Alert archive / Kentucky / Franklin County
Weather alerts in Franklin County, Kentucky, 2015
180 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 180
- Warnings
- 42
- Watches
- 35
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- April48 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 201511 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 Franklin County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them.
Franklin 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 | 20 | 14 | 30% | 10 | 70% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 4 | 33% | 5 | 40% | 95 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:59 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LMK | 43 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:58 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LMK | 18 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 41 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:51 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LMK | 54 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 87 min |
| Feb 18, 2:00 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | LMK | 20 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 37 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:38 PM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | 51 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 46 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 32 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 20 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:55 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 55 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:51 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 8:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 1:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 4 days |
| Apr 3, 1:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 7, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:16 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 8, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 39 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 1:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 3 days |
| Apr 22, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 6:29 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 14 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:08 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 30 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 18 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| May 11, 1:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 11, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 11, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 28 min |
| May 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 11, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| May 26, 1:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 27, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 18, 2:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 35 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 25, 11:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 26, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 25 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 1:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 12:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 53 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 12:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 11 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:24 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 4:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 88 min |
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 6:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 46 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 13, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 9:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 1:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 5:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 52 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 37 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 53 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 23 min |
| Oct 16, 2:50 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 30 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:50 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:10 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 30 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 25 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Dec 4, 9:23 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 14 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 26 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 8:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 8:42 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 35 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 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 | 20 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 37 |
| Special Weather Statement | 31 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 12 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 16 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.