Alert archive / Kentucky / Breckinridge County
Weather alerts in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, 2021
87 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Breckinridge County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 87
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- July14 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 11, 202111 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 3 tornado warnings covering Breckinridge County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 59 minutes after it went out.
Breckinridge County, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 3 | 33% | 59 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 4 | 25% | 5 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 34 min |
Each office's whole area, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Louisville, KY: tornado warnings | 31 | 14 | 55% | 53 | 81% | 19 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 111 | 54 | 51% | 190 | 52% | 11 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: flash flood warnings | 60 | 39 | 35% | 95 | 79% | 91 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, 2:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 31 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:41 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 48 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:32 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | LMK | 49 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 35 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 44 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 42 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:20 PM CST | Flood Watch | LMK | 61 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:30 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:55 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 8 days |
| Mar 12, 3:23 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Mar 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Mar 30, 2:07 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:07 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 43 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 44 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:35 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 43 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:36 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 28 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 48 hr |
| May 9, 2:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 17 hr |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| May 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 3, 11:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 12:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 10, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 26 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 22 min |
| Jul 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 113 min |
| Jul 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 28 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 29 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 53 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 18 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 40 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 34 min |
| Oct 25, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Nov 2, 2:35 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 23 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:35 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 29 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:04 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 30 hr |
| Dec 5, 11:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Dec 10, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 56 min |
| Dec 10, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 8:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Dec 10, 9:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 9:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 17 min |
| Dec 10, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 53 min |
| Dec 10, 11:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 11:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Dec 11, 2:08 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 115 min |
| Dec 11, 3:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:03 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 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 | 5 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 17 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 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.