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
History of The Weather Channel originally generated only text-based products. Radar imagery was added to the units in June of that year, with graphical backgrounds being introduced in July, making the 4000 the first STAR to be capable of generating graphics and the first to incorporate the channel's logo in the forecast segments. Also in 1990, The Weather Channel began including snow condition reports at five minutes after the hour. Largely considered the height of the classic TWC by enthusiasts, The Weather Channel underwent a major graphical revamp (with the introduction of a new slogan, "Weather You Can Always Turn To") on March 6, 1991.