Free 24-hour SMS for the next Central New York storm.
When the next lake-effect snow watch, ice storm advisory, or winter storm warning hits Onondaga, Madison, Cayuga, or Oswego County, we open a free 24-hour SMS bypass. Get the same scanner-grade alerts our paying subscribers get, free, for as long as the storm is active.
What the free 24-hour pass unlocks
The same real-time alert stream our paying subscribers get, sent to your phone for the duration of the storm event.
Live Scanner Alerts
Fire, EMS, police, and road incidents from our P25 scanner pipeline. Plain English. Geocoded to your zip.
NWS Storm Updates
Lake-effect snow bands, ice accretion forecasts, winter storm warnings as they upgrade. Sourced from NWS Buffalo and Binghamton offices.
Outage and Road Closures
National Grid, NYSEG, and Onondaga County 511NY closures. Centro reroutes. Syracuse Hancock and Greater Rochester airport status.
School Closing Notices
Syracuse City, Liverpool, North Syracuse, West Genesee, Westhill, F-M, J-D, Baldwinsville, OCC, SU. The full Onondaga County district list.
How the free pass works
You text in your number
Reserve the pass today, before any storm hits. Takes about ten seconds. Standard A2P SMS opt-in.
NWS issues a watch
The moment a winter storm watch, lake-effect snow watch, or ice storm advisory is posted for your county, the pass auto-activates.
You get the alerts
Critical alerts come instantly. Routine alerts are batched. We never text you for ad reasons during the pass window.
Pass expires automatically
Twenty-four hours after the last NWS advisory clears, the pass auto-pauses. You can keep getting daily alerts free, or upgrade to Pro for unlimited storm passes year-round.