The approach controller may have been using the 15 level VIP scale where
level 4 is not severe. If you fly into the type of level 4 that Newps
is talking about, you might (probably) won't come the other side. The
airport would probably shut down with a "real" level 5 thunderstorm in
the near vicinity


What question would one ask to ascertain if it's "four out of 15" or
"four out of six"?

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