Alert archive / Kentucky / Rowan County

Weather alerts in Rowan County, Kentucky, 2025

228 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Rowan County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
228
Warnings
54
Watches
24
Advisories
72
Busiest month
April42 alerts
Busiest day
February 6, 202512 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 4 tornado warnings covering Rowan County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.

Rowan County, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings40100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings241825%1191%17 min
Flash flood warnings8363%20%

Each office's whole area, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings30583%580%30 min
NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings27416639%39983%17 min
NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings662661%11176%110 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 1:35 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchJKL24 hr
Jan 4, 4:17 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL66 hr
Jan 5, 11:58 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 5, 6:12 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 8, 5:09 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchJKL32 hr
Jan 8, 7:12 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL17 hr
Jan 8, 10:50 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL23 hr
Jan 9, 12:46 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL47 hr
Jan 9, 12:52 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Jan 18, 3:16 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL49 hr
Jan 18, 2:55 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL44 hr
Jan 20, 3:00 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL43 hr
Feb 5, 2:10 PM ESTFlood WatchJKL21 hr
Feb 6, 1:28 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL7 hr
Feb 6, 3:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL27 min
Feb 6, 3:27 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL36 min
Feb 6, 3:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL6 hr
Feb 6, 4:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL6 hr
Feb 6, 5:19 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Feb 6, 6:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Feb 6, 8:21 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Feb 6, 9:34 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Feb 6, 9:36 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Feb 6, 9:40 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Feb 6, 1:06 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL6 hr
Feb 6, 7:36 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL13 hr
Feb 8, 6:02 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Feb 8, 7:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Feb 8, 8:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL25 min
Feb 9, 9:33 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchJKL17 hr
Feb 10, 2:35 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL24 hr
Feb 11, 4:06 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 11, 2:43 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL18 hr
Feb 13, 2:49 AM ESTFlood WatchJKL3 days
Feb 15, 1:44 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL25 hr
Feb 15, 8:52 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL18 hr
Feb 15, 9:20 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL18 hr
Feb 16, 12:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL24 min
Feb 16, 1:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL4 hr
Feb 16, 3:47 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Feb 16, 8:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL60 min
Feb 16, 9:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL61 min
Feb 16, 10:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL30 min
Feb 16, 1:48 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL17 hr
Feb 17, 3:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL69 hr
Feb 17, 3:04 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL68 hr
Feb 18, 3:16 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL44 hr
Feb 27, 5:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Feb 28, 3:05 AM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL16 hr
Mar 3, 3:55 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL51 hr
Mar 4, 11:56 AM ESTRed Flag WarningJKL7 hr
Mar 14, 10:53 AM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL45 hr
Mar 14, 1:32 PM EDTFlood WatchJKL42 hr
Mar 15, 8:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Mar 15, 8:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Mar 16, 4:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL33 min
Mar 18, 2:24 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL38 hr
Mar 23, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Mar 30, 10:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 30, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 30, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL52 min
Mar 31, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL38 min
Mar 31, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL37 min
Mar 31, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL32 min
Mar 31, 3:30 PM EDTFlood WatchJKL6 days
Apr 2, 1:00 AM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL19 hr
Apr 3, 12:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Apr 3, 12:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 3, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL39 min
Apr 3, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL36 min
Apr 3, 3:02 AM EDTTornado WarningJKL13 min
Apr 3, 3:09 AM EDTTornado WarningJKL21 min
Apr 3, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL33 min
Apr 3, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL30 min
Apr 3, 3:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL44 min
Apr 3, 4:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL33 min
Apr 3, 3:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Apr 4, 1:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL7 hr
Apr 4, 2:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL6 hr
Apr 4, 4:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Apr 4, 7:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKL11 hr
Apr 4, 7:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKL10 hr
Apr 4, 5:30 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKL15 hr
Apr 5, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL44 min
Apr 5, 5:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL46 min
Apr 5, 8:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL6 hr
Apr 5, 8:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL12 hr
Apr 6, 3:34 AM EDTFreeze WatchJKL25 hr
Apr 7, 4:19 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL30 hr
Apr 7, 10:59 AM EDTFreeze WatchJKL23 hr
Apr 8, 9:56 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL24 hr
Apr 10, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL51 min
Apr 11, 4:06 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL30 hr
Apr 12, 2:51 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL18 hr
Apr 14, 2:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 14, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 14, 5:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL29 hr
Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDTRed Flag WarningJKL7 hr
Apr 25, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL31 min
Apr 25, 3:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Apr 27, 3:59 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL12 hr
Apr 29, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 29, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL44 min
Apr 29, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL15 min
Apr 29, 7:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Apr 30, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 1, 12:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 1, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 1, 2:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 1, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL44 min
May 2, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 2, 4:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 4, 2:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 8, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL23 min
May 16, 7:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 16, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 16, 6:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 16, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 16, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL36 min
May 16, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL24 min
May 16, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL34 min
May 16, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
May 16, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL49 min
May 16, 10:00 PM EDTTornado WarningJKL30 min
May 16, 10:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJKL34 min
May 16, 11:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
May 16, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL50 min
May 19, 2:03 PM EDTFlood WatchJKL35 hr
May 20, 11:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 20, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 20, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL51 min
May 20, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL45 min
May 30, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL41 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jun 8, 1:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jun 13, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL41 min
Jun 13, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL48 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL46 min
Jun 15, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL39 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Jun 17, 3:05 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL21 hr
Jun 18, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
Jun 18, 6:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 18, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 18, 9:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 18, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL23 min
Jun 18, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Jun 19, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL26 min
Jun 19, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL31 min
Jun 22, 1:58 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryJKL5 days
Jun 27, 3:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL30 min
Jun 28, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL51 min
Jun 28, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Jul 1, 3:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 7, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL48 min
Jul 7, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL24 min
Jul 9, 7:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 9, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL28 min
Jul 12, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Jul 12, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL51 min
Jul 15, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL46 min
Jul 17, 3:35 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL45 hr
Jul 17, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 2:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 17, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL26 min
Jul 17, 3:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 17, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Jul 17, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL28 min
Jul 17, 4:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL118 min
Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL119 min
Jul 20, 1:56 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL44 hr
Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 20, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL10 min
Jul 20, 4:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Jul 20, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL14 min
Jul 20, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL30 min
Jul 20, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
Jul 20, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 20, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL4 hr
Jul 20, 10:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 20, 10:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 26, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL47 min
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryJKL64 hr
Jul 28, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL20 min
Aug 13, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL42 min
Sep 5, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 7, 1:52 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL8 hr
Sep 22, 1:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 22, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL42 min
Sep 22, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL30 min
Sep 22, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL56 min
Sep 22, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL16 min
Sep 22, 6:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 25, 1:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Sep 26, 4:43 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Oct 7, 12:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL6 hr
Oct 7, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Oct 7, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Oct 18, 1:58 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL21 hr
Oct 19, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
Oct 19, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL29 min
Oct 22, 3:25 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL30 hr
Oct 22, 12:40 PM EDTFreeze WatchJKL15 hr
Oct 23, 3:25 AM EDTFreeze WarningJKL30 hr
Oct 24, 2:15 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL19 hr
Nov 3, 1:07 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL6 hr
Nov 7, 11:35 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Nov 9, 1:21 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL49 hr
Nov 18, 12:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL28 min
Nov 21, 7:58 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL89 min
Nov 22, 1:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Nov 22, 2:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Nov 22, 11:46 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Nov 24, 12:47 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL8 hr
Dec 1, 2:45 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL31 hr
Dec 1, 10:10 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 7, 1:10 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL28 hr
Dec 9, 3:10 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryJKL27 hr
Dec 10, 7:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL38 hr
Dec 10, 10:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL57 min
Dec 12, 2:36 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL44 hr
Dec 13, 2:50 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL55 hr
Dec 18, 10:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL67 min
Dec 28, 1:23 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL25 hr

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.

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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.