In order for an alert to come across your devices, the NWS has to issue a warning that has a process attached to it.

Having reliable, loud, and timely emergency alerts on your phone or device is important because when severe weather strikes, ...

According to the National Weather Service, the requirements for a blizzard warning are:. wind speeds of 35 mph or greater; considerable falling or blowing snow; visibilities frequently below a ...

There has been talk of the coming storm becoming a blizzard. I talked with the head of the weather warning department at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. Here’s how special a ...

A Blizzard Warning means sustained winds, not gusts, of 35 miles per hour are expected for at least three hours straight. At the same time, moderate to heavy snow or drifting snow is expected to ...

With recent ice storm warnings and winter weather watches, the difference in a weather watch versus a warning can be life threatening. Here are different weather warnings that you should know.

Throughout Michigan's long winter, the National Weather Service shares a variety of watches, warning, advisories and outlooks — but what exactly do all the different terms mean? The public ...