Alert archive / Kentucky / Harlan County

Weather alerts in Harlan County, Kentucky, 2016

141 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Harlan County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
141
Warnings
23
Watches
26
Advisories
41
Busiest month
April25 alerts
Busiest day
July 8, 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.

Harlan County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings5340%1070%17 min
Flash flood warnings220%4100%169 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings40100%20%
NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings1268632%27169%17 min
NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings451762%4865%90 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 8:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL62 min
Jan 4, 9:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL64 min
Jan 11, 3:20 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL24 hr
Jan 12, 2:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL24 min
Jan 19, 3:39 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL49 hr
Jan 20, 5:04 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchJKL24 hr
Jan 21, 4:47 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL62 hr
Jan 22, 4:47 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 22, 8:30 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 22, 1:56 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 1, 3:42 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL39 hr
Feb 3, 4:39 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Feb 7, 4:38 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL68 hr
Feb 10, 1:20 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Feb 11, 2:40 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL23 hr
Feb 13, 2:14 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL29 hr
Feb 14, 4:33 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL24 hr
Feb 14, 4:12 PM ESTFlood WatchJKL39 hr
Feb 15, 4:17 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL7 hr
Feb 16, 1:08 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL12 hr
Feb 16, 2:04 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL24 hr
Feb 16, 7:04 AM ESTFlood WatchJKL11 min
Feb 16, 12:55 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Feb 23, 3:15 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL31 hr
Feb 24, 5:16 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL50 hr
Feb 24, 8:14 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 1, 3:43 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 1, 4:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL29 min
Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Mar 14, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL49 min
Mar 21, 8:51 AM EDTFire Weather WatchJKL6 hr
Mar 21, 2:53 PM EDTFreeze WarningJKL18 hr
Mar 21, 3:37 PM EDTRed Flag WarningJKL29 hr
Mar 24, 3:30 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJKL17 hr
Mar 25, 4:11 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL18 hr
Apr 1, 3:25 PM EDTFreeze WatchJKL13 hr
Apr 1, 3:25 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJKL13 hr
Apr 1, 3:25 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL35 hr
Apr 2, 4:25 AM EDTRed Flag WarningJKL17 hr
Apr 2, 4:25 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL30 hr
Apr 3, 3:39 PM EDTFreeze WatchJKL12 hr
Apr 4, 3:49 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL30 hr
Apr 5, 3:30 AM EDTFreeze WatchJKL7 hr
Apr 5, 10:22 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL23 hr
Apr 6, 1:51 PM EDTRed Flag WarningJKL6 hr
Apr 7, 8:12 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Apr 7, 12:47 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL7 hr
Apr 7, 3:26 PM EDTFreeze WatchJKL13 hr
Apr 8, 4:25 AM EDTFreeze WatchJKL23 hr
Apr 8, 4:25 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL30 hr
Apr 8, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL62 min
Apr 9, 3:51 AM EDTHard Freeze WarningJKL30 hr
Apr 11, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL16 hr
Apr 11, 4:00 PM EDTRed Flag WarningJKL4 hr
Apr 12, 4:15 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL29 hr
Apr 22, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Apr 22, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL36 min
Apr 22, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL30 min
Apr 27, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
Apr 28, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
May 1, 7:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
May 1, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL6 hr
May 1, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
May 1, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL31 min
May 2, 3:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL18 hr
May 2, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 2, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 2, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL27 min
May 4, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL59 min
May 7, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL34 min
May 10, 6:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 10, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 11, 12:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 11, 3:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
May 11, 7:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
May 12, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL31 min
May 12, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL29 min
May 12, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL64 min
May 12, 3:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL19 hr
May 15, 3:15 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL18 hr
May 29, 2:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL115 min
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 4, 2:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL8 hr
Jun 5, 1:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jun 15, 2:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 16, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL23 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 21, 4:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jun 21, 8:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL114 min
Jun 21, 8:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jun 21, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL6 hr
Jun 22, 2:59 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Jun 22, 12:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL50 min
Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL26 min
Jun 23, 10:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL12 hr
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 23, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 4, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL29 hr
Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 4, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL54 min
Jul 5, 4:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 7, 6:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Jul 7, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL30 min
Jul 8, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jul 8, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL35 min
Jul 8, 4:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 8, 4:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jul 8, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL31 min
Jul 8, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL29 min
Jul 12, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL29 min
Jul 12, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL29 min
Jul 27, 3:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKL28 hr
Jul 27, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL39 min
Jul 27, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL47 min
Jul 27, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL12 hr
Jul 27, 11:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Aug 4, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Aug 4, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Aug 8, 11:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Aug 15, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL32 min
Oct 20, 4:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 25, 2:56 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL18 hr
Nov 5, 3:34 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL18 hr
Nov 9, 3:20 AM ESTFrost AdvisoryJKL30 hr
Nov 10, 4:09 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryJKL17 hr
Nov 11, 3:26 PM ESTFreeze WatchJKL12 hr
Nov 12, 2:59 AM ESTFreeze WarningJKL31 hr
Nov 16, 4:20 PM ESTFire Weather WatchJKL21 hr
Nov 27, 4:51 AM ESTFire Weather WatchJKL21 hr
Nov 28, 1:55 AM ESTRed Flag WarningJKL16 hr
Nov 28, 3:31 AM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL20 hr
Nov 30, 12:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Dec 16, 4:11 AM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL30 hr
Dec 18, 12:20 AM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL7 hr
Dec 18, 3:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL53 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.