Alert archive / Kentucky / Barren County
Weather alerts in Barren County, Kentucky, 2008
85 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Barren County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 17
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- February16 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 10, 20087 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Barren County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Barren County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 4 | 43% | 3 | 100% | 16 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Louisville, KY: tornado warnings | 40 | 10 | 75% | 44 | 64% | 11 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 186 | 84 | 55% | 322 | 60% | 18 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: flash flood warnings | 28 | 19 | 32% | 97 | 72% | 194 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 8, 3:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 23 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jan 8, 10:07 PM CST | High Wind Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jan 10, 1:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jan 10, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 17 min |
| Jan 10, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 27 min |
| Jan 10, 2:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jan 21, 2:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 19 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:14 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 6:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 5, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Feb 5, 11:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 10:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Feb 11, 1:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:09 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 8 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 23 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:44 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:44 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LMK | 15 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:38 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:07 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 46 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:22 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 2:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:34 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:48 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 18 hr |
| May 2, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 21 hr |
| May 11, 5:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 31, 5:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 1, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 12:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 10:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 11:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 104 min |
| Jul 28, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 29 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:24 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 30 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:32 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 31 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 19 hr |
| Dec 8, 8:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 57 min |
| Dec 8, 9:14 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 17 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 26 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 21 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 38 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 5:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 10:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 9 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:50 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 16 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 23 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:55 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 49 min |
| Dec 27, 2:44 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 29 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 7 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 31 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.