When there’s a tornado risk, the National Weather Service will issue two kinds of alerts: a tornado watch or a tornado warning.

When a warning is issued, there is imminent danger and a tornado was spotted, or imminent. A watch indicates that tornadoes are possible within an area.

FILE -- Tornado moves through Gaylord, Michigan on May 20, 2022. Do you know the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?

Forecasters use the terms tornado watch and tornado warning when predicting if and where tornadoes are possible in an area.

Severe storms are expected to slam the tri-state Saturday afternoon, bringing the risk of isolated tornadoes, damaging hail ...

Here's the difference between a Tornado Watch and a Tornado Warning and the actions you should take for each.