• A snow squall warning (SAME code: SQW) is a bulletin issued by Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada and the National Weather Service...
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    A snow squall, or snowsquall, is a sudden moderately heavy snowfall with blowing snow and strong, gusty surface winds. It is often referred to as a whiteout...
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  • A heavy snow warning was a hazardous weather statement issued by the Weather Forecast Offices of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States...
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  • An extreme heat warning is a notice issued by the National Weather Service of the United States within 12 hours of the heat index reaching one of two...
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  • weather conditions: Blowing Snow Warning, Freezing Drizzle Warning, Freezing Rain Warning, Snowfall Warning, Snow Squall Warning Unrecognized Alerts are only...
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  • by existing marine warnings. It is also used for short duration mesoscale events such as a strong cold front, gravity wave, squall line, etc., lasting...
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    "destructive" severe thunderstorm warnings, and sometimes snow squall warnings. Also, until November 2013, blizzard and ice storm warnings were also included in CMAS;...
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    At sea, a storm warning is a warning issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when winds between 48 and 63 knots (89 and 117 km/h; 55...
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  • standalone product beginning with the 2019–20 winter storm season. Snow squall warning  SQW  – An intense, generally limited duration, period of moderate...
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    A flash flood warning (SAME code: FFW) is a severe weather warning product of the National Weather Service that is issued by national weather forecasting...
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    A red flag warning is a forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land...
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    air masses from Russia can blow over the Baltic Sea and cause heavy snow squalls on areas of the southern and eastern coasts of Sweden, as well as on...
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  • Heat advisory (category Weather warnings and advisories)
    Warning Blizzard/blowing snow Blowing snow advisory Blizzard watch Blizzard warning Heavy snow Warning Lake-effect snow Advisory Watch Warning Snow squall...
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  • Special weather statement (category Weather warnings and advisories)
    (such as snow squalls, bursts of freezing rain, or strong winds or heat bursts produced by decaying thunderstorms) that may not meet warning or advisory...
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    A gale warning is an alert issued by national weather forecasting agencies around the world in an event that maritime locations currently or imminently...
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  • snowfall (heavy snow warning), lake-effect snow (lake effect snow warning) or sleet accumulations (sleet warning or heavy sleet warning) within the warned...
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  • snow and blowing snow. However, if the storm is judged to be dangerous by local forecasters, a winter storm warning for heavy snow and blowing snow may...
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    Particularly dangerous situation (category Weather warnings and advisories)
    BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE...
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  • LOWER CASE) Lake effect snow warning Severe weather terminology (United States) National Weather Service. "Lake Effect Snow Advisory". Glossary – NOAA's...
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    14 2021 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Significant icing expected. Total snow accumulations of up to...
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    Thundersnow (redirect from Thunder snow)
    air passing over relatively warm water; this effect commonly produces snow squalls over the Great Lakes. Within the United States, thundersnow is relatively...
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    typically issue gale warnings when winds of this strength are expected. In the United States, a gale warning is specifically a maritime warning; the land-based...
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    A severe thunderstorm warning (SAME code: SVR) is a type of public warning for severe weather that is issued by weather forecasting agencies worldwide...
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    A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a...
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  • A lake effect snow warning is a bulletin issued by the National Weather Service in the United States to warn of heavy snowfall accumulations that are imminent...
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  • precipitation—snow, rain and snow mixed, freezing rain, sleet, graupel, etc.—presenting a hazard, but not expected to produce accumulations meeting storm warning criteria...
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    or less from blowing snow or a combination of blowing and falling snow to occur at least four hours. Northern (Arctic) warning above tree line – criteria...
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  • Winter storm watch (category Weather warnings and advisories)
    significant ice accumulations with little to no snow, the watch will be upgraded to an ice storm warning. When confidence increases in the occurrence of...
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    Tropical cyclone warnings and watches are alerts issued by national weather forecasting bodies to coastal areas threatened by the imminent approach of...
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    A freeze warning issued in America is a warning issued by the National Weather Service when the temperature is going to be projected as below 32 °F (0 °C)...
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