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# Severity
There are five severity options:
| Severity | Icon |
| -------- | -------------------------------- |
| None |  |
| Info |  |
| Warning |  |
| Alarm |  |
| Critical |  |
A severity of **None** will prevent any notifications from being sent; this is only useful if you want to use the condition for [Event Triggered Reports](/clarity/reports/event-triggered-reports.md).
Severity may affect whether a given user receives email and text notifications, according to their [contact preferences](/clarity/contact-preferences.md), where they can filter notifications by severity and organization, but Clarity will always display **Info**, **Warning**, **Alarm**, and **Critical** notification toasts when alarms with notifications turned on occur, regardless of the user's contact preferences: