No. A tornado watch means the general weather conditions are favorable for tornadoes. If a tornado has been sighted then a tornado warning is issued.
Not necessarily. A tornado warning is issued if a tornado has been spotted, indicated by radar, or is likely to form soon.
Sometimes. A tornado warning means that a tornado has bee sighted, indicated by radar, or a thunderstorm in the area is likely to produce a tornado soon.
As of the early afternoon (eastern daylight time) of May 29, 2012 yes. A tornado watch is active for Vermont and part of eastern New York.
Sometimes. A tornado warning means that a tornado has been spotted, detected by radar, or a storm is likely to produce a tornado soon.
No. A tornado watch means conditions in the region are favorable for tornadoes to form. If a tornado has been spotted then a tornado waring is issued.
No. A tornado watch means that general weather conditions in the region are favorable for tornadoes to form.
No. A tornado watch means that general conditions are favorable tornadoes. A warning is issued if a tornado is coming.
A tornado watch means that general weather conditions are right for tornadoes to form, even if there is no imminent threat. If there is immediate danger of a tornado then a tornado warning will be issued. To help you remember, a tornado watch simply tells you to watch out.
This refers to a specific tornado watch that was issued and has now of course expired by the time this question was answered.
A tornado watch is a watch that is watching out for tornadoes. A tornado warning is a warning That lets you know that a tornado is spotted.
Tornado Watch is where there is a Tornado comming near the area where u live or maybe somewhere else. The news calls it a Tornado Watch. Tornado Watch is where a Tornado comes and people watch when it comes nearest to them so they could keepwatch on what is going to happen.
No, a tornado watch is issued when the general weather conditions can produces tornadoes. If a tornado is spotted a tornado warning is issued.
A tornado watch is issued when general weather conditions in a region are favorable for the formation of tornadoes. Tornado watches are numbered in the order that they are issued. So tornado watch 4 is the 4th tornado watch issued in the country that year.
A tornado watch is issued when general weather conditions in a region are favorable for the formation of tornadoes. Tornado watches are numbered in the order that they are issued. So tornado watch 4 is the 4th tornado watch issued in the country that year.
If a tornado is spotted or detected, or if a rotation is detected that is likely to lead to a tornado, that is when a warning is issued. A watch simply means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes, but does not mean that there is an imminent threat. So a tornado is more likely to strike when a warning is issued.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes are often made visible by a funnel cloud. A tornado watch is a type of weather advisory indicating that general weather conditions favor the formation of tornadoes, A tornado watch does not indicate any specific threat. A tornado alert is an obsolete weather advisory that indicated a storm with potential to produce a tornado. Tornado alerts were gradually phased out of use in the 1970s. Now any time a storm is capable of producing a tornado, a tornado warning is issued.
If there is a tornado watch what you have to remember is that it does not mean there is an imminent threat of tornadoes. Even when you area is under a tornado watch, your chances of actually having a tornado are still quite small.
The 5 percent tornado probability from the SPC qualify for tornado watch issuance,
Yes. A tornado watch simply means that general conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form. A tornado warning means that a tornado has been detected or may form at any moment.