Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2015
3,803 weather alerts in 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,803
- Warnings
- 1,267
- Watches
- 151
- Advisories
- 743
- Busiest month
- July1,113 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 14, 2015169 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,803 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 | 668 |
| Tornado Warning | 47 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 36 |
| Tornado Watch | 11 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 159 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,483 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 111 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 209 |
| River Flood Warning | 194 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 56 |
| Flood Watch | 27 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 508 |
| River Flood Advisory | 96 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 16 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 15 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 10 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 27 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 13 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 18 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 18 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Wind Advisory | 13 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 38 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County226
- Bath County225
- Pulaski County223
- Morgan County222
- Menifee County217
- Breathitt County213
- Clay County212
- Lee County212
- Rowan County212
- Estill County211
- Laurel County211
- Magoffin County210
- Jackson County207
- Powell County206
- Wolfe County206
- Bourbon County199
- Montgomery County199
- Perry County198
- Rockcastle County197
- Whitley County195
- Woodford County194
- Fayette County193
- Fleming County193
- Johnson County193
- Adair County192
- Floyd County192
- Owsley County191
- Mercer County190
- Elliott County190
- McCreary County190
- Shelby County187
- Madison County186
- Hardin County186
- Garrard County185
- Leslie County185
- Butler County184
- Warren County184
- Pike County184
- Harrison County183
- Jessamine County183
80 more counties
- Spencer County183
- Russell County182
- Bullitt County182
- Knox County182
- Franklin County180
- Breckinridge County179
- Nelson County178
- Anderson County177
- Hart County176
- Bell County176
- Grayson County175
- Oldham County175
- Lincoln County174
- Casey County173
- Meade County173
- Nicholas County172
- Scott County172
- Green County172
- Wayne County171
- Clark County168
- Boyle County168
- Edmonson County168
- Knott County168
- Marion County167
- Lewis County167
- Cumberland County166
- Campbell County166
- Metcalfe County166
- Owen County165
- Pendleton County165
- Larue County164
- Washington County164
- Barren County163
- Bracken County163
- Kenton County162
- Harlan County162
- Martin County162
- Taylor County161
- Grant County161
- Boone County159
- Henry County157
- Ohio County157
- Mason County157
- Lawrence County156
- Letcher County156
- Gallatin County154
- Greenup County151
- Clinton County148
- Trimble County146
- Boyd County146
- Daviess County142
- Carroll County142
- Union County141
- McCracken County140
- Crittenden County139
- Robertson County138
- Carter County138
- Allen County136
- Hancock County136
- Henderson County136
- Ballard County135
- Logan County134
- Simpson County134
- Monroe County133
- Livingston County131
- McLean County127
- Carlisle County125
- Webster County124
- Marshall County123
- Muhlenberg County123
- Graves County121
- Hopkins County119
- Caldwell County118
- Christian County118
- Trigg County116
- Lyon County114
- Fulton County112
- Hickman County112
- Calloway County109
- Todd County97
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.