Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2020
3,243 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,243
- Warnings
- 805
- Watches
- 110
- Advisories
- 804
- Busiest month
- July710 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 11, 202088 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,243 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 | 385 |
| Tornado Warning | 46 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 17 |
| Tornado Watch | 15 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 83 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,441 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 46 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 154 |
| River Flood Warning | 127 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 49 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 528 |
| River Flood Advisory | 119 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 28 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 34 |
| Freeze Watch | 16 |
| Frost Advisory | 35 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 19 |
| Wind Advisory | 28 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 7 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 38 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Warren County144
- Butler County142
- Whitley County141
- Bath County140
- Rowan County139
- Christian County138
- Estill County137
- Ohio County136
- Pulaski County136
- McCracken County135
- Muhlenberg County134
- Ballard County133
- Henderson County132
- Menifee County132
- Jefferson County131
- Graves County130
- Campbell County130
- Kenton County129
- Knox County129
- Logan County128
- Pendleton County127
- Todd County126
- Rockcastle County125
- McCreary County125
- Livingston County124
- Lee County124
- Crittenden County123
- Grayson County123
- Jackson County122
- Daviess County122
- Union County122
- Clay County121
- Webster County121
- Laurel County120
- Madison County120
- Nelson County120
- Fleming County120
- Powell County119
- Casey County119
- Fulton County119
80 more counties
- Hopkins County119
- Trigg County119
- Caldwell County118
- Carlisle County118
- Taylor County118
- Breathitt County117
- Morgan County117
- Hickman County117
- Wayne County116
- Hardin County114
- Harlan County114
- McLean County114
- Marshall County114
- Bullitt County114
- Meade County114
- Shelby County114
- Calloway County113
- Bell County113
- Wolfe County112
- Montgomery County112
- Owsley County111
- Lyon County111
- Perry County110
- Pike County110
- Oldham County110
- Boone County110
- Leslie County109
- Bracken County109
- Grant County109
- Letcher County108
- Breckinridge County108
- Bourbon County107
- Harrison County107
- Simpson County106
- Spencer County106
- Lewis County106
- Anderson County105
- Edmonson County105
- Nicholas County105
- Woodford County105
- Adair County104
- Clark County104
- Allen County103
- Hart County103
- Lincoln County102
- Hancock County102
- Cumberland County101
- Floyd County100
- Washington County100
- Barren County99
- Fayette County99
- Jessamine County99
- Larue County99
- Marion County99
- Greenup County99
- Magoffin County98
- Henry County98
- Garrard County97
- Franklin County97
- Mason County97
- Owen County97
- Russell County96
- Scott County96
- Trimble County96
- Robertson County96
- Elliott County96
- Green County95
- Metcalfe County95
- Boyle County94
- Gallatin County94
- Knott County93
- Mercer County93
- Clinton County92
- Monroe County92
- Carter County86
- Boyd County82
- Johnson County81
- Carroll County80
- Martin County76
- Lawrence County75
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.