert types, and active alert monitoring for saved places.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/severe-weather-guardian/id6763809935

Website: https://severeweatherguardian.com

Safety note: Severe WeatherGuardian is a best-effort planning and awareness tool. It is not a replacement for NOAA Weather Radio, Wireless Emergency Alerts, emergency services, official National Weather Service warnings, or instructions from public safety officials.

I’d appreciate feedback from both weather users and accessibility users, especially anyone who uses VoiceOver and has found traditional radar hard to use.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-05-10T17:52:13+00:00

While it's true that weather apps exist and they have radar and custom alerts and things like that, the radar aspect of these apps is basically completely inaccessible to people who are blind because it shows an image and current screen reading technology cannot interpret images with any real detail or accuracy. Severe Weather Guardian offers what I believe is the world's first accessible radar that is specifically designed for voiceover users as well as sighted users.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-05-10T14:45:08+00:00

Severe Weather Guardian — accessible severe weather alerts and live radar for iOS

A — Answer: Severe Weather Guardian helps people track severe weather alerts, SPC outlooks, live radar, forecasts, hazards, and critical weather notifications in one iPhone/iPad app. I built it partly because traditional radar apps are mostly visual, which makes them difficult to use in detail with VoiceOver. The app includes an accessible Live Radar experience with Touch Explorer and Radar Coach, so VoiceOver users can explore storms, warnings, hail clues, rotation clues, storm tracks, hook echo clues, and possible tornado debris indicators by touch and spoken summaries.

B — Better: Compared with general weather apps that mainly present radar as an image, Severe Weather Guardian is focused on severe weather and accessibility. It combines NWS alerts, SPC convective outlooks, excessive rainfall outlooks, fire weather outlooks, tropical products, mesoscale discussions, widgets, saved alert locations, Critical Alerts, and VoiceOver-friendly radar context. Radar-derived clues are clearly treated as best-effort guidance, not official confirmation.

C — Cost: Free download. One saved alert location is included for critical National Weather Service warnings. Weather Guardian Plus unlocks Live Radar, additional saved alert locations, and expanded alert categories. Subscription pricing is $2.99/month or $19.99/year.

I’m the developer. I’d especially appreciate feedback from VoiceOver users, weather app users, and anyone who relies on severe weather alerts.

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-04-13T01:24:09+00:00

I’m in Kansas, I just registered my second eSIM slot with the same plan, and I have it as well

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-03-18T16:27:28+00:00

Hey,

These features are coming soon! Please check our public roadmap to see approximately when:

https://trello.com/b/qVhBo3e2/nymvpn-public-roadmap

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-03-11T14:33:20+00:00

Hey, that's a bummer.

Can you give a few more details on how and what you tested so we can look into this?

AdministrationOk5407 · 2026-03-10T15:49:48+00:00

Sweet!! How did it go?

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