Weather Notifications via ntfy app or web browser
Automatic weather update and warning notifications from the Norman Warning Forecast Office are available from the WX5FWD Weather Message "ntfy" service. This system is currently under development for products from the Norman Warning Forecast Office (WFO), so expect changes and possibly a few issues.
Notifications are available for the entire OUN County Warning Area (CWA). Future enhancements will add ntfy topics for selected areas of the CWA based loosely on Oklahoma senate districts, plus the Texas counties in the OUN CWA. The selected areas will be for those who are not interested in receiving every notification in the entire CWA.
You can use either the ntfy app or a web browser to receive notifications. The app is available from both the Apple Store and the Google Play Store. Both the app and web browser versions are configured by subscribing to a topic. Note: Topic names are case sensitive
What notifications will you be receiving?
- Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) - is a product from the local NWS office, for the media and emergency management. This product contains Key Messages regarding the weather for both the short- and long-term period (today and the next 5-7 days).
- Special Weather Statements - issued for hazards that have not yet reached warning or advisory status or that do not have a specific code of their own. Commonly used when radar indicates a strong thunderstorm is producing small hail or high winds whose strength does not reach the criteria to be designated a severe thunderstorm.
- Severe Weather Warnings - includes warnings issued for Flash Flooding, Severe Thunderstorms, and Tornado Warnings.
- Winter Weather Notifications - includes watches, warnings, and advisories issued for Blizzards, Blowing Snow, Freezing Rain, Heavy Snow, Ice Storms, Lake Effect Snow, Lake Effect Blowing Snow, Sleet, Snow, Snow and Blowing Snow, Wind Chill, Winter Storm, and Winter Weather.
- Free Text Message (FTM) Notifications - WSR-88D Radar Outage Notification
WX5FWD SKYWARN® Team Weather Message Server Topic Names
ntfy Server Name: https://ntfy.wx5fwd.net
| ntfy Topic Names | Coverage Area / Counties |
|---|---|
| OUN |
Oklahoma: Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Washita, Woods, Woodward
Texas: Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger |
| OUN_EAST | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole |
| OUN_NORTH | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay |
| OUN_NORTHCENTRAL | Logan, Kingfisher, Noble, Payne |
| OUN_NORTHWEST | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward |
| OUN_OKC | Cleveland, Oklahoma |
| OUN_SOUTH | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Murray |
| OUN_SOUTHEAST | Garvin, Hughes, Pontotoc |
| OUN_SOUTHWEST | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Stephens |
| OUN_TEXAS | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger |
| OUN_WEST | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Grady, McClain |
| OUN_WSW | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita |
| Selected Individual Counties in OUN CWA [Click Contact to request more individual counties] | |
| OUN_CADDO | Caddo County |
| Surrounding Forecast Offices | |
| TSA | Tulsa Oklahoma County Warning Area |
| AMA | Amarillo Texas County Warning Area |
| WxMesg_FWD | North Texas County Warning Area. Also see wx5fwd.org/ntfy |
| Sun Activity / Space Weather | |
| Space | NOAA Space Weather alerts and warnings that could impact radio communications |
Get the ntfy app if you don't already have it.
- Go to the app store of your phone's flavor,
- Search for and download ntfy to your device.
Configuring the ntfy app
- Open your ntfy app,
- Click the
icon in the bottom right corner of the app, - In the General Section, change the default server to https://ntfy.wx5fwd.net,
- Click "Save" and then return to the
screen. - Click on the "+" symbol in the upper right corner,
- Enter the ntfy case sensitive topic name found in the table above, that suits your area of interest (e.g., OUN_WEST),
- Enable the
for "Use another server," - Enter https://ntfy.wx5fwd.net for the Service URL and press
.
I run iOS and my screen is not refreshing, what now?
Be aware there is a known issue with the iOS app where the Notification Screen may not show the correct count of alerts, or tell you there are no alerts. The author is unfamiliar with how to program the screen refresh on iOS. You can try pulling down the screen to see if the screen refreshes. It may or may not.