June 26, 20188 yr I will be instituting a new thing for weather alerts. When I post a forecast or Severe Weather Day I will include a category number. They will go from 1-5 and will correspond with the NWS thunderstorm categories. For instance for tomorrow Wednesday 6/27/18, I would say it is a category 1 Severe Weather Day. If the severe chance increase, I would issue the corresponding category number. Today's would have been a category 2 Severe Weather Day. I think this will let our members know better the severity of the possible severe weather for that day.
June 27, 20188 yr Is there something like that for watches and warnings? I always get them mixed up, but I could handle the color coded boxes.
June 27, 20188 yr Author Is there something like that for watches and warnings? I always get them mixed up, but I could handle the color coded boxes. The only thing I know that shows the different level of a watch is a PDS(Particularly Dangerous Situation) Watch. This is mainly used for a tornadic situation were conditions are primed for long-lived intense tornadoes. Also, there is a high confidence in multiple EF2-EF3 or violent EF4-EF5 tornadoes. This type of watch is rarely used by the NWS. If one is issued for the area a person lives in they should be extra diligent about the weather conditions during the watch.
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