Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2016
3,279 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,279
- Warnings
- 1,003
- Watches
- 131
- Advisories
- 664
- Busiest month
- July783 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 1, 2016122 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,279 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.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Breathitt County197
- Warren County193
- Pulaski County192
- Magoffin County189
- Clay County189
- Owsley County188
- Laurel County188
- Pike County187
- Jackson County177
- Leslie County175
- Logan County174
- Floyd County173
- Rockcastle County173
- Ohio County170
- Butler County169
- Lee County168
- Simpson County166
- Knox County165
- Perry County163
- Lawrence County163
- Whitley County163
- Campbell County162
- Wolfe County161
- Kenton County160
- Adair County160
- Morgan County159
- Grayson County159
- Rowan County157
- Edmonson County157
- Johnson County155
- Bell County155
- Casey County154
- Elliott County153
- Knott County153
- Martin County153
- Estill County153
- Jefferson County152
- Christian County152
- Boone County151
- Breckinridge County151
80 more counties
- Hardin County151
- Green County151
- Metcalfe County151
- Hart County150
- Nelson County150
- Muhlenberg County150
- McCreary County150
- Barren County150
- Powell County149
- Menifee County148
- Boyd County148
- Allen County148
- Spencer County147
- Taylor County147
- Monroe County147
- Fleming County146
- Bullitt County146
- Shelby County146
- Cumberland County145
- Bath County144
- Daviess County144
- Russell County144
- Lewis County143
- Boyle County143
- Lincoln County142
- Harlan County141
- Anderson County141
- Garrard County141
- Mercer County141
- Letcher County140
- Bracken County140
- Marion County139
- Woodford County138
- Wayne County138
- Fayette County137
- Madison County137
- Mason County136
- Washington County136
- Owen County135
- Montgomery County135
- Bourbon County135
- Jessamine County135
- Todd County134
- Larue County133
- Graves County133
- Hopkins County133
- Scott County133
- Trigg County131
- Franklin County130
- Hancock County130
- Calloway County130
- Meade County129
- Oldham County129
- Marshall County128
- McLean County127
- Carter County127
- Clinton County127
- Henderson County126
- Gallatin County126
- Grant County126
- Nicholas County126
- Pendleton County125
- Webster County124
- Harrison County124
- McCracken County123
- Clark County123
- Caldwell County122
- Crittenden County122
- Union County122
- Henry County119
- Carlisle County118
- Trimble County117
- Lyon County116
- Ballard County115
- Hickman County113
- Carroll County113
- Livingston County112
- Robertson County111
- Fulton County106
- Greenup County105
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. Rebuilt daily.