Alert archive / Kentucky / Breathitt County
Weather alerts in Breathitt County, Kentucky, 2011
195 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Breathitt County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 195
- Warnings
- 57
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 70
- Busiest month
- April61 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 9, 201118 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 Breathitt County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them.
Breathitt County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 48 | 32 | 33% | 20 | 75% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 7 | 57% | 14 min |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings | 36 | 5 | 86% | 6 | 100% | 17 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 288 | 175 | 39% | 555 | 70% | 21 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings | 52 | 17 | 67% | 62 | 60% | 87 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 6, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 56 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 62 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 32 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | JKL | 25 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | JKL | 24 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 30 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:37 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:08 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 48 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:45 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 21 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 35 min |
| Feb 27, 11:46 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 28 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 7:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 1:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:20 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 43 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:49 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 48 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:50 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 28 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 7:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:47 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 28 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 51 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:06 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 23 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 6:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 8, 1:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 8, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 7:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 10:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 12:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 103 min |
| Apr 9, 12:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 9, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 109 min |
| Apr 9, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:01 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:02 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 14 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:30 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | 27 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 37 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:48 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 15 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 20, 1:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:34 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| May 1, 5:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:17 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 19 hr |
| May 10, 11:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| May 10, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 39 min |
| May 10, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 65 min |
| May 10, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 21 min |
| May 10, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 39 min |
| May 10, 11:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 11, 12:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 11, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 11, 5:07 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 20, 12:53 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| May 22, 1:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 45 min |
| May 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 22, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 32 min |
| May 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 46 min |
| May 23, 4:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 23, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 23, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 44 min |
| May 23, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 24, 8:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 26, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 23 min |
| May 26, 4:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:24 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 7, 6:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 7:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 11:48 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:48 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 106 min |
| Jun 20, 9:53 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 20, 10:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 23, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 27, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 29, 2:50 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:56 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 11, 11:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 12, 2:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 96 min |
| Jul 15, 2:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:09 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 23 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:06 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | JKL | 4 days |
| Jul 21, 7:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 4:25 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 64 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 107 min |
| Jul 22, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 104 min |
| Jul 24, 9:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 89 min |
| Jul 28, 7:39 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 36 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:05 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:33 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 10:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | 33 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 32 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:51 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 11 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 36 min |
| Sep 26, 10:50 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 11 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Oct 15, 11:08 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JKL | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 17 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:09 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:35 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 28 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Nov 5, 12:14 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:10 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 26 hr |
| Nov 24, 12:40 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 8 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 | 47 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 39 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 26 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 15 |
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.