Alert archive / Kentucky / Rockcastle County
Weather alerts in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, 2013
142 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Rockcastle County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 142
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 63
- Busiest month
- June18 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20137 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 2 tornado warnings covering Rockcastle County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them.
Rockcastle County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 20 | 17 | 15% | 12 | 58% | 22 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 3 | 67% | 13 min |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings | 6 | 1 | 83% | 2 | 50% | 2 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 110 | 89 | 19% | 282 | 74% | 23 min |
| NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings | 46 | 25 | 46% | 83 | 64% | 61 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 9, 10:51 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 11 hr |
| Jan 14, 6:12 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 7:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:02 PM EST | Ice Storm Warning | JKL | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 25 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:50 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | JKL | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 35 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 53 min |
| Jan 30, 6:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | 32 min |
| Jan 30, 6:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 6:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 40 min |
| Jan 31, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 27 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 32 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:33 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JKL | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:57 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 10 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:41 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 22 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:32 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:07 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:20 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 22 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:40 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:43 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:36 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| May 6, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| May 7, 1:58 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| May 12, 2:10 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 19 hr |
| May 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| May 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 39 min |
| May 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 32 min |
| May 31, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 1, 6:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 3, 12:59 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 10, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 13, 8:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 9:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 11:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 10:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 27, 12:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 1, 12:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 4 days |
| Jul 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | |
| Jul 6, 9:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 12 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 9:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 33 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | 34 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:25 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 115 min |
| Aug 21, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:27 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 7 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:50 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:50 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:37 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 10 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:38 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 14 hr |
| Oct 19, 8:02 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | 13 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:00 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 8 hr |
| Oct 23, 6:38 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | 3 days |
| Oct 23, 3:20 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 12 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:34 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | 30 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:24 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 9 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 2:29 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 23 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:01 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | 26 hr |
| Nov 1, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Nov 1, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 51 min |
| Nov 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 3:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 32 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 7:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 8:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 8:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 34 min |
| Nov 26, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 39 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:40 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 55 hr |
| Dec 6, 4:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 27 hr |
| Dec 6, 9:46 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 12 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Dec 6, 5:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | 17 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 29 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:11 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | 43 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | 23 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:34 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | 30 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 55 min |
| Dec 21, 11:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 44 min |
| Dec 22, 12:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 50 min |
| Dec 22, 12:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | 48 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 | 20 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 25 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 24 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
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.