Talk:Severe thunderstorm warning

Difference between Watch and Warning

 * The third to last line stated that "In the United States, the National Weather Service issues warnings for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the shapes of parallelograms, with yellow meaning severe thunderstorm and red signaling tornado." This is not true.  Watches are issued in this shape, but warnings are issued by county/parish. -- ...::: DietCoke119 :::...  18:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree on the watches - but if you look at the recent NWS radars, you will find that warnings are also shaped - and not by county. The county is given as a reference, but usually the warnings are along the forecasted path of the storm and do not cover the entire county (depending on its size)  When the NWS main page maps show warnings they show the entire county only because of their limited ability to show the exact locations.  master son T - C 23:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

This issue was caused by a vandalizing editor named SFK2 who was vandalizing severe thunderstorm warning and will be blocked from editing for 5 years-May 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B120:4D26:BFB0:1B2D:AF0B:4A2F (talk) 19:52, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, the above info is old information. The NWS has been issuing warnings using boxes for quite a while now. They did it to try & improve upon the False Alarm Rate they experienced using the old, county-based system of issuing warnings. Many people in the USA unfortunately still get county-based warnings because the downstream automated systems (like sirens, etc.) that process those warnings can't necessarily provide the needed detail to the public. Guy1890 (talk) 20:25, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Severe thunderstorm warning
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Reference named "Dissemination": From Tornado warning:  From First Warning:  From National Weather Service:  

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Wording confusion
In the article there's a spot where it says, "no hail size will be indicated in the “Hazard” row nor will a description of damage risk will be included in the “Impact” section". Is it supposed to say "no hail size will not be indicated.." or is the wording just a bit weird? Blaze The Wolf &#124; Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:44, 20 August 2021 (UTC)