Weather Notifications via Pushover

Submitted by wd5m on Thu, 2026-05-07 05:48

May 6, 2026 - FWD Messaging Group Discontinued

Pushover lowered messaging limits has forced us to discontinue the FWD 46 county messaging group. We sent more than 10,000 messages to the FWD group in April. If you are subscribed to the FWD Pushover message group, please login to Pushover and unsubscribe. Then use the form below to subscribe to select geographic (COG) message groups. Moving FWD CWA subscriptions to specific geographic regions will reduce the total number of messages sent by our account. The FWD message group will be deleted soon.

To ensure the continued reliability of our weather alerts, we have recently added a new server to our delivery network. To complete this transition, all users must manually move their subscription to the new system. Please follow the two-step process below to stay connected.

Step 1: Unsubscribe from the Old Service

Log in to your Pushover Dashboard.
Navigate to the Subscriptions section.
Locate the WX5FWD application, click Edit or Unsubscribe, and confirm by clicking Unsubscribe.
Important: Before leaving, copy your User Key (a 30-character alphanumeric code). You will need this for the next step.

Step 2: Re-subscribe to the New Server

Come back to this page, wx5fwd.org/Pushover.
Fill out the form, shown below, selecting your desired channel, enter your User Key, along with your name and affiliation.
Submit the form to reactivate your alerts

Managing your Subscription

While you can stop notifications by deleting the Pushover app, using the form below is the preferred method for managing or removing specific WX5FWD alert channels.

Need Help?

If you have any questions or run into issues during the resubscription process, please contact us at wx5fwd.org/contact.

Best regards,

The WX5FWD SKYWARN® Team

Weather notifications are available from our Weather Message Server by way of the Pushover App. Notifications are available for the geographic areas that are based on the Council of Government (COG) Regions.

You can use either the Pushover phone 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 via the link buttons below.

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).

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.

Space Weather - alerts, watches, and warnings are available under the NOAA-SPACE topic.

Note: Subscriptions from this form will NOT appear in your Pushover subscriptions dashboard. WX5FWD Pushover group subscriptions will be managed via this form in the future. We urge Pushover dashboard subscribers to unsubscribe on the Pushover dashboard, and re-subscribe subscriptions using this form.

Choose a channel below, enter your Pushover User Key, and Name/Affiliation to start receiving weather notifications.

Before using this form, login to Pushover.net and UNSUBSCRIBE from all WX5FWD channels you have previously subscribed.

Action *

＋ Subscribe

－ Unsubscribe

Notification Channel *

Pushover User Key *

How to find your Pushover user key:

Go to pushover.net and log in to your account.
Your User Key is shown on your dashboard immediately below your name.
It is a 30-character string of letters and numbers — for example: uAbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUvWxYz123
Copy the key exactly as shown and paste it into the field below.

Don’t have a Pushover account yet? Sign up free and install the app on your phone or desktop to start receiving notifications (30-day free trial, then a one-time $5 purchase).

The 30-character key found on your Pushover account dashboard.

Name *

Your name and affiliation (County EOC, ARES, Ham Callsign, etc), used to identify you in the channel roster (max 200 chars).

Install the Pushover app if you don’t already have it, or use the Pushover.net Desktop web interface.

Go to the app store of your phone’s flavor,
Search for and download Pushover to your device.

Login or Signup on Pushover.net. Free for 30 days.
Subscribe to one or more topics shown above.

SMS text messages and email are not supported.

Due to the cost and delivery issues, we do not offer notifications over SMS text messaging or email. Only the Pushover application is supported.

If you qualify, similar alert messaging for weather products may be available from inws.ncep.noaa.gov. Also refer to www.weather.gov/enterprise/sw-alerts-text-1b. Click on NWS Weather Forecast Office Product Listing for a complete list of their products.

DISCLAIMER

This service is provided by the WX5FWD SKYWARN® Team without any promise or guarantee. We recommend having multiple methods to receive severe weather warning notifications.