We break down the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning and discuss what you need to do to prepare.

While the weather has been quiet, severe weather season is already in full swing. As part of severe weather preparedness week ...

It’s a rare warning ... s Mobile, Alabama office. The weather service’s Storm Prediction Center — whose mission is to provide “forecasts and watches for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes ...

PDS warnings were first used to warn of tornado outbreaks in the Midwest ... and operations officer at the weather service’s Mobile, Alabama office, told The Associated Press.