The National Weather Service has simplified some of its winter weather alerts for Wind Chill and Extreme Cold Warnings.

Advisories from the NWS were in place for New York, Montana, California, Wyoming, Colorado and Alaska early on Friday.

Here are the definitions of the alerts, and what you should know to stay safe when winter weather strikes. Winter Storm ...

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As Friday morning, the states under winter storm warnings included Texas ... More Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images While snowfall levels varied state to state, in the Bears Paw, Highwood, Little ...

The downgrade comes hours after the National Weather Service canceled the winter storm warning for Ohio Monday ... Send comments and photos to us using the form embedded in this story.