Post For Meteorologists: "All Hazards Possible"

Fellow meteorologists: we tend to get caught up in the jargon of our profession from time-to-time. Lately, I've noticed that a phrase used by the NWS's Storm Prediction Center has been creeping into our communications with the public at large. And, that is, "all hazards possible."

One of numerous recent examples of 
"all severe weather threats"

The problem? Almost no one in the public knows "all hazards" or "all threats" means, "tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds." We should do a better job of communicating with the public and the easiest way to do that is by watching our wording. 

Another of these jargon phrases -- that is thankfully dying out -- is "these storms will exceed severe limits." A limit is just that. In this context, the word "limit" should be replaced with "threshold." 

I could go on but these two examples should be enough to give some of my younger colleagues the idea. We should do a better job of communicating with the public and the best way to do that is by watching our wording. 

Thanks for reading!