Tornado Watch vs Warning...more

Hi Mike,

 

I was there yesterday during the weather events.

 

Here is a link to the warning:

 

Tornado Warning

 

And TV news was repeating it ... (I found out about it when a family

member called and told me to run for cover!).

 

Based on the definition, and the "capable of producing" wording in the

announcement (vs. Doppler is showing a rotation and a developing

tornado...), it sounds like it should have been a Watch ....

 

Thanks,

Scott

Hi Scott,

I understand what you are saying. 

 

However, not every thunderstorm is capable of producing a tornado.  That is what made this one unique enough for a tornado warning.

 

Mike

 

Comments

[Eggman]

Sorry Mike, but I grew up in the midwest, and a Warning means there's a tornado hitting the ground.