Alert archive / Kentucky / Marion County
Weather alerts in Marion County, Kentucky, 2015
167 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Marion County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 167
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 35
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- July54 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 14, 201512 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 2 tornado warnings covering Marion County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them.
Marion County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 19 | 17 | 11% | 7 | 71% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 1 | 100% | 15 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 |
| Jan 15, 8:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 5:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| Feb 12, 9:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 27 min |
| 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, 9:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 58 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 |
| Feb 21, 4:09 AM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | 18 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, 8:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 20 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:55 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 55 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:56 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 12:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | 30 hr |
| 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, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 39 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 10, 1:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 4:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | 20 min |
| Apr 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 22 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 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 11, 1:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 11, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 32 min |
| May 11, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 11, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| May 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 19 min |
| May 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 28 min |
| May 27, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 9, 5:29 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 19, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 35 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 2:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 21, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 25, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| 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, 2:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 12:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 53 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 32 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 9, 5:11 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 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, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 10, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 8:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 30 min |
| 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, 3:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| 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, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 5:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 5:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 8:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 17, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 37 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 19 min |
| Jul 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 7:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 53 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| 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 6, 4:03 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Nov 6, 4:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 2:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 25 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 7 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, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 8:42 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 35 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 | 19 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 41 |
| Special Weather Statement | 28 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 11 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| 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.