Alert archive / Kentucky / Butler County
Weather alerts in Butler County, Kentucky, 2015
184 weather alerts in 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 184
- Warnings
- 47
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- April46 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20158 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 1 tornado warnings covering Butler County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them.
Butler County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 21 | 11 | 48% | 9 | 100% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 3 | 67% | 36 min |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Louisville, KY: tornado warnings | 32 | 4 | 88% | 15 | 40% | 16 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 384 | 225 | 41% | 592 | 73% | 16 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: flash flood warnings | 100 | 59 | 41% | 174 | 77% | 79 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 6, 1:59 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LMK | 43 hr |
| Jan 15, 7:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 10 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 41 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:59 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LMK | 54 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:00 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | LMK | 20 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 37 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:09 AM CST | Flood Watch | LMK | 18 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:23 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 9 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:03 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 22 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:10 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 64 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:38 PM CST | Flood Watch | LMK | 51 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 10 days |
| Mar 3, 12:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 16 days |
| Mar 3, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 46 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:24 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 20 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:47 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 55 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:56 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 4 days |
| Apr 2, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 7:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 8 days |
| Apr 3, 10:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 114 min |
| Apr 3, 11:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 4, 2:16 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 39 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 3:31 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 9 days |
| Apr 14, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 12 days |
| Apr 16, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 12:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 46 min |
| May 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 16, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| May 16, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 12:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 90 min |
| Jun 9, 4:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 21, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 11:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 12:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 53 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 89 min |
| Jul 3, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 44 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 4:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 11 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 46 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 13, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 52 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 11:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:47 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 53 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:50 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 30 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:50 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 41 min |
| Nov 6, 3:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Nov 17, 1:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 25 hr |
| Nov 18, 11:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 118 min |
| Nov 21, 11:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Dec 1, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 36 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 3 days |
| Dec 8, 1:57 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:38 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 26 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 25 min |
| Dec 25, 3:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 50 min |
| Dec 25, 8:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 6 days |
| Dec 26, 9:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 35 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 4:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
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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.