Latest severe weather watches, warnings

Watches and warnings
The National Weather Service's Interactive Weather Information Network has the latest watches and warnings for severe storms, tornadoes, flooding, and other potentially dangerous weather. Click here to go to a list of all current NWS warnings of all kinds in the USA.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center issues tornado watches when conditions are right for twisters in any part of the USA. If damaging winds and hail are more likely than tornadoes, SPC issues severe thunderstorm watches for threatened areas. The SPC maps the weather watches and text on its products page gives details about each watch as well as technical discussions of the weather factors leading to severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.

• Tornado warnings
• Severe thunderstorm warnings
• Latest severe thunderstorm or tornado watch
• Latest severe weather watch status report
• Index to severe weather watches and status reports
• National map showing current weather watches

Storm Prediction Center information

Severe weather coverage begins with outlooks that define areas where severe thunderstorms are possible. Different levels - slight, moderate, high - quantify the risk. Click here for an explanation of each level.

When hazardous weather such as thunderstorms and tornadoes or heavy rain threatens, details on how the meteorological situation is unfolding are available in the Storm Prediction Center's Mesoscale Discussion and Graphic. Be careful to note the time for which each is valid -- covert Zulu (z) Time here.

Other information available from SPC

• Particularly dangerous situations
• Tornado and storm damage reports, statistics
• About Storm Prediction Center products
• Storm Prediction Center operations

The National Severe Storm Laboratory's Storm Spotters Guide is an illustrated guide that helps identify severe storms, which can grow into tornadoes

Inside the tornado information index

• Watches and warnings
• Latest tornado news
• Recent severe storm reports
• The basics of tornadoes
• Tornado safety
• How to create a miniature tornado
• Skywarn: Storm spotter information
• Research on tornadoes and tornadic thunderstorms
• Tornado chasing
• Historical tornadoes
• Frequently asked questions about tornadoes
• Tornado movies and videos
• Waterspouts and other small vortexes
• Links to more on tornadoes
• Go to Tornado information index

• Thunderstorm information index
• Hurricane information index
• Go to Weather front page