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The Union of South Africa's Weather Service was established in 1912 under the Department of Irrigation, with Charles M Stewart as its first Chief Meteorologist. [1] At some point between 1912 and 1940, the SAWS' name was changed to the Meteorological Service , and in 1940, during the Second World War , became the responsibility of the ...
See Severe weather terminology (United States) and/or Severe weather terminology (Canada) for comprehensive articles concerning specific nations' warnings, watches, advisories and related terms. Pages in category "Weather warnings and advisories"
On land, the National Weather Service issues a 'high wind warning' (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for storm-force winds, which also encompasses the lesser gale-force and greater hurricane force winds. In most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40-114 MPH for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58-114 miles per hour on land unless a ...
Additional cold weather warnings have also been issued in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis, with officials warning to limit travel in the impacted areas, The Weather Channel reported.
As the powerful storms approached Chicago, tornado warnings were issued for the areas in and around the city, encompassing an area that over 2.5 million people call home.
The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a winter storm warning for the Skagway and White Pass areas of the state. Heavy snow with accumulations of up to 9 inches is expected to fall ...
A weather warning generally refers to an alert issued by a meteorological agency to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather.A weather watch, on the other hand, typically refers to an alert issued to indicate that conditions are favorable for the development of dangerous weather patterns, although the dangerous weather conditions themselves are not currently present.
Yellow weather warnings for rain are in force in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region a day after Barcelona was hit by fresh flooding following the country’s worst natural disaster in living ...