Alert archive / Kentucky / McCreary County
Weather alerts in McCreary County, Kentucky, 2020
125 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McCreary County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 125
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 57
- Busiest month
- June23 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 29, 20208 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 McCreary County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
McCreary County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 14 | 93% | 16 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 100% | 120 min |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 91 | 51 | 44% | 155 | 72% | 17 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings | 37 | 19 | 49% | 54 | 74% | 47 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 10, 3:36 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jan 11, 9:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:35 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jan 11, 1:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 3:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 8:38 PM EST | High Wind Warning | JKL | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:17 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:07 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 45 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:53 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 22 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 30 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 43 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 33 min |
| Feb 12, 8:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 39 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:05 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 34 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:49 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 15 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:00 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 30 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:06 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| May 3, 4:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 48 min |
| May 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| May 7, 3:55 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 54 hr |
| May 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 12 hr |
| May 9, 4:12 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| May 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 4 days |
| May 18, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 19, 1:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| May 20, 12:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| May 25, 2:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:42 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 72 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 90 min |
| Jul 17, 1:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 20, 12:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 9:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 119 min |
| Jul 21, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 11:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 118 min |
| Jul 25, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 100 min |
| Jul 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 40 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 6:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 70 min |
| Aug 10, 7:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 81 min |
| Aug 14, 9:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 18 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 12:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:54 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:35 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Oct 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 9 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:57 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 19 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 3:59 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 30 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:57 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 37 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:51 AM EST | Freeze Warning | JKL | 30 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:17 AM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 40 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:41 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 12 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 42 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:06 AM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:15 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 50 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 8 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 | 5 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 32 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.