Watches are issued when conditions are favorable for hazardous weather, while warnings indicate imminent or ongoing hazardous weather. Tropical cyclone alerts (watches and warnings) are issued for ...

A: The difference is that a severe weather watch is issued to give an advanced notice that atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of severe weather while a warning is issued when ...

The Warn-on-Forecast System, a revolutionary new forecasting tool being developed by NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory ...

If funding for the federal government stops on Oct. 1, what happens to weather updates on the tropical systems swirling out there?

A few tornadoes, as well as large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding, are possible this afternoon and evening.