Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2018
3,693 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,693
- Warnings
- 1,123
- Watches
- 113
- Advisories
- 818
- Busiest month
- May639 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 31, 2018152 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,693 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 | 573 |
| Tornado Warning | 66 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 16 |
| Tornado Watch | 11 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 114 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,525 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 109 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 148 |
| River Flood Warning | 149 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 32 |
| Flood Watch | 32 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 513 |
| River Flood Advisory | 92 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 26 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 11 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 78 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 5 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 18 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 40 |
| Freeze Watch | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 30 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Wind Advisory | 37 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 30 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Breckinridge County171
- Hardin County169
- Jefferson County168
- Nelson County167
- Ohio County166
- Fayette County164
- Whitley County164
- Washington County163
- Bath County161
- Franklin County160
- Pulaski County160
- Meade County159
- Anderson County158
- Jessamine County158
- Estill County158
- Laurel County158
- Woodford County157
- Casey County157
- Mercer County156
- Bourbon County156
- Hancock County155
- Lincoln County155
- McCracken County155
- Scott County154
- Madison County152
- Clark County152
- Bullitt County152
- Warren County150
- Graves County150
- Garrard County149
- Ballard County149
- Boyle County147
- Cumberland County147
- Powell County147
- Larue County146
- Marion County146
- McCreary County145
- Daviess County144
- Barren County144
- Wayne County144
80 more counties
- Shelby County143
- Jackson County143
- Montgomery County143
- Marshall County143
- Harrison County142
- Knox County142
- Calloway County142
- Lewis County141
- Boone County140
- Campbell County140
- Henderson County140
- Adair County140
- Hart County139
- Fleming County139
- Morgan County139
- Pike County139
- Rockcastle County139
- Livingston County139
- Menifee County138
- Rowan County138
- Russell County137
- Fulton County137
- Green County136
- Harlan County136
- Kenton County135
- Pendleton County135
- Monroe County135
- Hickman County135
- Allen County134
- Christian County134
- Trigg County133
- Oldham County132
- Grant County132
- Grayson County132
- Metcalfe County131
- Butler County130
- Floyd County130
- Lee County130
- Magoffin County130
- Leslie County129
- Wolfe County129
- Spencer County128
- Clinton County128
- Breathitt County128
- Letcher County128
- Lyon County128
- Owen County127
- Nicholas County127
- Carlisle County127
- Union County127
- Gallatin County126
- Edmonson County126
- Taylor County125
- Todd County125
- Clay County124
- Greenup County123
- Logan County123
- Bell County123
- Perry County122
- Knott County121
- Bracken County120
- Caldwell County119
- Crittenden County119
- Henry County117
- Carter County116
- Owsley County116
- Mason County115
- Hopkins County115
- Carroll County113
- Johnson County113
- Robertson County112
- Webster County112
- Simpson County110
- McLean County109
- Muhlenberg County108
- Trimble County106
- Martin County106
- Boyd County105
- Lawrence County102
- Elliott County102
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.