Alert archive / Kentucky / Barren County
Weather alerts in Barren County, Kentucky, 2026
118 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 118
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 42
- Busiest month
- July38 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 28, 20269 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 1 tornado warnings covering Barren County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.
Barren County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 6 | 33% | 7 | 71% | 10 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 4 | 0% | 3 | 100% | 157 min |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Louisville, KY: tornado warnings | 46 | 14 | 70% | 31 | 65% | 15 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 242 | 153 | 37% | 523 | 73% | 18 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: flash flood warnings | 135 | 79 | 41% | 184 | 85% | 117 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 21, 10:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 26 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 3:17 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | LMK | 32 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:27 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | LMK | 54 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 10:15 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | LMK | 48 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:47 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | LMK | 46 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 44 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 12:51 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 13 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 31 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 1:11 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 19 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 11:13 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 10 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 2, 10:49 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 21 hr |
| May 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 20, 12:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 21, 7:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| May 22, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:01 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 52 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 9, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 11:41 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:13 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 3 days |
| Jun 27, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 20 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:47 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LMK | 4 days |
| Jul 2, 10:34 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:39 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 4 days |
| Jul 8, 2:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 11:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 2:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 16 min |
| Jul 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 115 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:26 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 34 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:03 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 19 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 21, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 10:28 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 45 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 15 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:15 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 57 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 10 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:14 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 5 days |
| Sep 5, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:50 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 5 days |
| Sep 18, 6:56 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 48 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 23 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 9 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.