What's the diffence between a tornado warning and a tornado watch?

Question

it always confuses me so please help me out

Answer 1

uh i dont really know but i am going to guess one is a warning and one is a watch. I am bad a science sorry lol.

Answer 2

Storm Chasers follows the supercell clouds and sends the info to the news to warn the people about the tornado hitting the place that the tornado watchers saw.

Answer 3

A watch is stay alert for further news.  A warning is that one has been spotted in our area.

Answer 4

A watch means conditionsa are favorable for development and a warming means one has been sited.

Answer 5

The National weather service issues Tornado Watch Boxes which outline usually a large area where conditions are favorable for tornadic thunderstorms to develop usually for periods between 4 and 8 hours . A Tornado Warning is issued for a county(or counties ) where a tornado is about to descend upon or will likely form within a short period of time . If the "Tornado Warning " is issued for your locale , take immediate safety measures because this means the tornado is probable.

Answer 6

A watch means that a tornado might develop so you should watch out.  A warning means that a tornado has already developed.

Answer 7

This is the time right now to plan what to do for a tornado and make sure you have a NOAA weather alert radio The radios can alert you when a tornado warning is issued at night while sleeping.

A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop and you should pay close attention to the weather.  A watch it typically issued with in 2-3 hours of the event.  

When a tornado warning is issued that means doppler radar has detected rotation in a storm or trained spotters have spotted a rotating wall cloud, funnel cloud, or a tornado on the ground.

If a tornado warning is issued for your area, do not panic. Go to a place of safety. Go to the lowest floor of your house like the basement. Once in the basement get under a sturdy piece of furniture or go into a bathroom in the basement. If no basement is available go in to an interior room such as a closet. If that is not available go in to an bathroom without windows. Stay away from outside walls and windows. Cover your head to protect from flying debris. Never try to out run a tornado in a car, if cought in a car and can not take no place of safety, lay down in a ditch and cover your head. Do not take cover under a over pass. Do not stay in mobile homes as they do not offer protection and can be flown as easily as cars can.

For local weather info. From the National Weather Service.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov

Storm Prediction center (responsible for issuing severe thunderstorm and tornado watches)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov

Answer 8

A tornado warning means that a tornado was reported in your area and take shelter immediately in an underground shelter or in the basement of your home.  If you don't have a basement, get under a sturdy heavy table or anywhere in the home that will protect you from getting struck by flying debris. Keep away from the windows, but keep watching for the direction the tornado is moving in. If it is headed for your home and you have no basement, protect yourself the best you can.

A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop.

If you live in an area where tornadoes are common, but you have never seen one, keep an eye to the sky when severe thunderstorms are forecast to develop and the cumulus nimbus clouds begin to reach for the ground and a circular motion of them develops.