Alert archive / Kentucky / Carter County

Weather alerts in Carter County, Kentucky, 2026

131 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Carter County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
131
Warnings
31
Watches
29
Advisories
15
Busiest month
August34 alerts
Busiest day
August 11, 202610 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 4 tornado warnings covering Carter County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.

Carter County, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings40100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings171418%786%16 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings39295%933%5 min
NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings43232225%1,17580%22 min
NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings26016935%75988%121 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 18, 1:34 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX46 hr
Jan 21, 12:28 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX37 hr
Jan 23, 1:08 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX3 days
Jan 25, 9:06 AM ESTExtreme Cold WatchRLX15 hr
Jan 26, 12:26 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX36 hr
Jan 29, 11:39 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX35 hr
Jan 31, 12:10 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX35 hr
Feb 5, 12:39 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX42 hr
Feb 15, 7:42 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRLX14 hr
Feb 19, 1:51 PM ESTFlood WatchRLX17 hr
Mar 1, 1:46 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX44 hr
Mar 2, 6:29 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 3, 10:39 AM ESTFlood WatchRLX67 hr
Mar 4, 3:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX25 min
Mar 4, 4:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Mar 7, 10:57 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 7, 2:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 11, 11:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 12, 2:26 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX42 hr
Mar 15, 1:47 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX44 hr
Mar 15, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Mar 16, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX36 min
Mar 16, 3:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX46 min
Mar 27, 9:10 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX25 hr
Mar 27, 1:57 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX23 hr
Mar 28, 1:08 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX21 hr
Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 1, 4:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 1, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Apr 1, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Apr 1, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX38 min
Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX21 hr
Apr 6, 12:24 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX22 hr
Apr 7, 12:09 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX22 hr
Apr 18, 12:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 19, 12:32 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX32 hr
Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX13 hr
Apr 20, 12:54 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX11 hr
Apr 20, 12:54 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX32 hr
Apr 28, 2:00 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 28, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX27 min
Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX15 min
May 1, 1:25 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX20 hr
May 1, 1:25 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX23 hr
May 2, 12:00 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX21 hr
May 16, 11:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
May 20, 7:50 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 20, 1:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 20, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX13 min
May 20, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
May 20, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX32 min
May 22, 2:20 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX48 hr
May 24, 12:52 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX13 hr
May 26, 1:25 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX34 hr
May 26, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
May 26, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
May 27, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX38 min
May 27, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
May 28, 12:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jun 10, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX67 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX65 min
Jun 17, 10:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 18, 3:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 18, 5:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLX35 min
Jun 18, 5:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX27 min
Jun 18, 5:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX36 min
Jun 22, 1:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Jun 22, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX27 hr
Jun 22, 10:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX40 min
Jun 26, 2:24 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX42 hr
Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX5 days
Jun 30, 1:09 AM EDTExtreme Heat WarningRLX5 days
Jul 4, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Jul 4, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX34 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Jul 6, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Jul 9, 9:13 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX3 days
Jul 21, 3:59 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX22 hr
Jul 21, 12:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 21, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Jul 21, 3:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 21, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX54 min
Jul 21, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX49 min
Jul 21, 5:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX42 min
Jul 28, 12:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Aug 7, 1:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX35 min
Aug 7, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX4 days
Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 11, 8:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 11, 11:18 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Aug 11, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX23 min
Aug 11, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 11, 3:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Aug 11, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLX30 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX42 min
Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLX79 min
Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX20 min
Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX71 hr
Aug 16, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 16, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX37 min
Aug 16, 6:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX41 min
Aug 16, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX28 min
Aug 16, 6:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX49 min
Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX31 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 16, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Aug 22, 11:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 22, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 22, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Aug 22, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Aug 22, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 22, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Aug 22, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX34 min
Sep 1, 1:23 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX4 days
Sep 4, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 5, 4:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX35 hr
Sep 18, 7:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX43 min
Sep 21, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Sep 21, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX35 min

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.