Forecasters use the terms tornado watch and tornado warning when predicting if and where tornadoes are possible in an area. How are they different?

After the deadly tornadoes that struck Southwest Michigan on March 6, many people have been asking an important question: why wasn’t a tornado watch issued before the storms arrived?

Tornado watches and tornado warnings have different purposes, and you should react to each differently, AccuWeather explains. A tornado watch is typically issued hours in advance by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC).

A Weather Impact Alert is in place from 12-9 p.m. Monday ahead of a chance for strong storms bringing hail, damaging winds and a possible isolated tornado.

One person was killed when their house collapsed when a tornado hit near Lucama, N.C. as bands from Tropical Storm Debby moved through early Thursday morning, August. 8, 2024. (Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.

Despite numerous reports of damage, some people in the DMV still feel like the storms weren't that bad and there's a reason why.

A tornado watch will remain in effect across most of the state on Wednesday, March 11. What is the difference between a tornado watch and warning?

A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:46 a.m. in effect until 4:30 a.m. for Russell County.