Alert archive / Kentucky / McLean County
Weather alerts in McLean County, Kentucky, 2026
90 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McLean County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- July25 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 26, 20269 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 1 tornado warnings covering McLean County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 19 minutes after it went out.
McLean County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 19 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 9 | 25% | 5 | 80% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Paducah, KY: tornado warnings | 92 | 27 | 71% | 53 | 85% | 17 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 364 | 184 | 49% | 453 | 75% | 22 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: flash flood warnings | 91 | 43 | 53% | 89 | 88% | 108 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 7:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | 3 days |
| Jan 22, 12:00 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | PAH | 4 days |
| Jan 24, 10:12 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | PAH | 72 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:58 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | PAH | 47 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:32 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 19, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Mar 7, 5:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:45 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 26 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:59 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 18 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 31 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:10 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:19 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 11:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| May 4, 1:56 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 18 hr |
| May 16, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 1:23 AM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | 44 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 2:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 18, 7:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:36 AM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | 3 days |
| Jun 26, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 33 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:00 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | PAH | 24 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 86 min |
| Jun 28, 11:28 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | PAH | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 10:16 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 58 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 3, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 10:34 AM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | 4 days |
| Jul 9, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 20, 8:38 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | PAH | 34 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 21, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 22 min |
| Jul 21, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | PAH | 68 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 25 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 42 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 9, 12:29 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 12:50 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | PAH | 7 days |
| Aug 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 19, 8:23 PM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | 11 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 30, 12:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 47 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:20 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | PAH | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:46 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | PAH | 4 days |
| Sep 8, 12:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 30 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:12 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 7 days |
| Sep 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 45 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.