I stumbled on Fox Weather accidently last Fall when I got my new phone and was re-downloading my apps, went to type in Fox News and Fox Weather auto populated. At first I thought it was just an app, I didn't realize right away it was a dedicated streaming channel. I love the presentation, no commentary, no filler, no irrelevant 'reality' programming. The lack of localized forecasts may be an issue for some, but for big weather events Fox Weather will be my go to source. The app has improved a lot since it was released but still not there yet. Wish it had a Weather Clock widget so I could dump the Yahoo Weather app, among a few other things.
For big events, I wonder where they are getting their on the scene reporters from in non O&O markets. Right now there is a reporter on from KDFW which is O&O. I didn't watch it when we had a big snowfall in January so I'm not sure if it was covered. Our local Fox affiliate is owned by Sinclair and up until last year used the local NBCs affiliates (Tegna owned) news staff. The newscasts were brought inhouse but they are not produced locally from what I understand, but rather a mish-mash from other Sinclair owned Fox affiliates from across NY State.