We see weather headlines year round from winter to severe weather in the summer, but there is a set hierarchy to them.

tornado watches where there is a risk of multiple EF2 or stronger tornadoes or alongside a tornado warning meaning the tornado is on the ground has been spotted or confirmed.The PDS is currently ...

One of the earliest uses of the term “particularly dangerous situation” appeared in an April 1, 1983 Associated Press article about a widespread storm system that caused a blinding dust storm in west ...

A tornado watch was posted for 24 counties in east Texas, with the National Weather Service warning: “This is a particularly dangerous situation with the possibility of very damaging tornadoes.” ...

PDS warnings were first used to warn of tornado ... Johns, in conjunction with a tornado watch. That came after a "failed attempt in the late 1970s," Johns said in an interview in the Electronic ...

BUT PROGRESS The National Weather Service's Los Angeles page screams “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS ... warnings were first used to warn of tornado outbreaks in the Midwest.

Johns, in conjunction with a tornado watch.That came after a “failed attempt ... more reliably issue severe warnings, Howell said.The PDS term appeared in newspaper articles such as an April ...

That's like a PDS Tornado Watch. So this is the most extreme of the most extreme Santa Ana wind events there. They'll catch a break later tonight and tomorrow. But, Nina, those winds could crank ...