Alert archive / Indiana / Spencer County
Weather alerts in Spencer County, Indiana, 2014
129 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Spencer County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 129
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 48
- Busiest month
- May24 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20147 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Spencer County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 4 | 67% | 1 | 100% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 1 | 100% | 116 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Paducah, KY: tornado warnings | 66 | 21 | 68% | 43 | 58% | 16 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 161 | 51 | 68% | 177 | 51% | 18 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: flash flood warnings | 46 | 17 | 63% | 47 | 81% | 89 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 32 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:27 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 27 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 37 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 26 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:40 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | PAH | 45 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:40 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | PAH | 62 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 22 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 18 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:19 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | PAH | 32 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 9 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:06 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | PAH | 17 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:35 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:18 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | PAH | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:36 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | PAH | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 14 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 23 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | 4 days |
| Feb 13, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 27 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 28 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Feb 21, 11:05 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | 8 days |
| Feb 28, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 32 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:28 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 55 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:24 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:29 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 25 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:59 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 22 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 3, 9:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 119 min |
| Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 4, 6:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | 8 days |
| Apr 5, 6:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | 26 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:34 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 28 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 1, 2:46 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| May 3, 11:44 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 6 hr |
| May 4, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | 40 hr |
| May 5, 3:35 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| May 6, 1:39 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 17 hr |
| May 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 19 hr |
| May 8, 3:09 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 17 hr |
| May 9, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 9, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 46 min |
| May 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 10, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 49 min |
| May 10, 12:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 15 min |
| May 11, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| May 13, 11:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| May 20, 4:51 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| May 21, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 21, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
| May 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 22, 2:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 30, 12:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:09 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 4, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 114 min |
| Jun 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:50 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 11 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 116 min |
| Jul 7, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 6:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 9:52 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 19, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 20, 4:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 8 days |
| Sep 1, 8:56 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:05 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:10 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:20 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Oct 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 47 min |
| Oct 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Oct 7, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Oct 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 40 min |
| Oct 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 10:52 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | 9 hr |
| Oct 30, 7:49 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 36 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 37 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 38 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 18 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 26 hr |
| Nov 24, 4:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Dec 4, 7:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 12 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.