I live in a rural area of Oklahoma and my choice was either dish or an antenna. 3 weeks ago we had severe storms and an F-5 tornado 5 miles from our house. Our area does not have tornado sirens, we depend on local TV for our warning. My wife and I were watching the storm’s progress on TV when, just before it reached my area, I lost the satellite signal because of heavy rain. My telephone company is in the process of installing fiber optic cable to my house. As soon as it’s installed I shall be pulling the plug on the satellite and switching to the fiber optic. I know that the satellite company will squawk but I must have continious TV coverage to track the storms we so often get. I cannot afford to lose my signal to heavy rain just when a storm is near my house.
Are you able to pick up a NOAA station on a weather radio?
Those are 20 bucks or so and might be a good backup.
Also your county likely has a weather spotter channel that you can pick up with a scanner for live reports.