WeatherCall Services

What WeatherCall Services does

WeatherCall Services, LLC is a Plano, Texas-based, privately held weather alerting company founded in 2007 that monitors the National Weather Service's NOAA weather wire 24/7 and dispatches severe-weather notifications (phone calls, SMS, and email) only when a registered GPS location falls inside an NWS warning polygon. Its core product line — WeatherCall NexGen ($15/year, personal fixed-location), WeatherCall GPS ($99 hardware + $199/year, portable vehicles/RVs), WeatherCall Enterprise ($726+/year, business decision-makers with fire-panel integration), and WeatherCall for Schools ($199/year, K-12) — is supplemented by HazardCall (community messaging for manufactured housing, HOAs, and campgrounds), HazardAlarm (outdoor audible/visual alarms), and the IntelliSiren outdoor warning siren co-developed with TechTrol Inc. The company serves individuals, K-12 schools, manufactured housing and RV community operators, outdoor recreation venues, municipalities, and commercial/industrial enterprises, with a stated base of 100,000+ customers and 30M+ phone calls placed since founding. Revenue mechanics are predominantly low-priced annual subscriptions with hardware add-ons; the company has never raised institutional capital and remains founder/management-owned, with day-to-day operations run by an 11-person disclosed team led by founder/meteorologist Valerie Sanders and CTO/co-founder Mike Fannin.

Name

WeatherCall Services

Legal name

WeatherCall Services, LLC

Website

https://weathercallservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

WeatherCall Services is a privately held, Plano, Texas-based weather alerting company founded in 2007 that monitors the NOAA weather wire and notifies subscribers via phone, text, and email only when their registered GPS location falls inside an NWS warning polygon, serving individuals, schools, manufactured housing communities, RV parks, and commercial enterprises with subscription and hardware products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Severe Weather Alert Services

NAICS

Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Communications, Alerting & Public Warning Systems (HLAJAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting) (EUABALAJ), Crisis Management & Communications Support (Mass Notification) (BPABANAF)

Keywords

• Severe weather alerts
• Weather notification services
• Tornado warning alerts
• Lightning detection systems
• Outdoor warning sirens

Headquarters

HQ city

Plano

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. WeatherCall NexGen Subscription: Annual subscription service for fixed location weather alerts ($15/year). Includes tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, flash flood warnings, PDS watch notifications, and confirmed tornado alerts via phone, text, and email.
2. WeatherCall Enterprise Annual Monitoring: Annual subscription for business decision-makers with configurable warning types. Pricing: $726 for first warning type, $363 for second type/all-clear, $182 for each additional warning type. Includes geo-fence configuration from 1-20 miles.
3. WeatherCall for Schools: School-specific weather alert service at $199/year providing NWS warnings, lightning detection, and all-clear notifications for K-12 institutions.
4. WeatherCall GPS Hardware and Service: One-time GPS hardware purchase ($99) plus annual service ($199/year or $19.95/month). Includes portable weather alerts, lightning notifications, security/movement alerts, and real-time radar.
5. IntelliSiren Hardware and Subscription: One-time device purchase for outdoor warning sirens with annual activation/monitoring subscription. Optional add-ons include solar panels, additional speakers, and email/text alert packages.
6. HazardCall Community Service: Community-provided weather alert service for manufactured housing, RV parks, and campgrounds. Pricing is quote-based based on community size and features. Includes Community Broadcast feature for non-weather messaging.
7. Fire Panel Integration Relay Switch: Optional relay switch hardware (ControlByWeb WebRelay-Quad) required for fire panel integration, priced $190-$220 separately from WeatherCall Enterprise subscription.
8. Community Call Add-on Feature: Optional add-on feature for HazardCall that allows community managers to record and send voice messages as phone calls to residents, particularly useful for those without smartphones.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

WeatherCall Services operates a 24/7 severe weather alert platform that monitors the National Weather Service's NOAA weather wire and compares each subscriber's specific GPS location against NWS warning area polygons. When a tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, or lightning threat intersects a registered location, the system automatically delivers notifications by phone call, text message, and email. The portfolio spans personal subscriptions, portable GPS alert devices, enterprise and K-12 school alerting, community messaging for manufactured housing and campgrounds, and outdoor audible/visual warning hardware (HazardAlarm, IntelliSiren), with optional fire panel relay integration for enterprise customers.

Product overview

WeatherCall Services offers a portfolio of severe weather alert products delivering National Weather Service warnings via phone calls, text messages, and emails. The core WeatherCall line includes NexGen (@Home updated version), GPS (portable), Enterprise (business), and for Schools. HazardCall products serve community/housing managers with weather alerts and messaging features for RVs and campgrounds. Add-on products include HazardAlarm (outdoor audible/visual alarms), IntelliSiren (automated outdoor warning sirens), and Fire Panel Integration (connects to building fire control systems). All products are built around location-specific NWS warning monitoring 24/7/365, with the company motto 'Layers Save Lives®' emphasizing multi-source weather safety.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WeatherCall NexGen: Updated version of WeatherCall @Home for fixed locations with enhanced alerts for confirmed tornadoes, extreme severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds, and hail larger than golf balls. Includes Find Me feature.
• WeatherCall for Schools
• WeatherCall Enterprise
• WeatherCall GPS
• HazardCall
• HazardAlarm
• HazardCall RV
• IntelliSiren

Products and services

• WeatherCall NexGen Subscription weather alert service for fixed locations (homes/offices) that monitors National Weather Service warnings and delivers tornado (radar-indicated and confirmed), severe thunderstorm, flash flood, lightning, and PDS alerts via phone calls, text messages, and email with live radar access. Priced at $15/year.
• WeatherCall Enterprise Site-specific severe weather alert subscription for business decision-makers that monitors the exact GPS location for NWS warnings and delivers instant phone calls, texts, and emails; integrates with fire control panels via relay switches. Annual pricing starts at $726 per year for the first warning type.
• WeatherCall for Schools Weather alert and all-clear notification subscription for K-12 schools that monitors NWS warnings against the school's specific GPS address within a 1-mile zone and supports up to 5 phone contacts. Priced at $199/year.
• WeatherCall GPS Portable GPS-based weather and security alert subscription for vehicles, trucks, boats, buses, and RVs that uses an external GPS unit to deliver 24/7 hyper-local weather alerts, lightning alerts within 10 miles, security/movement alerts, and all-clear notifications via phone calls and texts. Pricing: $99 one-time GPS unit plus $199/year or $19.95/month service.
• HazardCall Community messaging and weather alert service for manufactured housing communities, mobile home parks, and HOAs that delivers 24/7 weather alerts and non-weather Community Broadcast messages (gas leaks, water shutoffs, community events) via phone calls, texts, and emails. Pricing is quote-based by community size.
• HazardCall for RVs GPS-based severe weather alert system designed for recreational vehicles that uses an external GPS unit to deliver tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, and lightning within 6 miles alerts nationwide regardless of phone signal, plus security/movement alerts.
• HazardCall for Campgrounds Weather monitoring and guest communication service for campgrounds providing advance storm warnings, live radar and forecasts, watch/warning notifications, check-in/check-out automation, and text-message specials and discounts. Compatible with HazardAlarm hardware for site alerts.
• IntelliSiren Automated outdoor warning siren system (Alarm, Park, and Community models) co-developed with TechTrol Inc. that auto-activates when its location falls inside a tornado polygon. Supports AC or solar power, voice messaging with up to 10 customizable audio files (Park model), and guest QR codes, with an annual activation/monitoring subscription.
• HazardAlarm Outdoor audible/visual alarm unit that plays white strobe for lightning and red strobe for tornado warnings, connects via cellular or WiFi with a 4-hour battery backup, and is housed in a NEMA-rated outdoor container. Optional Voice variant adds an external speaker (130 dB, audible up to 2,500 feet) with 10 customizable audio files and solar-power option.
• Fire Panel Integration Hardware integration service for WeatherCall Enterprise that connects the cloud alert service to existing fire control panels via the ControlByWeb WebRelay-Quad relay switch ($190-$220), automatically triggering connected devices such as flashing lights, audio alerts, digital signage, and pre-recorded messages upon NWS warnings and deactivating them on all-clear.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 million phone calls made since 2007, with 10% for nighttime tornado events
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TechTrol Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechTrol Inc. and WeatherCall Services partnered to create IntelliSiren®, an automated outdoor warning siren system. WeatherCall provides the weather monitoring and NWS warning integration while TechTrol provides the siren hardware. The siren auto-activates when the location is in a tornado polygon, powered by AC or solar, and sends cell phone notifications on activation or failure.
• National Weather Service (NWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationWeatherCall monitors the NWS NOAA weather wire 24/7 and delivers official NWS-issued warnings to subscribers. WeatherCall is an NWS Weather-Ready Nation ambassador. The company receives advance notification of impending weather threats from NWS for the 'Ready, Set, Go' concept, unique in consumer weather products.
• Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerWeatherCall/HazardCall exhibits at MHI Congress and Expo annually to reach manufactured housing community owners and managers. Partnership helps position HazardCall as the weather alert solution for the industry.
• ARVC (Association of RV Resorts & Campgrounds)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerWeatherCall exhibited at 2021 ARVC Annual Expo to reach RV park and campground operators with HazardCall for Campgrounds product.
• ControlByWebcoreTechnology or IntegrationControlByWeb WebRelay-Quad relay switch is the recommended hardware for WeatherCall Enterprise fire panel integration. The relay enables connection between WeatherCall's cloud service and existing fire control systems to trigger lights, alarms, and signage.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Regroup Mass Notification: Regroup provides a unified mass notification platform (app, SMS, voice, email, desktop) for higher education, healthcare, business, and government. Direct competitor to WeatherCall's enterprise and school weather-alert offerings.
• Earth Networks: Earth Networks operates the Sferic Maps lightning detection and weather monitoring network and sells real-time lightning and severe-weather alerting services to schools, parks, and outdoor venues — directly comparable to WeatherCall's lightning detection and outdoor venue products.
• Everbridge: Everbridge is a leading mass notification and critical event management platform delivering multi-channel alerts (SMS, voice, email) to enterprises, schools, and government. Directly comparable to WeatherCall's mass-notification capability for severe weather and crisis events.
• OnSolve: OnSolve provides mass notification, emergency communication, and crisis management software used by enterprises, schools, and government agencies to send multi-channel alerts. Direct competitor to WeatherCall Enterprise and HazardCall in the severe-weather and emergency alert space.
• Singlewire Software: Singlewire's InformaCast delivers mass notification across voice, text, email, and overhead paging for schools, healthcare, and enterprise — overlapping with WeatherCall Enterprise's fire-panel integrated multi-channel alerts.
• Rave Mobile Safety: Rave (now part of Motorola Solutions) offers emergency notification, 911 dispatch integration, and mass communication tools for schools, businesses, and public safety. Highly comparable to WeatherCall's school, enterprise, and community alert products.

Broad incumbents

• American Signal Corporation: American Signal Corporation (ASC) is a major manufacturer of outdoor mass notification siren systems for communities, military, and industrial sites. Comparable to WeatherCall's IntelliSiren line in addressing municipality and community weather warning needs.
• Federal Signal Corporation: Federal Signal designs and manufactures outdoor warning sirens (Modulator, E-Class) used by municipalities and industrial sites, overlapping with WeatherCall's IntelliSiren outdoor siren product line and the broader public-warning infrastructure market.
• AccuWeather: AccuWeather is a broad incumbent in consumer and enterprise weather forecasting with severe-weather alerting, premium subscriptions, and enterprise APIs. Competitor to WeatherCall on the consumer side and a complementary data provider for the broader weather alert ecosystem.
• Vaisala: Vaisala is a global leader in weather and environmental measurement, including lightning detection (GLD360) and thunderstorm alerting. Broad incumbent in the same weather-monitoring category WeatherCall serves for outdoor venues and municipalities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WeatherCall

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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