Severe thunderstorm warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning- Issued when large hail of damaging wind is actually occurring or imminent. Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes with little or no advance warning.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
This is issued when either a severe thunderstorm is indicated by the WSR-88D radar or a spotter reports a thunderstorm producing hail 3/4 inch or larger in diameter and/or winds equal or exceed 58 miles an hour; ...

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Issued by the National Weather Service when severe weather has been reported or is being indicated by Doppler radar. Warnings indicate imminent danger and the appropriate action should be taken.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Indicates that severe thunderstorms have been sighted or indicated on radar.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Issued to warn the public, emergency management and other cooperating agencies when a severe thunderstorm is forecast to occur or is occurring.

Very Severe Thunderstorm Warning: It is issued for sustained winds over 75 mph in the 7-county Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Very Windy: 30 to 40 mph winds ...

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Issued when thunderstorms are expected to have wind gusts to 58 mph or above or hail 3/4 inch or more in diameter.

2. Abbreviation for Severe Thunderstorm WarningSVRLSeveralSW1. Southwest ...

Short-fuse warnings include tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, and flash flood warnings.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe thunderstorms are occurring. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: 1 Hour 50 mph winds 3/4 in hail. Sheet Lightning: Lightning which occurs inside the clouds.

WARNING- A particular region in which threatening weather is already occurring or is imminent (i.e. Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Tornado Warning, Winter Storm Warning) ...

observed accuracy in indicating large hail aloft, TBSS's are used operationally by the National Weather Service to identify thunderstorms that could likely produce large, severe hail. This would warrant the issuance of a severe thunderstorm warning ...

Browse Related Terms: Coastal/Lakeshore Flood Watch, Flash Flood Statement, Flash flood warning, Flash flood watch, Flood Statement (FLS), Flood Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Storm Data, Storm Tide, Tornado Warning, Tropical Storm Summary ...

SVR - Abbreviation for SEVERE. Commonly used for severe thunderstorm warnings.

Warnings are statements of imminent danger and are issued for relatively small areas near and downstream from the severe storm or flood. For example, Tornado Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Flash Flood Warning, Winter Storm Warning.

In the case of this last storm, a tornado warning is quite probably justified, even though no tornadoes occurred. With some of the weaker wall cloud storms that we have shown, a severe thunderstorm warning likely would suffice.

See also: Thunderstorm, Storm, Thunder, Weather, Cloud