WARNING ALERTS · HELP

STEP-BY-STEP FOR YOUR DEVICE

Get a notification on your phone or computer when Jersey Met issues a new or upgraded weather warning. Pick your device below and follow the steps — it takes about a minute.

1 · WHAT ARE YOU USING?

2 · WHICH BROWSER?

SWITCH ALERTS ON

NOT WORKING? TAP WHAT YOU SEE

Anxious about the weather? You’re not alone — chat with others in the Jersey Weather Chat group: open its Chats tab and join any chat. In an emergency, call 999.

Still stuck? Message Matthew via Facebook or Messenger with a screenshot of the alert bar and which phone or computer you have, and we’ll help. Remember: the alert is automated — the warning itself is officially issued by Jersey Met.

MEDIA, ENQUIRIES & PRIVACY

JERSEY WEATHER CHAT · WARNING ALERTS

Jersey Weather Chat is a volunteer-run community group, founded in 2011, with a free website at jerseyweatherchat.com. Since October 2026 the site has offered optional phone notifications that pass on Jersey Met’s published weather warnings when a new warning is issued or an existing one is upgraded. Every alert says it is automated, credits Jersey Met as the issuer and points people to gov.je for the official warning. It is meant to help more people see Jersey Met’s warnings, never to replace them.

KEY FACTS

Source: Jersey Met’s published warnings on gov.je, passed on unchanged. Warning text © States of Jersey.
Automatic alerts: only when a warning is new or upgraded, usually 5 to 15 minutes after gov.je publishes it.
Our own alerts: rare. Sent only after live readings pass set thresholds and an admin has checked them. Every alert and decision is recorded.
Personal data: an anonymous notification address, the browser type and sign-up time. No names, email addresses, phone numbers or locations. Turning alerts off deletes the entry.
Cost: free, run by unpaid volunteers, no adverts.
Data protection: registered with the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner, registration no. 104194.

JERSEY MET & GOVERNMENT OF JERSEY

We would genuinely welcome your views, and will change the wording, the way the service works, or stop it altogether if asked.

CONTACT

Email [email protected], or message Matthew through the Jersey Weather Chat Facebook group.

PRIVACY

Jersey Weather Chat is run by volunteers in Jersey. We hold very little personal data, and only to run this site. We are registered with the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner as a non-profit data controller (registration no. 104194).

Warning alerts: if you tap ALERT ME, we store the notification address your browser creates, your browser type, and when you signed up and last visited. We use them only to send alerts. Tap TURN OFF to delete them at any time; addresses that stop working are removed automatically.

Storm reports: we keep the name you give, your report and any photo link, and your email address only if you ask for a copy. Reports form part of our storm archive; ask us and we will remove yours.

Visits: we use Google Analytics to count visits to the site.

Where it is kept: in our Google account, and it passes through GitHub and your phone or browser maker’s notification service (Google, Apple or Mozilla), so it may be held outside Jersey. We never sell or share it, and never use it for advertising.

Your rights: to see, correct or delete your data, email [email protected]. If you are unhappy with how we handle it, you can complain to the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner.