hurricane watch
Tropical storm advisory
A hurricane watch is an official alert issued when hurricane conditions—sustained winds of 74 mph or higher—are possible in a specified area, typically within 48 hours.
It signals time to prepare but indicates less certainty than a hurricane warning, which means conditions are expected within 36 hours.
A hurricane watch has been issued for the Florida coast.
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- tropical stormOrganized oceanic wind system
- warningAlert about danger
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
advisory · evacuation · radar · forecast · cyclone · winds · eye of the storm · landfall · prepare · shelter · emergency · hunker down · tracking · coast · storm surge · barometer · flooding · NOAA
- hurricanestropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall, Harvey
- weather alertsweather alert, weather advisory, weather warning, storm warning, severe weather alert
- warningswarning, alert, caution, danger, warning sign
- alert levelsDEFCON, red alert, orange alert, yellow alert, elevated
- marine weathermarine weather, storm warning, gale warning, shipping forecast, small craft advisory
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind