Alert archive / Kentucky / 2020
Weather alerts in Kentucky, January 2020
134 weather alerts in January 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 January 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 134
- Warnings
- 69
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest day
- January 11, 202088 alerts
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Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:01 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 13 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 71 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 4 days |
| Jan 2, 9:52 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 35 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 38 min |
| Jan 6, 11:50 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:50 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 19 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 23 days |
| Jan 8, 3:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 13 more | 3 days |
| Jan 10, 3:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Hancock | 39 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:52 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 14 days |
| Jan 10, 12:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton | 15 days |
| Jan 10, 3:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:36 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 30 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 4:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Henderson, Webster | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 5 hr |
| Jan 11, 6:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Henderson, Webster | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 6:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 6:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Graves | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 6:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 20 min |
| Jan 11, 6:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 17 min |
| Jan 11, 6:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 7:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 7:12 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson and 9 more | 93 min |
| Jan 11, 7:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 7:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Hopkins, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 7:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 7:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Webster | 16 min |
| Jan 11, 7:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 19 min |
| Jan 11, 7:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Todd, Trigg | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 7:57 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian, Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 7:57 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Hancock and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 8:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 8:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 8:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd | 5 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 8:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 20 min |
| Jan 11, 8:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 9:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Boyle, Breckinridge and 45 more | 55 min |
| Jan 11, 9:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 26 min |
| Jan 11, 9:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon and 62 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 9:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 10:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 10:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 10:25 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 9 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 11:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 11:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 5 days |
| Jan 11, 11:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 15 days |
| Jan 11, 11:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Hart | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 11:19 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 11:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe, Taylor | 26 min |
| Jan 11, 11:38 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 9 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 11:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 11:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 12:35 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 48 more | 85 min |
| Jan 11, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 12:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 1:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 1:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 1:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 1:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel | 26 min |
| Jan 11, 1:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Montgomery, Powell | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 1:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 15 min |
| Jan 11, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 1:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 54 min |
| Jan 11, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 2:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 3:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 5 days |
| Jan 11, 3:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 3:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 3:57 PM EST | High Wind Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 6:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 64 min |
| Jan 11, 6:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Letcher, Pike | 84 min |
| Jan 11, 6:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 7:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe and 2 more | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 7:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 8:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Henry, Jefferson, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 3 more | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 8:12 PM EST | High Wind Warning | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:38 PM EST | High Wind Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 14 min |
| Jan 11, 9:33 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 8 hr |
| Jan 12, 5:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 26 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:32 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Warren | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:37 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 28 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:40 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 36 hr |
| Jan 12, 8:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 22 hr |
| Jan 13, 7:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 17 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 26 min |
| Jan 14, 2:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 45 min |
| Jan 14, 10:19 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 14, 10:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 4 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:17 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Simpson | 2 hr |
| Jan 15, 5:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 9:36 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Montgomery, Powell | 17 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:37 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 39 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ILN | Bracken, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Lewis, Mason and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:17 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Pulaski, Rowan and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 21 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 24 min |
| Jan 19, 10:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 8:19 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 4 hr |
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 | 37 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| River Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| River Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County12
- Warren County12
- Trigg County12
- Estill County11
- Muhlenberg County11
- Livingston County10
- Madison County10
- Ballard County10
- Caldwell County10
- Henderson County10
- Lyon County10
- McLean County10
- Webster County10
- Christian County10
- Cumberland County10
- Simpson County10
- Fleming County10
- McCracken County9
- Ohio County9
- Morgan County9
- Powell County9
- Garrard County9
- Lincoln County9
- Daviess County9
- Clark County9
- Fayette County9
- Spencer County9
- Grant County9
- Bath County9
- Montgomery County9
- Rowan County9
- Pulaski County8
- Rockcastle County8
- Fulton County8
- Hopkins County8
- Todd County8
- Anderson County8
- Barren County8
- Boyle County8
- Harrison County8
80 more counties
- Hart County8
- Jessamine County8
- Larue County8
- Mercer County8
- Metcalfe County8
- Nelson County8
- Oldham County8
- Scott County8
- Shelby County8
- Taylor County8
- Washington County8
- Boone County8
- Campbell County8
- Carroll County8
- Gallatin County8
- Kenton County8
- Lewis County8
- Mason County8
- Owen County8
- Pendleton County8
- McCreary County8
- Wayne County8
- Jackson County7
- Laurel County7
- Wolfe County7
- Casey County7
- Calloway County7
- Carlisle County7
- Crittenden County7
- Graves County7
- Hickman County7
- Marshall County7
- Union County7
- Allen County7
- Bourbon County7
- Clinton County7
- Franklin County7
- Henry County7
- Jefferson County7
- Logan County7
- Marion County7
- Monroe County7
- Nicholas County7
- Woodford County7
- Bracken County7
- Robertson County7
- Menifee County7
- Hardin County6
- Letcher County6
- Magoffin County6
- Pike County6
- Adair County6
- Breckinridge County6
- Bullitt County6
- Green County6
- Meade County6
- Trimble County6
- Breathitt County5
- Harlan County5
- Lee County5
- Owsley County5
- Edmonson County5
- Grayson County5
- Russell County5
- Elliott County5
- Whitley County5
- Clay County4
- Floyd County4
- Johnson County4
- Knott County4
- Leslie County4
- Martin County4
- Perry County4
- Hancock County4
- Carter County4
- Greenup County4
- Knox County3
- Bell County2
- Boyd County2
- Lawrence County2
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.