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What is the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?

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What is the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?

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A tornado watch defines a box-shaped area where tornadoes and other kinds of severe weather are possible in the next several hours. It means that you need to be alert, and be prepared to go to safe shelter if tornadoes happen or a warning is issued. If you have a NOAA Weather Radio and have it set up correctly it will alert you to the watch. Tune in to local TV or radio for more information. A tornado warning means that a tornado has been spotted, or that Doppler radar shows a thunderstorm circulation which can spawn a tornado. When a tornado warning is issued for your area, seek safe shelter immediately. The Storm Prediction Center issues tornado and severe thunderstorm watches. Your local National Weather Service offices issue tornado warnings.

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A WATCH means that conditions are favorable for development of a tornado. Watches typically last 4 to 6 hours, but may be canceled, replaced or re-issued. When a tornado watch is issued, you should monitor weather conditions and be prepared to take shelter in the safest available location if a warning is issued. A WARNING means that a tornado has been spotted or that radar indicates circulation that could spawn a tornado. Warnings typically last an hour or less, but may be canceled, replaced or re-issued. When a tornado warning is issued, you should take shelter IMMEDIATELY in a designated severe weather shelter or the safest available location, and stay there for the duration of the warning.

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A tornado watch is when you go outside and look around at the sky wondering if a tornado could actually occur at your location.A tornado warning is when one of those who were wondering if one could occur actually spotted a tornado and reported it to a local television or radio station which in term spread the word of a tornado warning.

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A watch is where conditions are favorable for a tornado A warning is where a tornado is immanent… not always spotted… rotation in the storm clouds that can be seen either by a trained eye or by the radar can tell if a tornado is very immanent and may form at any moment and to take shelter just in case it does actually happen…

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