Weather alerts in Kentucky
72,893 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 72,893
- Warnings
- 31,634
- Watches
- 3,048
- Advisories
- 12,705
- Busiest year
- 20254,694 alerts
- Average year
- 1,778over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Laurel County3,837
- Pulaski County3,781
- Clay County3,775
- Warren County3,771
- Breathitt County3,767
- Jefferson County3,755
- Hardin County3,743
- Estill County3,691
- Jackson County3,646
- Lee County3,620
- Whitley County3,584
- Breckinridge County3,554
- Morgan County3,545
- Owsley County3,542
- Ohio County3,537
- Magoffin County3,531
- Knox County3,530
- Butler County3,517
- Pike County3,481
- Menifee County3,475
- Powell County3,465
- Nelson County3,452
- Wolfe County3,451
- Bath County3,450
- Rowan County3,449
- Christian County3,435
- Floyd County3,429
- Perry County3,429
- Shelby County3,421
- Meade County3,418
- Campbell County3,417
- Rockcastle County3,408
- Bullitt County3,396
- Grayson County3,368
- Kenton County3,342
- Logan County3,336
- Boone County3,325
- McCracken County3,311
- McCreary County3,307
- Leslie County3,288
80 more counties
- Fayette County3,285
- Hart County3,282
- Henderson County3,276
- Barren County3,257
- Ballard County3,244
- Madison County3,225
- Fleming County3,219
- Graves County3,219
- Bell County3,211
- Daviess County3,208
- Edmonson County3,198
- Franklin County3,194
- Woodford County3,192
- Livingston County3,191
- Montgomery County3,187
- Owen County3,187
- Knott County3,184
- Oldham County3,182
- Muhlenberg County3,174
- Bourbon County3,170
- Pendleton County3,162
- Spencer County3,158
- Grant County3,158
- Anderson County3,155
- Lewis County3,140
- Wayne County3,139
- Green County3,125
- Scott County3,122
- Marshall County3,119
- Trigg County3,112
- Adair County3,107
- Casey County3,098
- Larue County3,096
- Union County3,094
- Hopkins County3,083
- Mercer County3,074
- Taylor County3,072
- Marion County3,072
- Todd County3,065
- Washington County3,060
- Jessamine County3,056
- Metcalfe County3,051
- Allen County3,050
- Calloway County3,038
- Clark County3,038
- Johnson County3,037
- Crittenden County3,033
- Cumberland County3,027
- Bracken County3,026
- Gallatin County3,022
- Harlan County3,019
- Henry County3,019
- Simpson County3,009
- Hancock County3,008
- Carlisle County3,006
- Hickman County3,003
- Letcher County3,002
- Garrard County2,993
- Caldwell County2,992
- Mason County2,989
- Harrison County2,967
- Lyon County2,957
- Monroe County2,946
- Elliott County2,931
- Lincoln County2,928
- Nicholas County2,926
- Fulton County2,907
- Webster County2,903
- Boyle County2,868
- McLean County2,860
- Russell County2,859
- Martin County2,840
- Trimble County2,812
- Carroll County2,773
- Clinton County2,733
- Greenup County2,720
- Robertson County2,698
- Boyd County2,636
- Carter County2,629
- Lawrence County2,573
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 19 min |
| Sep 21, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 11:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 13 min |
| Sep 21, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 9:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 21 min |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.