Probably not. Tornado activity for April 29 appears to be winding down for the night. However, tornadoes are still possible on April 30.
If a tornado has been detected or spotted then a tornado warning is issued.
If a tornado is spotted a tornado warning is issued.
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 warning would be issued if it is in your county and a tornado watch if it is out of your county.
Tornado warning
Yes. Portions of western North Carolina were under tornado watches on November 15, 2005 and November 16, 2006. A watch might also have been issued on November 22, 1992, but records of watches to not appear to be accessible.
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.
There is a good chance that one or both could be issued, given the outlook.
The first tornado warning was issued on March 20, 1948 for a storm that produced a tornado in the Oklahoma City area.
Tornado watches are issued based on the conditions that are present at the given time or forecast for the near future, regardless of what general monthly trends might be. Weather does weird things sometimes. To say that there is no real threat is not really true either, as western North Carolina has had tornadoes in all of these months.
If a thunderstorm is capable of producing a tornado in the immediate future or if a tornado has been detected then a tornado warning is issued. If general conditions are favorable for tornadoes but there is not necessarily an immediate threat, then a tornado watch is issued.
If a thunderstorm is capable of producing a tornado in the immediate future or if a tornado has been detected then a tornado warning is issued. If general conditions are favorable for tornadoes but there is not necessarily an immediate threat, then a tornado watch is issued.