Alert archive / Kentucky / Caldwell County
Weather alerts in Caldwell County, Kentucky, 2012
145 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Caldwell County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 145
- Warnings
- 42
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- July21 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 29, 201212 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 4 tornado warnings covering Caldwell County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them.
Caldwell County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 28 | 14 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Paducah, KY: tornado warnings | 84 | 21 | 75% | 41 | 61% | 14 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 450 | 165 | 63% | 478 | 65% | 18 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: flash flood warnings | 16 | 7 | 56% | 17 | 94% | 117 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, 3:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 9 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:55 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:06 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 33 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:37 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jan 22, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 4:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:55 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Feb 26, 8:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | PAH | 9 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 7:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 8:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Feb 29, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:22 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 2, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 2:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | PAH | 18 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:43 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:03 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:52 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 26, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 32 min |
| May 1, 4:51 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 13 hr |
| May 2, 3:47 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| May 3, 3:49 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| May 4, 3:50 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 8 hr |
| May 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 5, 5:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 23, 2:32 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 28 hr |
| May 29, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 35 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 19 min |
| May 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 31, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 31, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 11, 1:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:45 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 59 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | PAH | 24 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:12 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PAH | 9 days |
| Jul 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 7, 1:55 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 28 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 20 min |
| Jul 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 53 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 107 min |
| Jul 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 22 min |
| Jul 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:32 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PAH | 5 days |
| Jul 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 21 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 12:18 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 3 days |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 1, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 9:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 5, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Sep 5, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 6, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 3:37 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 26 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:53 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:25 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | 20 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 37 min |
| Oct 7, 2:31 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | 24 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | 17 hr |
| Oct 14, 7:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Oct 17, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 75 min |
| Oct 29, 3:52 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | PAH | 17 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | 9 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:39 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 29 hr |
| Nov 8, 5:44 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 11 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Dec 17, 11:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Dec 19, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 32 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:21 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:49 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | PAH | 29 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 25 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 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 | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 14 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 46 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.