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Although a tornado warning is generally a higher alert level than a tornado watch, in the U.S., it can be surpassed by a higher-level alert—structured as wording that can be added to the official warning product—to warn the public of intense tornadoes affecting a densely populated area.
While the intention of this experimental warning may be to replace the loosely defined tornado emergency, PDS tornado warnings are structured as the second highest level of tornado warning within the impact based warning system (an experiment – which also includes tags within warning products illustrating radar indications or physical ...
The PDS wording can be incorporated into the text of a tornado warning, either upon its initial issuance or in a "severe weather statement" providing updated information on the storm, when a considerable tornado debris signature is detected on radar or a large tornado is visually observed.
The "particularly dangerous situation" wording is used in "rare situations when long-lived, strong and violent tornadoes are possible," the weather service said. "Numerous" tornadoes are expected ...
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued over the Southwest Ohio region until 4 p.m., and a tornado warning has been issued in parts of Kentucky.
The national weather service issues watches and warnings for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. What's worse? What do they mean?
It is recommended that people in the path of a large and violent tornado, whether referenced in a tornado warning or a tornado emergency, seek shelter in a basement, cellar or safe room, as stronger tornadoes (particularly those significant enough to warrant the inclusion of a tornado emergency declaration within a tornado warning) pose a ...
Protecting your head and neck is among the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency's recommendations for tornado survival.