Send your contacts severe weather alerts
Quick action is often needed in severe weather situations, and Text-Em-All can help you get your information out fast. By using our service, you can immediately send a mass text message or voice message to your contacts, notifying them of weather advisories, cancellations, shelter notices, evacuations, or safety/precautionary instructions.
You can also create and save customized emergency alerts in advance to increase your response time in an emergency.
Here are some good use cases:
Remind tenants to drip their faucets
Inform contacts that classes, sports, or events are canceled due to local weather warnings
Notify your contacts that they need to evacuate the area
Ensure everyone knows to take shelter immediately in the event of a tornado or hurricane
Send follow-up messages to inform contacts that the weather has passed
How our service works
Understand the results of your broadcasts
See exactly who answered, who received a voicemail, and whose numbers aren’t working anymore. All survey results will be compiled automatically into an easy-to-understand graph. We also provide detailed reports on billing history, usage, opt-outs, phone number history, credit balance, and text activity.
3 Benefits to sending weather alerts by text
Fast and efficient communication
With mass texting, you can send a message to as many contacts as you need to within minutes. This ensures that quick action can be taken in critical events such as severe weather warnings.
Real-time updates
Using a mass texting service allows you to keep your contacts in the loop throughout the severe weather, and ensures your contacts are constantly taking precautions against imminent threats. Some severe weather, such as hurricane flooding or fire weather, can last for days, so being able to provide real-time updates is a massive benefit to text message alerts.
Gather responses with two-way texting
By using two-way texting, you can easily hold conversations with your contacts during extreme weather instead of being in the dark about whether they understand your message or not. You could even send out a survey to gain insight into whether your contacts are taking the proper precautions for the weather.
For example, during a freeze, you could send a message to your tenants asking if they're dripping their faucets and to respond "YES" if they are.
Questions about severe weather alerts
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How do I send an emergency weather text alert to my contacts?
After you've created your account, it's easy to send weather alerts through a mass text or voice broadcast. Simply choose your plan, add your contacts, create your message, and send. We suggest monitoring your responses and notifications after sending your broadcast to ensure you can provide help to those in need or with questions.
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What should I include in my severe weather message?
In general, a severe weather alert message should include information about the type of weather event, its severity, and the areas affected.
Here are some other things you should include in your message regarding severe weather:
• Explanation: Provide a clear explanation of the situation, and why it's important to take the necessary precautions. You can quickly gather this information from your local weather warnings issued by the national weather service.
• Instructions: Give clear instructions on what your contacts should do given the situation (i.e. drip their faucets, take shelter, or evacuate).
• Emergency contact information: Make sure to include contact information your tenants can reach out to if they need assistance during the emergency or if they have any questions.
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What are some benefits of sending a weather alert via text?
One of the primary benefits of sending a weather alert via text message is immediacy. When emergencies strike, the situations often require quick action, and using text ensures that everyone will receive alerts quickly.
Another benefit is the accessibility of texting. While in this day and age, not everyone may not be watching cable or listening to a radio, most people have mobile devices and can receive text messages.
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Can I target my severe weather alert message to be sent to specific groups?
Yes, at Text-Em-All, you can segment your contact list and send customized messages to different groups of recipients based on factors such as location or role. For example, a school may want to send different messages to their students, staff, and parents.
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Can I include images or videos in my severe weather alert messages?
Yes. Both Pay-As-You-Go and monthly accounts can send MMS messages. To send an MMS message as a monthly account, users will need to accept add-on charges.
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