Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2021
2,849 weather alerts in 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,849
- Warnings
- 798
- Watches
- 92
- Advisories
- 707
- Busiest month
- July519 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 11, 2021129 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,849 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 | 292 |
| Tornado Warning | 72 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 95 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,157 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 96 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 166 |
| River Flood Warning | 117 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 32 |
| Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 475 |
| River Flood Advisory | 83 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 15 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 15 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 47 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 34 |
| Freeze Watch | 15 |
| Frost Advisory | 28 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 38 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Whitley County163
- Clay County162
- Laurel County160
- Knox County149
- Estill County147
- McCreary County146
- Pulaski County145
- Magoffin County143
- Pike County137
- Powell County137
- Bell County136
- Warren County135
- Leslie County134
- Owsley County133
- Menifee County132
- Breathitt County131
- Jackson County130
- Lee County129
- Morgan County129
- Wayne County124
- Christian County123
- Rockcastle County123
- Perry County122
- Wolfe County122
- Floyd County119
- Montgomery County118
- Harlan County116
- Rowan County116
- Martin County116
- Barren County115
- Muhlenberg County114
- Bath County112
- Johnson County111
- Hardin County110
- Letcher County110
- Scott County109
- Graves County109
- Butler County108
- Monroe County108
- Calloway County106
80 more counties
- Livingston County106
- Trigg County106
- Ballard County105
- Clinton County104
- Jefferson County104
- Knott County104
- McCracken County104
- Fulton County103
- Metcalfe County102
- Ohio County102
- Carlisle County102
- Fayette County101
- Madison County101
- Franklin County101
- Hart County100
- Casey County99
- Garrard County99
- Lincoln County99
- Marion County99
- Elliott County99
- Hopkins County99
- Cumberland County98
- Boone County98
- Logan County97
- Shelby County97
- Fleming County97
- Hickman County97
- Allen County96
- Anderson County96
- Nelson County96
- Crittenden County96
- Clark County95
- Edmonson County95
- Mercer County95
- Bourbon County95
- Marshall County95
- Todd County95
- Grayson County94
- Woodford County94
- Campbell County94
- Jessamine County93
- Nicholas County92
- Owen County92
- Caldwell County92
- Green County91
- Simpson County91
- Union County91
- Bullitt County90
- Kenton County90
- Gallatin County90
- Lyon County90
- McLean County90
- Boyle County89
- Grant County89
- Daviess County89
- Henderson County89
- Breckinridge County87
- Russell County87
- Spencer County87
- Taylor County87
- Lewis County87
- Webster County87
- Carroll County86
- Adair County85
- Larue County85
- Henry County85
- Washington County84
- Boyd County84
- Harrison County83
- Pendleton County83
- Carter County81
- Mason County81
- Greenup County79
- Meade County78
- Trimble County78
- Lawrence County78
- Hancock County77
- Oldham County77
- Bracken County74
- Robertson County68
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.