What's the difference between a winter storm watch, an advisory and a warning? And can they mean different things for ...

As of Wednesday morning, those same areas were not under a winter storm warning. What's the difference, though, between a winter storm watch, an advisory and a warning? And can they mean different ...

The criteria the National Weather Service uses to determine when winter weather-related issues ought to be considered an advisory, watch or warning depend on how severe an impact the weather might ...

With recent ice storm warnings and winter weather watches, the difference in a weather watch versus a warning ... immediate or protective action. An "advisory" like the "warning" is meant to ...