Weather warning side companies like Weather Watch or Instant Weather. These side companies are not associated with the government in any way. Environment Canada defines a advisory as ""an alert to cover a wide array of deteriorating weather conditions,"" a watch as ""when conditions favour that severe weather forming"" and a warning as ""severe weather is actually occurring or is imminent."" . Additionally, Environment Canada breaks down weather alerts based upon the specific type of hazardous weather. These alerts are regionally issued throughout Canada and include, but are not limited to, winter storms, extreme temperature, ice, thunderstorms (including tornadoes), wind, tsunami, tropical
Weather warning [increasing] significantly, but its occurrence, location, and/or timing is still uncertain"" and a warning as ""hazardous weather or hydrologic event [that] is occurring, is imminent, or has a very high probability of occurring"" . Additionally, the NWS breaks down weather warnings and watches based upon the specific type of hazardous weather. These warnings and watches include, but are not limited to, flooding, severe local storms, tropical cyclones, and winter storms. In Canada, governmental weather warnings and watches are issued by the Environment Canada. Non-governmental alerts, not watches or warnings, such as a "rotation detected" or "tornado reported" are issued by