With flooding possible in our forecast, it's important to understand what the different flood alerts actually mean.

As of Wednesday morning, winter storm warnings, meaning "a significant combination of hazardous winter weather is occurring ...

Numerous states had received winter weather-related alerts from the National Weather Service as of early Monday.

During the winter months, the National Weather Service often issues warnings, watches and advisories ahead of weather-related events like snowstorms. Here's what they mean.

We break down every type of flood notice from the National Weather Service and what you need to do at each step.

What's the difference, though, between a winter storm watch, an advisory and a warning? And can they mean different things ...