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A simultaneous hurricane watch and tropical storm warning means tropical storm with sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph will likely hit your area within 48 hours. However, it also means the weather ...
Tornado watch TOA: Also known as a red box. Conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms producing tornadoes in and close to the watch area. Watches are usually in effect for several hours, with six hours being the most common (also automatically indicates a Severe Thunderstorm Watch). Tornado warning TOR
A severe thunderstorm watch, like a tornado watch, is not to be confused with a warning. A watch encourages the public to remain vigilant—to be on the watch, so to speak—for the later onset of severe weather. An area under a watch may even experience deceptively fair weather with few clouds before thunderstorms develop.
Learn about the formation and characteristics of hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes.
Tornadoes, despite being one of the most destructive weather phenomena, are generally short-lived. A long-lived tornado generally lasts no more than an hour, but some have been known to last for 2 hours or longer (for example, the Tri-State Tornado). Due to their relatively short duration, less information is known about the development and ...
The most widespread hurricane-induced tornado outbreak on record was triggered by Ivan in 2004, which produced 18 tornadoes in Florida and 115 overall, killing 7.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 162 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1005 AM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Much of Arkansas Northwest Louisiana Northeast Texas * Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 1005 AM until 500 PM CDT.
In the peak of Atlantic hurricane season, words matter. And using the right ones at the right time can be the difference between alerting of a far-out rotating storm system to a nearer full-blown ...