BADSEVERITY

Message        The severity of message id <name> cannot be made less
               severe.  The severity for this message was not
               changed.

Description    The severities of the compiler's error and fatal
               messages cannot be changed to a severity that is less
               severe.  The compiler's fatal messages cannot be
               changed to any other severity.  The compiler's error
               messages can only be changed to fatals.

User Action    Remove the pragma or compiler option that tried to
               change the severity.