Back-to-Back Winter Storms Across the North-Central U.S.; Severe Weather Threat in the Midwest

A late-season winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, significant sleet, and disruptive icing to the Upper Midwest and western Great Lakes into the morning; and will be followed by another storm. Severe thunderstorms continue across the Midwest to the lower Great Lakes through tonight, before bringing a round of freezing rain and sleet Friday morning across northern New England. Read More >

The National Weather Service will be implementing changes to its hazard messaging headlines no earlier than calendar year 2025 and is collecting public comment on changes to display options. The NWS “Advisory” and “Special Weather Statements” headlines will be replaced by plain language headlines. This new plain language product will be in a bulleted “What, Where, When, Impacts” format and equipped with computer-readable Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) to streamline dissemination.

The transition to plain language will require changes to the national map of active alerts and the local forecast pages. Therefore, the NWS is currently exploring a set of options for these displays that include proposed adjustments to the colors and wording.

Please take this survey to help guide what that will look like:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HazSimp23

Additional details on the change may be found on the project website:
https://www.weather.gov/hazardsimplification/

Questions and comments can be directed to the NWS Hazard Simplification Team at:
hazsimp@noaa.gov

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