Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2011
3,697 weather alerts in 2011, 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 in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,697
- Warnings
- 1,700
- Watches
- 155
- Advisories
- 671
- Busiest month
- April1,190 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 23, 2011194 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,697 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 984 |
| Tornado Warning | 243 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 46 |
| Tornado Watch | 39 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 201 |
| Special Weather Statement | 970 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 89 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 179 |
| River Flood Warning | 165 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 28 |
| Flood Watch | 25 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 368 |
| River Flood Advisory | 110 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 10 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 7 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 45 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 12 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 6 |
| Heat Advisory | 46 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 22 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 18 |
| Wind Advisory | 20 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 11 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 38 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ohio County254
- Breckinridge County246
- Butler County246
- Grayson County239
- Warren County238
- Jefferson County234
- Hardin County232
- Campbell County226
- Edmonson County221
- Logan County219
- Hart County216
- Barren County215
- Lewis County214
- Livingston County214
- Marshall County214
- Meade County211
- Christian County211
- Pendleton County210
- Knox County209
- Whitley County209
- Boone County209
- McCracken County209
- Bullitt County206
- Metcalfe County205
- Kenton County205
- Ballard County204
- Trigg County204
- Graves County203
- Clay County202
- Hopkins County202
- Floyd County201
- Caldwell County201
- Hancock County199
- Nelson County199
- Muhlenberg County199
- Greenup County198
- Daviess County198
- Bracken County197
- Lyon County196
- Breathitt County195
80 more counties
- Laurel County195
- Pike County195
- Shelby County195
- Mason County194
- Crittenden County194
- Allen County193
- Magoffin County192
- Rowan County192
- Hickman County192
- Perry County191
- Knott County190
- Marion County190
- Grant County190
- Estill County189
- Adair County189
- Morgan County188
- Pulaski County188
- Henderson County188
- Monroe County187
- Washington County187
- Carlisle County187
- Bath County186
- Owen County186
- Boyd County185
- McCreary County185
- Green County185
- Simpson County185
- Fayette County185
- Bell County184
- Menifee County184
- McLean County184
- Oldham County184
- Larue County183
- Spencer County183
- Calloway County183
- Todd County183
- Webster County182
- Lee County181
- Leslie County181
- Anderson County181
- Clark County181
- Fulton County181
- Owsley County180
- Wolfe County180
- Taylor County180
- Casey County179
- Gallatin County178
- Bourbon County178
- Mercer County178
- Madison County177
- Harlan County176
- Boyle County176
- Franklin County176
- Letcher County175
- Johnson County174
- Woodford County173
- Union County173
- Fleming County171
- Jackson County170
- Cumberland County170
- Lawrence County169
- Powell County169
- Carter County167
- Robertson County167
- Garrard County166
- Harrison County166
- Jessamine County166
- Nicholas County166
- Rockcastle County164
- Lincoln County164
- Russell County163
- Scott County163
- Martin County162
- Wayne County162
- Elliott County160
- Montgomery County159
- Henry County159
- Trimble County159
- Carroll County157
- Clinton County152
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.