Alert archive / Kentucky / Ohio County
Weather alerts in Ohio County, Kentucky, 2008
121 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ohio County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 121
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 34
- Busiest month
- February31 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20089 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 Ohio County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Ohio County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 3 | 67% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 1 | 100% | 20 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Louisville, KY: tornado warnings | 40 | 10 | 75% | 44 | 64% | 11 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 186 | 84 | 55% | 322 | 60% | 18 min |
| NWS Louisville, KY: flash flood warnings | 28 | 19 | 32% | 97 | 72% | 194 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 23 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jan 8, 1:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jan 8, 8:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jan 10, 7:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jan 10, 10:24 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 31 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:02 PM CST | Snow Advisory | LMK | 19 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:14 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 29 min |
| Jan 29, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 41 min |
| Jan 31, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 7:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 6:45 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:06 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 43 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:06 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 43 hr |
| Feb 5, 6:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 5, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 9:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Feb 5, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 10:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 30 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:15 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 4 days |
| Feb 10, 3:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 32 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:44 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:09 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 39 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:09 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 23 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:44 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | LMK | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 14 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:22 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 44 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:30 AM CST | Flood Watch | LMK | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 3 days |
| Mar 4, 11:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 5 days |
| Mar 6, 3:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:07 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 46 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:13 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LMK | 61 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:22 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | 11 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:03 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 12 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | 23 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 63 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 6 days |
| Mar 27, 8:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:34 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | 3 days |
| Apr 3, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 4 days |
| Apr 3, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | 12 days |
| Apr 3, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 1:48 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 18 hr |
| May 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 2, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | 2 hr |
| May 3, 2:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 4 hr |
| May 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 21 hr |
| May 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 6:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 22 min |
| Jun 13, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 10:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 4, 12:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | 29 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:24 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 30 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:32 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | 31 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | 19 hr |
| Dec 8, 8:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 57 min |
| Dec 8, 9:14 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 17 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 26 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | 21 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LMK | 38 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 5:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 6:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:50 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 16 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:36 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LMK | 9 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:05 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 25 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | 25 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:55 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 49 min |
| Dec 27, 2:44 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | 29 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 35 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 14 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| River Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 13 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.