{"id":2903,"date":"2015-02-08T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2019-04-27T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T17:56:08","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-a-winter-storm-watch-warning-and-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/basic-meteorology\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-winter-storm-watch-warning-and-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a winter storm watch, warning, and advisory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3454\" src=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/winter-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"What is the difference between a winter storm watch, warning, and advisory?\" width=\"389\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Winter Storm Warning<\/span>:<\/strong> Take Action! A winter storm is imminent or occurring. If you hear a warning, immediately go home or shelter in place until it is safe to travel again. If you are home, <a title=\"protecting pets in an emergency\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/emergency-and-homeland-security\/protecting-pets-in-an-emergency\">bring in pets<\/a> and plan to stay inside until you are told it is safe to go out again.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Winter Storm Watch<\/span>:<\/strong> Be Prepared! A Winter Storm Watch when conditions are favorable for dangerous winter weather. It does not mean the weather will occur, but it is possible. <a title=\"Emergency Preparedness\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/tag\/emergency-preparedness\/\">Make preparations <\/a>for dangerous winter weather.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Winter Weather Advisory<\/span>:<\/strong> Winter weather conditions are expected to cause significant inconveniences and may be hazardous. When caution is used, these situations should not be life threatening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related <a title=\"iAlert Emergency Preparedness Articles\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/tag\/emergency-preparedness\/\">Emergency Preparedness<\/a> Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Winter Storms, a preparednes guide\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/winter-storms-a-preparedness-guide\/\">Winter Storms | A Preparedness Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Water Activated Emergency Light, The Eton Blackout Buddy H2O\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/emergency-and-homeland-security\/emergency-prepardness-products\/water-activated-emergency-light-the-eton-blackout-buddy-h20\/\">Water-Activated Emergency Light | The Eton Blackout Buddy H2O<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Protecting Workers From Cold Temperature Stress\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/osha-protecting-workers-from-cold-temperature-stress\/\">[OSHA] Protecting Workers From Cold Temperature Stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Three P's of Safe Winter Driving\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/osha-safe-winter-driving\/\">[OSHA] Three Ps of Safe Winter Driving<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"how wind chill is calculated and wind chill formula\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/basic-meteorology\/how-is-wind-chill-calculated-wind-chill-formula\/\">How wind chill is calculated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What is hypothermia?\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/basic-meteorology\/what-is-hypothermia\/\">What is Hypothermia?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What is Frostbite?\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/basic-meteorology\/what-is-frostbite\/\">What is Frostbite?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Protecting pets in an emergency\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/emergency-and-homeland-security\/protecting-pets-in-an-emergency\">Protecting Pets in an Emergency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"iAlert.com Weather and Emergency Alert Dashboard\" href=\"http:\/\/iAlert.com\">iAlert.com Weather and Emergency Alert Dashboard<\/a> and <a title=\"iAlert Weather Services\" href=\"http:\/\/iAlert.com\/services\">iAlert.com Weather Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Storm Warning: Take Action! A winter storm is imminent or occurring. If you hear a warning, immediately go home or shelter in place until it is safe to travel again. If you are home, bring in pets and plan to stay inside &hellip;<span class=\"more\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/basic-meteorology\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-winter-storm-watch-warning-and-advisory\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[21,584,61,63,568,599,600,76,601],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-meteorology","tag-advisory","tag-cold","tag-warning","tag-watch","tag-winter","tag-winter-storm-warning","tag-winter-storm-watch","tag-winter-weather","tag-winter-weather-advisory"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}