The Storm Prediction Center has officially rolled out its new way of communicating intensity regarding tornado, damaging wind ...

The changes are to make the maps easier to understand and more precise.

For over a decade, the "Marginal to High" risk scale has been the gold standard for severe weather preparedness, but a new addition to the Storm Prediction Center's outlook marks the most significant ...

The update adds multiple levels of visual “hatching” that distinguish the potential power of storms, rather than only the ...

For decades, meteorologists and emergency managers have relied on the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) to quantify severe weather ...