While some sound similar, each alert issued by local National Weather Service offices signals different winter conditions. Each office knows the local area and will issue warnings, watches or ...

Most of the winter storm watch area has now become either a winter storm warning or a winter weather advisory. Here is the current alignment of winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories and ...

The National Weather Service has upgraded a winter storm watch to a winter storm warning for central and southern Indiana, which is expected to receive up to 8 inches of snow on Sunday.

As of Wednesday morning, those same areas were not under a winter storm warning. What's the difference, though, between a winter storm watch, an advisory and a warning? And can they mean different ...