Alert archive / Kentucky / Whitley County

Weather alerts in Whitley County, Kentucky, 2025

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

Whitley County and its neighbors

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

Alerts
242
Warnings
60
Watches
31
Advisories
61
Busiest month
May50 alerts
Busiest day
May 8, 202516 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 3 tornado warnings covering Whitley County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.

Whitley County, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings30100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings372630%2286%19 min
Flash flood warnings7271%5100%96 min

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, 1:56 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL34 hr
Jan 8, 5:09 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchJKL32 hr
Jan 9, 12:46 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKL47 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
Jan 31, 10:20 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKL65 hr
Feb 5, 2:10 PM ESTFlood WatchJKL21 hr
Feb 6, 1:08 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 6, 6:13 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Feb 6, 8:12 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Feb 6, 9:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL41 min
Feb 6, 9:52 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Feb 6, 2:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 6, 5:10 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 6, 6:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL32 min
Feb 6, 7:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL37 min
Feb 6, 7:12 PM ESTTornado WarningJKL33 min
Feb 6, 7:17 PM ESTTornado WarningJKL28 min
Feb 6, 7:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Feb 6, 7:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Feb 6, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL31 min
Feb 6, 7:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Feb 8, 2:40 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Feb 9, 9:34 PM ESTFlood WatchJKL3 days
Feb 11, 9:45 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Feb 11, 3:13 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL6 hr
Feb 11, 8:54 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Feb 11, 10:25 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKL9 days
Feb 13, 2:49 AM ESTFlood WatchJKL3 days
Feb 15, 9:31 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKL48 hr
Feb 15, 9:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL8 hr
Feb 16, 3:38 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Feb 16, 4:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Feb 16, 8:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL54 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 20, 3:11 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL19 hr
Feb 20, 8:50 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKL14 hr
Mar 3, 3:55 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL51 hr
Mar 4, 4:08 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningJKL24 hr
Mar 4, 11:56 AM ESTRed Flag WarningJKL7 hr
Mar 4, 8:03 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL23 hr
Mar 13, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL36 min
Mar 14, 10:53 AM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL45 hr
Mar 14, 1:32 PM EDTFlood WatchJKL42 hr
Mar 15, 8:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL33 min
Mar 15, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL24 min
Mar 15, 8:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Mar 15, 11:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKL12 hr
Mar 16, 6:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Mar 16, 7:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKL47 hr
Mar 16, 10:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Mar 18, 7:12 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKL24 hr
Mar 18, 2:24 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL38 hr
Mar 30, 10:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 30, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 31, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Mar 31, 12:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL25 min
Mar 31, 12:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL37 min
Mar 31, 1:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL28 min
Mar 31, 1:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL31 min
Mar 31, 2:17 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Mar 31, 2:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Mar 31, 3:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Mar 31, 3:30 PM EDTFlood WatchJKL6 days
Apr 2, 1:00 AM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL19 hr
Apr 3, 12:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 3, 4:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL45 min
Apr 3, 4:28 AM EDTTornado WarningJKL32 min
Apr 3, 4:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL51 min
Apr 3, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL30 min
Apr 3, 10:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Apr 3, 10:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Apr 3, 1:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 4, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL24 min
Apr 4, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
Apr 4, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL28 min
Apr 4, 4:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 4, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL33 min
Apr 4, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Apr 4, 7:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 5, 6:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Apr 5, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC2 hr
Apr 5, 8:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL15 hr
Apr 5, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL46 min
Apr 5, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
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, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL37 min
Apr 10, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL50 min
Apr 10, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL46 min
Apr 10, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL39 min
Apr 11, 4:06 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL30 hr
Apr 12, 2:51 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL18 hr
Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryJKL29 hr
Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDTRed Flag WarningJKL7 hr
Apr 23, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL33 min
Apr 23, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL40 min
Apr 29, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 29, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL28 min
Apr 30, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL39 min
Apr 30, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Apr 30, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL40 min
May 2, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 2, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL46 min
May 2, 4:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 2, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL33 min
May 2, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL47 min
May 2, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL39 min
May 8, 12:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
May 8, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL45 min
May 8, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 8, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL25 min
May 8, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL47 min
May 8, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 8, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL23 min
May 8, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL29 min
May 8, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL35 min
May 8, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL36 min
May 8, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL116 min
May 8, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL24 min
May 8, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL36 min
May 8, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL26 min
May 8, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL35 min
May 8, 7:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 13, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL48 min
May 16, 7:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 16, 9:46 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL18 hr
May 16, 10:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 16, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 16, 12:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 16, 12:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 16, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL32 min
May 16, 6:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 16, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 16, 11:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 17, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKL41 min
May 17, 12:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL48 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, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL50 min
May 20, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL38 min
May 20, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL36 min
May 20, 6:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
May 20, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 20, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL54 min
May 20, 9:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 20, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL54 min
May 20, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL28 min
May 20, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL45 min
May 30, 4:10 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 6, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jun 6, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Jun 6, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL51 min
Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jun 13, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL64 min
Jun 15, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL109 min
Jun 16, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL40 min
Jun 16, 9:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL2 hr
Jun 17, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL23 min
Jun 17, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL34 min
Jun 17, 7:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL114 min
Jun 18, 6:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 20, 2:33 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL7 hr
Jun 22, 1:58 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryJKL5 days
Jun 26, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL27 min
Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL36 min
Jun 26, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL95 min
Jun 27, 3:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 28, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 1, 2:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 1, 2:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Jul 12, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
Jul 12, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL31 min
Jul 13, 3:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 13, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 16, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Jul 16, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL44 min
Jul 17, 3:35 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL45 hr
Jul 17, 7:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 17, 7:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL5 hr
Jul 17, 7:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Jul 17, 8:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL5 hr
Jul 17, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL44 min
Jul 17, 8:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL5 hr
Jul 17, 9:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jul 17, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL43 min
Jul 18, 1:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 18, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jul 18, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 20, 1:56 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL44 hr
Jul 20, 11:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 21, 12:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL3 hr
Jul 22, 5:17 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryJKL64 hr
Jul 28, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKL4 hr
Jul 28, 9:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKL3 hr
Jul 28, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL42 min
Jul 31, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL27 min
Aug 13, 4:23 AM EDTFlood WatchJKL16 hr
Aug 14, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Aug 16, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL49 min
Aug 20, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL37 min
Sep 2, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL36 min
Sep 4, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
Sep 4, 10:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL41 min
Sep 4, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL30 min
Sep 4, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL34 min
Sep 5, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 5, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 5, 9:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Sep 7, 1:52 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL8 hr
Sep 21, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Sep 21, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL35 min
Oct 18, 1:58 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKL21 hr
Oct 19, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL32 min
Oct 19, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKL25 min
Oct 19, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKL34 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 7, 11:35 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Nov 9, 1:21 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL49 hr
Nov 22, 11:46 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL10 hr
Nov 24, 12:47 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryJKL8 hr
Dec 4, 1:24 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL19 hr
Dec 10, 7:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKL38 hr
Dec 13, 2:50 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryJKL55 hr
Dec 18, 10:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKL53 min
Dec 28, 1:23 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKL25 hr

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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.