Alert archive / Kentucky / Butler County

Weather alerts in Butler County, Kentucky, 2010

174 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Butler County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
174
Warnings
51
Watches
21
Advisories
42
Busiest month
May38 alerts
Busiest day
May 2, 201014 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 5 tornado warnings covering Butler County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them.

Butler County, 2010

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings50100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings23770%450%19 min
Flash flood warnings3233%1100%140 min

Each office's whole area, 2010

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Louisville, KY: tornado warnings39685%1258%4 min
NWS Louisville, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings27312056%29070%16 min
NWS Louisville, KY: flash flood warnings491765%5671%131 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 5, 1:41 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLMK25 hr
Jan 6, 3:10 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK27 hr
Jan 18, 2:30 AM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryLMK8 hr
Jan 21, 1:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMK36 min
Jan 21, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jan 22, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMK36 hr
Jan 22, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMK36 hr
Jan 23, 11:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMK24 hr
Jan 24, 6:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMK18 hr
Jan 27, 3:10 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLMK24 hr
Jan 28, 2:01 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLMK55 hr
Feb 5, 9:50 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK24 hr
Feb 6, 3:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMK17 hr
Feb 6, 3:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMK17 hr
Feb 7, 8:43 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMK36 hr
Feb 8, 3:55 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK32 hr
Feb 8, 10:27 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLMK26 hr
Feb 14, 2:26 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK40 hr
Mar 11, 7:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMK44 min
Mar 12, 6:30 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK90 min
Mar 28, 3:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK50 min
Apr 3, 7:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK42 min
Apr 3, 8:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK39 min
Apr 5, 12:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Apr 7, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK47 min
Apr 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Apr 7, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK26 min
Apr 7, 10:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Apr 7, 11:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Apr 23, 6:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC29 min
Apr 24, 9:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 24, 11:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr
Apr 24, 2:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Apr 24, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK21 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLMK16 min
Apr 24, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK45 min
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Apr 24, 6:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK114 min
Apr 24, 7:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Apr 28, 6:27 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Apr 29, 2:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLMK3 days
May 1, 1:11 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 1, 2:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 1, 4:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK26 min
May 1, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK39 min
May 1, 4:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK6 hr
May 1, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMK10 days
May 1, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMK14 days
May 1, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 1, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK30 min
May 1, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK29 min
May 1, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK18 min
May 1, 11:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK3 hr
May 2, 2:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 2, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK35 min
May 2, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK35 min
May 2, 4:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
May 2, 6:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 2, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMK4 hr
May 2, 10:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMK20 hr
May 3, 6:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMK7 hr
May 3, 6:04 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK3 hr
May 7, 3:02 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLMK15 hr
May 7, 5:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 7, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 7, 9:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
May 14, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 15, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK43 min
May 15, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK34 min
May 17, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK20 min
May 17, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK39 min
May 17, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK26 min
May 17, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK19 min
May 17, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK24 min
May 17, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK29 min
May 17, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK29 min
May 21, 6:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 22, 4:22 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK4 hr
May 23, 11:50 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMK13 hr
Jun 2, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 2, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK23 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK41 min
Jun 2, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK26 min
Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK32 min
Jun 3, 12:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 3, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 3, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK24 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK34 min
Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK28 min
Jun 11, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK35 min
Jun 11, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK31 min
Jun 11, 12:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 14, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK35 min
Jun 15, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK34 min
Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 18, 2:56 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK23 hr
Jun 18, 2:56 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK50 hr
Jun 28, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK59 min
Jul 16, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK49 min
Jul 18, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK35 min
Jul 18, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLMK20 min
Jul 18, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK27 min
Jul 19, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 19, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK40 min
Jul 19, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK34 min
Jul 21, 7:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Jul 21, 9:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMK6 hr
Jul 21, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMK3 hr
Jul 21, 1:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Jul 22, 2:59 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK27 hr
Jul 22, 2:59 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK51 hr
Jul 28, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK23 min
Jul 28, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Jul 31, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC27 min
Jul 31, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 31, 3:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jul 31, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK31 min
Aug 2, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK53 hr
Aug 3, 2:32 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK20 hr
Aug 4, 3:16 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLMK17 hr
Aug 4, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK27 min
Aug 5, 2:21 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK10 hr
Aug 5, 7:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 5, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 9, 2:17 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK29 hr
Aug 10, 10:25 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLMK9 hr
Aug 11, 2:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMK5 days
Aug 11, 11:14 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLMK3 hr
Aug 11, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK33 min
Aug 12, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Aug 12, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK61 min
Aug 14, 1:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 14, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 14, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK44 min
Aug 14, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK55 min
Aug 18, 9:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK108 min
Aug 18, 11:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Aug 19, 6:35 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK2 hr
Sep 7, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK34 min
Sep 22, 1:27 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLMK6 hr
Sep 22, 2:23 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLMK12 hr
Sep 23, 2:39 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLMK16 hr
Sep 24, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMK29 min
Oct 4, 1:57 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryLMK17 hr
Oct 5, 2:37 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryLMK29 hr
Oct 21, 2:41 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLMK14 hr
Oct 21, 2:58 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryLMK17 hr
Oct 23, 2:29 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLMK16 hr
Oct 25, 1:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLMK24 hr
Oct 26, 6:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 26, 7:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 26, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK51 min
Oct 26, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK34 min
Oct 26, 10:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLMK28 min
Oct 26, 10:05 AM CDTTornado WarningLMK25 min
Oct 26, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMK52 min
Oct 26, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLMK30 min
Oct 28, 1:58 PM CDTFreeze WarningLMK12 hr
Oct 29, 2:32 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLMK12 hr
Oct 30, 2:45 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLMK15 hr
Nov 18, 2:49 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK16 hr
Nov 20, 4:00 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLMK3 hr
Nov 25, 2:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMK39 min
Dec 11, 2:01 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK46 hr
Dec 12, 6:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMK43 min
Dec 14, 3:23 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLMK12 hr
Dec 14, 3:13 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningLMK45 hr
Dec 15, 3:25 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK21 hr
Dec 15, 6:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 24, 1:16 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLMK27 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.