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18-408: Storm Warning(s) may refer to: Storm warning , a meteorological warning about a coming storm Literature [ edit ] Storm Warning (Higgins novel) , a 1976 novel by Jack Higgins Storm Warning (Lackey novel) , a 1994 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey Storm Warning (Park novel) , a 2010 novel by Linda Sue Park Storm Warning ,

36-703: A tornado emergency ) will be issued instead. The following is an example of a storm warning issued by the National Weather Service office in Seattle, Washington . Extreme wind warning An extreme wind warning ( SAME code EWW ) is an alert issued by the National Weather Service for areas on land that will experience sustained surface winds 100 knots (115 mph, 185 km/h, 51 m/s) or greater within one hour. As of 2024, it has only been used for

54-411: A 2000 novel by Monica Hughes Film, television, and radio [ edit ] Storm Warning (1951 film) , a film starring Ronald Reagan Storm Warning (2007 film) , a film starring Nadia Farès and John Brumpton " Storm Warnings ", a 2003 episode of The Wire Storm Warning (audio drama) , a Doctor Who audio drama Music [ edit ] Storm Warning! , a 1965 album by

72-411: A significant threat of casualties. They cannot be issued earlier than two hours before the onset of extreme winds. The extreme wind warning should not be confused with a high wind warning, which is similar, but is used over a typically broader area for longer-term wind events of at least gale -force. The extreme wind warning was created out of a need for an unambiguous bulletin of equivalent priority as

90-544: A tornado warning for the extreme winds of a major hurricane's eyewall, particularly after Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Jeanne struck Florida in 2004 . Prior to the advent of the warning, similar bulletins were often embedded in, and issued as tornado warnings to give them higher visibility and urgency. During the passage of Charley across the state, the National Weather Service weather forecast office in Melbourne, Florida , issued such an ad hoc "tornado" warning after

108-402: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Storm warning In US maritime warning flag systems, a red square flag with a black square taking up the middle ninth of the flag is used to indicate a storm warning (the use of two such flags denotes a hurricane force wind warning or a hurricane warning ). The same flag as a storm warning

126-520: Is used to indicate a tropical storm warning. On land, the National Weather Service issues a 'high wind warning' (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for storm-force winds, which also encompasses the lesser gale-force and greater hurricane force winds. In most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40-114 MPH for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58-114 miles per hour on land unless a tropical storm warning, blizzard warning, winter storm warning, severe thunderstorm warning, or dust storm warning covers

144-427: The eyewalls of major tropical cyclones when they pass near-shore, and during and shortly after landfall , but it is also intended as a general "short-fused" warning for any immediate occurrence of such winds. Extreme wind warnings are issued for as precise of an area as possible, in like manner as a tornado warning , to provide guidance to the general public at the county and sub-county level when such winds pose

162-506: The Dick Morrissey Quartet Storm Warning , a 2007 album by Tinsley Ellis Storm Warning (Murray McLauchlan album) , a 1981 album by Murray McLauchlan Stormwarning (Steve Roach album) , 1989 Stormwarning (Ten album) , 2011 Songs [ edit ] "Storm Warning", a 1959 instrumental by Dr. John "Storm Warning" (song) , a 2011 single by Hunter Hayes Topics referred to by

180-470: The Melbourne forecast office briefed attendees at an annual NOAA Hurricane Conference on their use of the special tornado warning, advocating and eventually reaching consensus for a specialized official National Weather Service product for extreme winds. The new warning was standardized in its experimental stages in 2005 , so weather forecast offices continued to use special tornado warnings to broadcast

198-487: The advice given in Hurricane Local Statements of taking interior shelter in elevated floors for storm surge -prone areas. NOAA/NWS recommendations called for the development of an extreme wind warning independent from tornado warnings and increased outreach for the warning. The following year, extreme wind warnings continued to be packaged within special tornado warnings for public evaluation, and

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216-553: The nearby passage of Category 3 Hurricane Matthew just off Cape Canaveral prompted the first issuance of an extreme wind warning. In 2023, the National Weather Service in Guam was granted the ability to issue EWWs, and on May 24, 2023, the first extreme wind warning was issued in the Western Pacific, as a result of Typhoon Mawar . Georgia: Brooks , Lowndes , Thomas Florida: Suwannee , Hamilton The following

234-496: The office's forecasters determined that the active hurricane warnings did not sufficiently convey the severity and imminence of Charley's eyewall over central Florida . The forecast office also issued similar "tornado" warnings as the strong winds of Jeanne moved ashore from the east later that year. The nonconventional usage of tornado warnings for extreme hurricane winds was praised by emergency management, citing it as an ingenious method of protecting lives. In December 2004,

252-430: The phenomenon. Winds in excess of 115 MPH (100 kt) will always result in new issuance of an extreme wind warning shortly before their onset, typically right before the eyewall of a major hurricane makes landfall, but possibly as a substitute for a severe thunderstorm warning in an extreme derecho event. The only exception is that if the extreme winds are associated with a tornado, a tornado warning (or more likely

270-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Storm Warning . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Storm_Warning&oldid=1055148959 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

288-449: The threat of severe wind during the landfalls of Hurricanes Dennis , Katrina , Rita , and Wilma . The wind and timing thresholds that eventually became the criteria of extreme wind warnings were also used as thresholds for these special tornado warnings in 2005. The warnings, termed Extreme Tropical Cyclone Destructive Wind Warnings, advised residents to take sturdy shelter in the interior portions of well-built structures. During Katrina,

306-541: The warning became its own official independent product by the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season , though no hurricane would trigger an extreme wind warning for nearly another decade. Despite the newly independent warning system, until the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season , the Emergency Alert System continued to broadcast EWWs as tornado warnings (using the TOR event code). On the morning of October 7, 2016,

324-479: The weather services serving the Jackson and New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana forecast areas issued 19 warnings. Public response to these warnings was mixed, praising their specificity but finding their placement within tornado warnings confusing, particularly when they were issued near traditional tornado warnings. The advice of taking interior low-level shelter given in the wind warnings also contradicted

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