Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2017
2,738 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,738
- Warnings
- 822
- Watches
- 84
- Advisories
- 494
- Busiest month
- May584 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 27, 2017144 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,738 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 | 523 |
| Tornado Warning | 46 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 25 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 121 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,217 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 45 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 112 |
| River Flood Warning | 56 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 47 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 325 |
| River Flood Advisory | 27 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 16 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 35 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 15 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 16 |
| Wind Advisory | 34 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 49 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Campbell County176
- Boone County171
- Kenton County161
- Lewis County151
- Bracken County147
- Bullitt County143
- Shelby County143
- Grant County142
- Pendleton County142
- Hardin County139
- Spencer County136
- Meade County135
- Scott County135
- Anderson County134
- Franklin County134
- Owen County134
- Gallatin County133
- Mason County133
- Breckinridge County133
- Fayette County133
- Nelson County132
- Warren County131
- Ballard County130
- Jefferson County130
- Henry County129
- Rowan County129
- Madison County128
- Fleming County127
- Harrison County127
- McCracken County126
- Jessamine County126
- Woodford County126
- Taylor County125
- Oldham County123
- Clark County123
- Calloway County121
- Metcalfe County119
- Adair County118
- Bourbon County118
- Graves County117
80 more counties
- Butler County117
- Laurel County117
- Pulaski County117
- Casey County117
- Greenup County117
- Carlisle County116
- Bath County116
- Trigg County115
- Fulton County114
- Washington County114
- Menifee County114
- Nicholas County114
- Crittenden County113
- Robertson County112
- Allen County112
- Simpson County112
- Breathitt County112
- Estill County112
- Montgomery County112
- Cumberland County112
- Lincoln County112
- Hickman County111
- Barren County111
- Green County111
- Hart County111
- Logan County111
- Ohio County111
- Floyd County111
- Lee County111
- Magoffin County111
- Powell County111
- Mercer County111
- Larue County110
- Carroll County110
- Carter County110
- Marion County109
- Trimble County109
- Christian County108
- Livingston County108
- Jackson County108
- Garrard County108
- Henderson County107
- Edmonson County107
- Grayson County107
- Rockcastle County107
- Muhlenberg County106
- Wolfe County106
- Caldwell County105
- Union County105
- Monroe County105
- Boyle County105
- Lyon County104
- Marshall County104
- Morgan County104
- Hopkins County103
- Knox County103
- Hancock County102
- Bell County102
- Russell County102
- Perry County101
- Daviess County99
- Boyd County99
- Clinton County98
- Elliott County97
- Harlan County97
- Owsley County97
- Pike County97
- Whitley County97
- Knott County96
- McLean County94
- Webster County94
- Clay County94
- Wayne County94
- Todd County93
- Johnson County88
- McCreary County87
- Martin County87
- Lawrence County83
- Leslie County82
- Letcher County81
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.