KPRC 2 Storm Tracker

The KPRC 2 weather app is far superior to the app included with the iPhone. The ability to easily see the weather radar, and zoom in and out on it lets me accurately predict rain for my exact location for the next hour or two. And the ability to turn on/off layers such as lightning strikes is also a great feature. I also have a few other locations across the country as favorites, allowing me to quickly see the weather in remote locations where my daughters live.

w t h happened?! woke up this morning to an available update for this weather app, right before we’re to expect significant rain etc. from tropical storm, & so I thought to go ahead with update so I would be better prepared. BIG MISTAKE! everything’s changed, & not for the better. No longer able to find+read weather update post, or navigate to different sections using icon bar at bottom of screen, radar is a joke now devolving into a cheap 2D map where any little touch either completely stops motion that i have to then press play to start again or it thinks I want specific weather info for a spot it thinks i pinned on the map. where did satellite map go? why can’t i at least zoom in & out & pan area without having radar stop motion & force me to waste precious time having to press play constantly?! the homepage is one big hub for 3rd party advertisers now, “video forecast” launches 30sec ad before playing yesterday’s “update”. like, CMON! who approved this?! this layout is NOT user friendly & is a giant let down for those of us who have been relying on it during storm events for ease of use & convenient radar updates. PLEASE FIX NOW. I’m having to look to competing weather apps & news stations for something better because this is a HUGE disappointment to put it mildly.

I like having quick access to current weather conditions through the maps and radar. I often use this app to check weather conditions before we leave to go swimming at the local pool. If there is a way to remove the blue menu bar on the right side of the screen, that would really improve our use of this app. The menu bar obscures 20% of the viewing screen and contributes nothing to our understanding of the current conditions. If the menu bar could be removed while viewing the maps and radar feedback, that would be great. Maybe a swipe left or right to add or subtract the blue bar? Also, I don’t like moving ads on the screen. They are annoying and distracting. I realize you need to have ads to support the website, but the moving ads are irritating and counterproductive to many users.

The updated app is such a disappointment. It’s filled with advertisements, the screens are too busy and visually overwhelming. I get notifications to my phone and when I click on them they open to the alerts page where it says no alerts today. I’m not even sure what the app is notifying me of. It’s useless distraction now, instead of helpful local weather information I don’t get the written forecast from the meteorologists like I did before. Its not always convenient to watch a video and the small weather summary was my main use for the app. And this removed my primary means of tracking daily weather It was my favorite weather app, because it was local and gave me something no other app did. Now it’s like all the others. It’s a big let down. Channel 2 has always been my go to for local news and weather. This just feels like it’s lost its way.

I completely agree with every single word from the other reviewer about the changes that have been made to the storm tracker weather app! Line for line, their review accurately describes the inadequacies we are now stuck with. It is AWFUL!!! What a horrible downgrade on all fronts from the previous version. It is so bad that I thought I had been hacked and quickly deleted the app. That’s how I ended up here, to reinstall the app, only to find out that this IS the NEW version of the app. Now, I just feel less informed and completely abandoned by those that I trusted. Is this because Frank left? Is this some foreshadowing to other future inadequacies that we will have to deal with in Frank’s absence? How can I trust your thinking when your thinking gave us this??? What is going on at Channel 2??? Bring back the original version of the app. Please!!! Me & my family relied on it everyday. The new version is not worthy of being an “app”.

As a longtime user of the channel 2 Storm Tracker app, I just wanted to say that i absolutely HATE the new app! I have always turned to this app for all the updates regarding Texas weather, especially Houston and the surrounding areas. It was easy to navigate, immensely better than the other local stations and I could always find everything I was needing to know. This may be the newest cutting edge technology, but it is so crowded now, that you can’t see the forest for the trees! Instead of being easy and quick to find out the daily weather updates, I’ve taken to looking and the other 2 local stations weather apps for what I’m looking for. I realize this is just one person’s opinion, which may not count for much, but sometimes too much information, can cloud the whole picture. I’m really disappointed! Sincerely, Deborah Cook

I wasn’t too thrilled with the new interface when I woke up this morning. What happened to the clean interface? The new one looks like it is cluttered with ads, when they are actually links to other features of the app. I have to think twice before clicking them. The colors on the links are too noisy with the reds and the blues in the graphics. You can do better. I don’t see the update section that came with the previous version. Was this taken out? Sometimes I don’t have time to watch the video, but the short summary always helped. The radar is still good. I like being able to scroll through the motion. I will only keep the app to see if improvements are made.

The update feature is great. It’s a quick 3-4 paragraph snapshot of weather commentary on what’s coming our way. Frank is excellent at this and is always informative. Other weather folk have their own style but get the message across. Then there’s those folks who think the update is tacit permission to say a few words about the weather and then refer you to their TV News broadcast later in the day for details. I’m checking the update before I head for work and “details from 4 to 7” is not a weather update. It’s a commercial for the broadcast and a waste of time. I thought this kind of lead in was a gimmick from the past. Frank’s team should be better than this.

FrankDoes his best To let Houston and outlying areas search is Anahuac Tomball Hankamer and other areas around Houston and other areasAround Houston he lets us know when there’s a storm trying to brew up out in the Atlantic coming off so and he tells us one of the partners going to change and we’re going to get showers or thunderstorms after the golf I’m coming off of the West Coast Anna Frank like to give you a whole heartedly thank you very much for all the hard work you do

I miss the earlier version’s opening page. I could choose the location that I needed to look into, check the current conditions, tomorrow’s forecast, and the ten day forecast —all from the initial page. This version makes me work harder to get that information, and I don’t think that the addition of photos and/or videos is a good trade-off for that simple clean design. I realize that younger users (I’m 68) love pictures, and other bells and whistles, etc. However, I find an image of a person with an umbrella less than informative.

Previously the app was easy to navigate and easy to read on the screen. I actually recommended it to family and friends from outside the Houston area. I travel a lot for work and it was my go to for local weather wherever I was. No longer! Last week it starting showing me in Houston when I was in Austin. Then late last week it was updated and it is horrendous. What idiot thought this was a good idea?? All the nav “buttons” at the bottom of the screen are gone. You now have to go to the hamburger in the upper left corner and look at a menu. The background is now black and the sections are smaller and take up less real estate so they could add ads in between the sections. Will be deleting this app now.

The media and the Good Samaritans have been the heroes during this unprecedented weather event. The local governments and our first responders have also been working to help people in distress but overall the govt at all levels does not seem to have prepared for the worst. All the journalists and the media have been braving the weather conditions and shining a light on all that is going on keeping us informed as this major weather events have unfolded. The role of global warming and the extreme nature of weather events was not discussed but these events will likely become common weather events as our globe continues to heat up and urban areas expand. We are very grateful to Chanel 2 and all media helping us to keep us informed with the help of their meteorologists who have been absolute heroes. Hats off to Frank and his crew. You guys were absolutely the best. Thank you so much for all you do.

they completely rebuilt the interactive map with an uglier, less intuitive, layer list, THAT HAS LESS FEATURES! and not just some of the less important ones. the new map doesn't have a built in hurricane tracker(relegating the hurricane tracker to a different page that is basically just a picture)and the storm tracks are lacking in relevant information and are very ugly. this app has been neutered, much like the weather channel app, expect in this case its a cheaply made update that removed the features, instead of paywalls blocking them (which i honestly respect more). I wont be reinstalling until they pay to build a modern and functional weather app. i would recommend you do the same.

We are very pleased with Channel 2 News weather reports. Every metererologist is very knowledgeable, thorough and concise with their reports on the effects of Hurricane Harvey. We have been glued to the TV each time they have an update on the storm. Excellent work to say the least! Always a pleasure to watch each one of them! We are blessed to have them work for us! I thank the entire staff at Channel 2 for keeping us informed, so that we can plan each day accordingly. Thank you all for being such great friends we can depend on!😍

For whatever reason (probably because the same clueless app developer is developing all weather apps), the forecasted temperatures are wrong, every day. It’s 45 degrees right now. But my forecast says the low is supposed to be 62 today. I guarantee the low TOMORROW morning will be 62. The forecast isn’t done by the 24 hour period, like it should be. It is done by daylight and dark hours. A DAY’s forecasted high and low should be forecasted between 12am and 11:59 PM of that day. But this app will show the low today as being whatever the low temp is tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning. TWC app does it as well. WeatherBug used to, but it appears they fixed it shortly after I brought it to their attention.

I LOVE this app. KPRC’s meteorologists put together regular daily updates; this adds a nice personalized touch because I watch KPRC News daily and can hear the meteorologists' voices as I read each update. More importantly, these updates contain **useful** information. The execution of this app is impressive and I’m proud of the KPRC team; this team is the cream of the crop when it comes to local news (the meteorologists, developers, EVERYONE involved in creating this app). Go Houston!

I really love this app. It is accurate and consistent. I also love the fact that it has a live background as well. Would love to see more different backgrounds as well. For example, freezing rain or winter mix should have different backgrounds than just rain. One other thing I would do with the app is show the evening/night forecast as well, not just the day and have to Waite for evening to come. I would definitely recommend this app to all my friends and family, especially if it makes theses changes!

The ONLY weather app that always start with full screen image of the meteorologist that hangs on for a few seconds. This is always followed with the app crashing on my Phone X. I have then to start the app again, which then works fine. This happens all the time. Do I really have to get my phone out of my pocket several times each day (and night) to check for important notification just to find that this app is telling me “ great weather” or “the dry weather continues” or “mild rain close to your location” .. I allow notifications only to know about severe weather. I got rid of this problem by disabling notifications. I keep this app only because of the live radar is good.

I have four weather apps on my phone and this used to be my favorite. It was sleek and easy to use and had the best radar display. Now the home page overwhelming to look at with too many graphics, video, radar, ads, etc. When I click through to current conditions, there’s just too many tabs and too much information. Also, the settings and location buttons are so tiny, close together and in the very top right corner making them difficult to press. If this app wasn’t free, I’d delete it.

I recently found this app and loved the simplicity of it. When you’d wake in the morning there was an update waiting to tell you about the weather in your area. The radar was simple and accurate over YOUR current location. I could easily see the forecast 48 hrs & 10 days. All very simple and easy on the eyes unlike most other weather apps. Today I woke and it’s completely revamped. The morning weather report is gone, there are pop ups on every screen I click, advertisements all over the view. It’s all hard on the eyes and now everything is buried within pages. Looks like every single other weather app.

WHAT HAPPEND?!?!?! As someone who loves geography the map was amazing with street bands and locations all over the world. Also there is weather all over the world. Now however we have a crappy map that is all white. As a Katy-Houstonion I am very mad that they say the twin woods are now being called “ resavoirs “ they r not. Also going back to the weather part.. witch is what the whole app is about. It’s not accurate and at the moment hurrican berel is coming straight for us. AND WE CANT EVEN SEE IT. And the weather we can see is completely wrong and is only in the Houston area. To finish out all country’s are written in there respectful laugnguage. ( sorry for all bad spelling )

Love my Channel 2 Weather APP! I love getting alerts to know when rain is near and being able to watch the radar check today tomorrow and a 10 day forecast. This time of year and Houston it's also great to be able to track the hurricanes. This is one of only a few apps that will still work on my older iPad. Thank you channel 2!

I added Frank’s app while watching the weather on KPRC2, and now I check it several times throughout the day. It helps me know how to dress, even just going from Texas City to Galveston daily. Not only do I get my own dependable forecast, I’ve added my children’s locations in MI and OR so I know how to pack when visiting. The added feature of a morning pop-up is a bonus too! Thanks Frank and KPRC2 😁

Thanks Weather people. I love maps! It is so much fun to travel the world using your maps... Thank you, Frank, for signing me up with daily forecasts and/or what’s happening at the exact moment in time outside my door. Your kindness in taking care of our city (and me) is really heartwarming. It is a wonder to be able to connect with all of you! I am glad you are my cyber friends! Marian

I had this app for years, when Bill’s face was on the cover and recently. But I noticed the last week or so the app changed everything. I did not like it, not sure why they did the changes on the view, but it was more practical to see the radar where the rain was, very accurate but now is not the same 😞. For that reason I took it out and I’m using now abc weather app, which remains me the old days of this one.

The site has kept my family updated and safe. For example, there was a break in the weather and my wife and I thought to drive to college station to drop off items for our two boys. We were on N 99 approaching 290 and the site immediately alerted us and warned us on a tornado. We immediately turned around and went back home. Thank you

This new version could have used a tutorial. Took me days to figure it out. I don’t like the new radar map. Today the app says we have a 20% chance of rain all day and my husband’s app (old version) says we have a 71% chance! Hmm… which one do we go by? This is the reason I can’t give a better rating. When you fix one of the apps to sync with the other to give the exact same info, then I will be happy to update my rating.

For YEARS, this has been my go to app for weather. YEARS!!! I have told my family and friends to use this app and could always get faster and better info from this than from any other app. However, I found today, my widget - on my FIRST screen of my iPhone, (that’s how important it has been to me), was no longer working. What I found was a cluttered update and there is also no longer a widget available. This app will need to be fixed ASAP for me to continue to use. I will give an updated review if this app improves and a widget becomes available again.

Thank you for this great weather app! I use it all over the country when I travel. Not just in HOUSTON! And the alerts for my business to keep everyone safe. The doplar radar is very good and I can spot storms and where they are in real time, where they are going and warn my staff in other areas of town when weather gets crazy.

This has been my go to weather app for radar and forecasting for years. It was always quick to look at the 10 day, hour by hour, and radar. With today’s update the UI is overly cluttered. Gone are the clear navigational buttons at the bottom, instead you need to use the slide out menu from the left or scroll through what looks like a cheap blog template littered with ads. Time to find a different forecast app.

Love being able to check the weather anytime I want. One of the first things I do in the morning! Only thing I have trouble with is when I upgraded some time ago I can no longer get the full page radar. The side panel stays there. I go to 2 Hurricane and use their radar.

This was a great app when I first got it a couple of years ago- now, it is constantly tinkered with making the content I liked so much difficult to find. Much like Weather Underground It is quickly driving me away. As of today the layout o. The home page is botched up again and no longer shows the 10 day forecast- one of my favorite pieces of info. Now I have to go click around to get to it - the home page layout was great but now barely gets two stars and a “poor” rating. Time to move to another app

Really dislike the update. I even went to download other channel weather apps to try and find some sort of similarity to the old version. Now this new tracker ..it just looks like the others cluttered, and not as easy to navigate. I use to like the hurricane information in the same app as well now I have to download a whole other app again. Yall had a good one stop trying to be like everyone else with these lame features and useless extra stuff.

Frank retired. Immediately afterwards this app changed. Both are bad for Houston but the app change is catastrophic. This was a 5 star app. WAS. Information went from easily viewed in one place to requiring multiple taps and confusing to find. And oh my its dated appearance — it’s like using current day coding to create a website that looks like one from 1997. I had multiple cities saved to check weather but this update deleted them. For the love of our safety, please please please change the app back to what it was before this update ruined it.

What happened to this app? When I bring it up now, its turned sideways so you have to read it vertically instead of horizontally I could before. If I bring up radar, it then comes up horizontally on the ipad so I have to turn it again horizontally. Radar also used to constantly be in motion but now you have to press a button to get it to move. The whole layout is now more frustrating and stuff is harder to find with the constant reorienting required now.

I wish I could go back to the previous weather app. This new one is the worst! No longer do I have a quick, easy to read radar and future cast radar. This one has ads, is complicated and takes too much time to find what you want, especially in a weather emergency. I will delete it as soon as I research the others. I loved it back when I could see lightning strikes on radar, traffic road conditions and when I resesrched earthquakes around the world! Everything was quick! Why did you have to ruin it…

The old version worked perfectly. The new version is poorly designed, doesn’t work properly and the layout is difficult to read. I’m uninstalling it and moving on. GAVE IT A SECOND LOOK. I was previously very disappointed in the new design but gave it a second look today and see a big improvement. I'm happy again, thanks for working out the bugs.

It’s mid 2024 and, whomever managed this project should be terminated immediately. With all of the new style phones and folding screens and iPads/smart pads/google pads etc. to believe that you have improved your product by making it only work in portrait mode is a bust. I was a big fan of the KPRC news app, the previous weather app, and the hurricane app. I have now deleted every app associated with KPRC and will no longer even consider them news worthy. Maybe that’s why Frank is leaving. Do a little research…

After recent changes to this app, which was my favorite weather app, the lightning indicator and the storm direction detector are missing now. The lightning tracker has been especially missed, as it sent out lightning notices as lightning approached, and helped keep us safer by knowing lightning was so close. This is important feature which should be restored, as well as the storm tracker with directional icons part.

If you’ve ever lived in Houston are the surrounding communities in the last 20 years you know that Frank is the man to go to when it comes to whether he’s articulate and gets down to the necessities of what we need to be looking for in our forecast. Don’t waste your time clicking channels stay with Frank and you’ll never regret whether it’s a bright sunny day or a strong thunderstorms he’s your man

Frank does a wonderful job of giving us the weather. I started with Looking to Frank for the Hurricane reports as We have property in Galveston. Since that time I now get warnings about weather in Flint Texas where we live. If he says rain will start in 10 minutes. It will start in 10 minutes. We’ve been able to get out of the car and into the house on more than one occasion because of Frank’s warning. I also like the information Frank share about weather, such as the Direcio that hit earlier this year. We very much enjoy the information he shares. By the way Frank’s forecasts are more accurate than the local weathermen. Sincerely Carol Runnels

The recent update has made this app seem cluttered, less intuitive, and just overall frustrating. Maybe I’m the only one. But I’ve loved using this app since it first came out, and it was simpler & less cluttered. The only issue I saw before the recent update is when you selected lightning on the radar, no lightning showed on the radar even though I could hear lots of thunder in my area. The new version at least is consistent for that. Just disappointed with this latest update.

Strongly dislike the updates to this app. Info is hard to find, prior stored locations are now gone and must be re-entered, radar is much harder to use, lightning tracker is not dependable, and temperature errors seem common (currently showing 75 deg at my current location and real temp is closer to 95). Go back to your old format while you create a real user friendly update and fix the bugs before you roll it out. Disappointing KPRC.

I love this app I use it when I travel so accurate I really appreciate the access to accurate information at a touch . It’s the best app for weather I have found I love the updates I recommend this app for all my friends and family. Thank you I trust my weather team to keep me posted on weather wherever I am.

We watch your tv news and weather and it’s so convenient to have it on our mobiles!! For up to date weather and news join us and add to your mobiles!! Thank you so much for making this possible to all of us!! 🥰

WHY would you change something that was so eloquent and complete. Such busy page when you open it now, it almost looks like a Vegas casino advertisement. The new radar is useless and the simple to read updates from meteorologists are no where to be found. Deleting this from my phone, such a shame as I was one of the first users since the app started. This is the perfect example of fixing things which weren’t even broken and ruining it.

I always choose channel 2 tv weather forecast, especially in the morning. Britta does the absolute best job of explaining current and forecast conditions. She does it honestly, clearly and professionally while including a delightful and positive impression. I would like to see all of your presentations include a radar view of the future time period. It is done on the weather channel, and is informative and specific more than words can convey..

I check this site every day so I’ll know what to wear for work. I work in a location where I’m subject to winds & high/low temperatures. I can always find the information I need right down to the hours I’ll need gloves, hat, extra layers of clothing or short/long sleeves. A must for me!

I cannot get a live radar anymore. Don’t fix what isn’t broken! I hate this app that I have used and trusted for years! Looking for any other app at this point for live local radar! Checking for updates on a possible tropical storm and prediction of rainfall…. Showed zero percent prediction. It’s that ironic when we are being predicted by EVERY Other weather station…. 5-10 inches possible. I guess, when we no longer have Frank…. We no longer have weather!!!😡

You know, the one where you undo most everything from the last update. This version looks like it wasn’t built for a phone or pad. Not sure what it is supposed to fit, but it is poorly laid out and overall clunky. This used to be my go to because of how well it was laid out, even when I traveling out of state. Guess I’ll see if Channel 11’s is any better… or maybe the song guy with Channel 39 has a better app??? We’ll see.