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Get the Seattle, WA local weather ... USA TODAY 15 hours ago Storm brings flooding, widespread power outages to multiple states: See photos. ... Severe Weather Slam South.
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
In Canada, a severe thunderstorm is defined as having wind gusts of greater than 90 km/h (56 mph), hail with a diameter of greater than two centimetres (0.79 in), rainfall rates of greater than 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in one hour or greater than 75 millimetres (3.0 in) in three hours, or tornadoes. [14]
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 tropical storm warning, blizzard warning, winter storm warning, severe thunderstorm warning, or dust storm warning covers the phenomenon. Winds in excess of 115 MPH (100 kt) will always result in new issuance of ...
Get the Seattle, WA local weather ... USA TODAY 17 hours ago Winter storm dumps snow in the East as freeze warnings, travel delays abound ... Tornado activity begins to spike in March as severe ...
Get the Seattle, WA local weather ... USA TODAY 6 hours ago ... A Severe Weather Outbreak Is Possible This Week In The South, Including Tornadoes, Flooding Rain.
A watch or warning bearing the phrase is referred to as a PDS watch or PDS warning. First used by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), a national guidance center of the National Weather Service, for tornado watches, the phrase was later applied to other severe weather watches and warnings by the agency's regional
Tornado Watch issued prior to the 2023 Rolling Fork tornado.. A tornado watch (SAME code: TOA) is a statement issued by weather forecasting agencies to advise the public that atmospheric conditions in a given region may lead to the development of tornadoes within (or near) the region over a period of several hours. [1]