Alert archive / Kentucky / Caldwell County
Weather alerts in Caldwell County, Kentucky, 2016
122 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Caldwell County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 122
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- July33 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 7, 20169 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 Caldwell County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Caldwell County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 4 | 60% | 5 | 40% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 4 | 100% | 72 min |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Paducah, KY: tornado warnings | 67 | 17 | 75% | 43 | 77% | 14 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 223 | 110 | 51% | 419 | 66% | 20 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: flash flood warnings | 94 | 51 | 46% | 186 | 93% | 83 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 9, 3:05 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 13 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 12:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 20 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 38 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:34 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 7 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 30 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 16 min |
| Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:18 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 117 min |
| Feb 9, 5:29 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 7 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 36 hr |
| Feb 14, 7:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 8 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:46 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 50 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 3:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:23 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | 23 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 17 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | 18 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 6, 1:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:00 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:11 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 29 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 1, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 1, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 7, 11:46 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 6 hr |
| May 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 10, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 25 min |
| May 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 34 min |
| May 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 39 min |
| May 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 11, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 34 min |
| May 11, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 12, 9:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 6 hr |
| May 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| May 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 15, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:36 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 28 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 23, 3:17 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 35 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 4, 11:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 19 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 115 min |
| Jul 8, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:04 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 7 days |
| Jul 20, 11:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 20 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 30 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 2:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:23 AM CST | Frost Advisory | PAH | 29 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:11 AM CST | Freeze Warning | PAH | 30 hr |
| Nov 28, 6:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 27 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 36 min |
| Dec 24, 3:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 18 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Dec 26, 8:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 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 | 10 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 8 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
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.