Alert archive / Kentucky / Bell County
Weather alerts in Bell County, Kentucky, 2025
203 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Bell County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 203
- Warnings
- 49
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 61
- Busiest month
- May50 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 8, 202517 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Bell County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.
Bell County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 28 | 24 | 14% | 19 | 58% | 16 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 3 | 50% | 2 | 50% | 49 min |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings | 30 | 5 | 83% | 5 | 80% | 30 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 274 | 166 | 39% | 399 | 83% | 17 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings | 66 | 26 | 61% | 111 | 76% | 110 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1:35 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | JKL | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:56 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 34 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | JKL | 32 hr |
| Jan 8, 7:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | JKL | 47 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 49 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:55 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | JKL | 44 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:00 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | JKL | 43 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:23 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:20 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | 15 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:10 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 21 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:08 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:13 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Feb 6, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 5:10 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Feb 6, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 7:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 7:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 8:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | 9 min |
| Feb 6, 9:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:34 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 9:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 7:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:28 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | 16 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:49 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 3 days |
| Feb 15, 9:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 48 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | 47 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 4:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 54 min |
| Feb 16, 1:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:08 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | JKL | 69 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 68 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:16 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | JKL | 44 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:11 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | JKL | 19 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:55 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 51 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:56 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 45 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 42 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 11:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Mar 16, 8:01 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 38 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:00 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 2:17 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 2:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 6 days |
| Apr 3, 10:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 4:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 4:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:59 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:56 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 4:06 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 18 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 4:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 2, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 43 min |
| May 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 45 min |
| May 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 37 min |
| May 8, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 43 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 116 min |
| May 8, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 38 min |
| May 8, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 23 min |
| May 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 12, 4:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| May 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 82 min |
| May 12, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| May 16, 7:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 16, 9:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 18 hr |
| May 16, 10:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 16, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 32 min |
| May 16, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 47 min |
| May 16, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 16, 11:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| May 19, 2:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 35 hr |
| May 20, 11:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 20, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 38 min |
| May 20, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 38 min |
| May 20, 6:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 20, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 20, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 28 min |
| May 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 45 min |
| May 20, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 43 min |
| May 30, 4:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 109 min |
| Jun 19, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 2:33 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 5 days |
| Jun 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 3:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 12:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 84 min |
| Jul 17, 3:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 45 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 9:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 44 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:17 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 64 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 1:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 110 min |
| Jul 31, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 16 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 9:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 10:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 7, 1:52 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 26 min |
| Oct 19, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 35 min |
| Oct 19, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 3:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 30 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:40 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 15 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 30 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 19 hr |
| Nov 7, 9:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 40 min |
| Nov 7, 10:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 42 min |
| Nov 7, 11:35 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Nov 9, 1:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 49 hr |
| Nov 22, 11:46 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Dec 4, 1:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 19 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 38 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:50 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | JKL | 55 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 62 min |
| Dec 28, 1:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 25 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 | 28 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 35 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 10 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 26 |
| River Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.