Weather notifications
When severe weather is headed our way, heads-ups get posted in the Facebook group — watches, warnings, and what we're seeing locally.
How alerts work →What DorothyAlert is for
Everything here is hobby, free, and run through the group. This website is the group's front porch — the day-to-day conversation still happens on Facebook.
Storms & tornadoes
Photos of weather events — tornadoes, supercells, lightning, hail, and other extremes — shared by members who were out watching the sky.
Browse the gallery →Storm damage reports
After a storm passes, members document what it left behind — respectfully, from public places, so neighbors know what they're driving into.
See damage reports →Weather trends
Seasonal patterns and storm-season notes for every U.S. region — when severe season peaks in the Plains, the Southeast, the Midwest and beyond, when tropical systems bear watching, and how seasons compare.
Read the trends →Wizard of Oz trivia
Original trivia written from the facts of L. Frank Baum's Oz stories and the famous story's history — the storm that started it all included.
Play the trivia →A hobby group — not a business
DorothyAlert sells nothing and offers no services. It's a community of weather watchers who like storms, skies, and a good Kansas twister story. There's no DorothyAlert chase team, either — members simply share photos and reports from wherever they happen to be.
More about the group →Featured storm photos
These frames are placeholders in the draft. At launch they'll hold real member photos from storms across the United States and from international members, each with its date, location, and photographer's note.
Photo placeholderFunnel cloud over farmland — member photo to go here
Alt text at launch: “Funnel cloud lowering from a storm cloud over farmland in the Great Plains”
Photo placeholderLightning over the city — member photo to go here
Alt text at launch: “Bright lightning bolt striking behind rooftops during a nighttime thunderstorm in the Midwest”
Photo placeholderGolden fields, building storm — member photo to go here
Alt text at launch: “Golden fields at sunset with dark storm clouds building on the horizon”
The alerts live in the group
Join the DorothyAlert Facebook group to get weather notifications, share your storm photos, and talk weather coast to coast — and beyond — with fellow watchers. Free, friendly, and strictly a hobby.
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