Alert archive / Kentucky / 2021
Weather alerts in Kentucky, April 2021
131 weather alerts in April 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 April 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 131
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest day
- April 8, 202127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:00 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 48 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:35 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 43 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:32 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 43 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:36 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 15 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:55 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | PAH | Muhlenberg | 4 min |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Todd | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 45 more | 96 min |
| Apr 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Robertson | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mason | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 24 more | 85 min |
| Apr 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 21 min |
| Apr 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Owsley | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 5:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Livingston, McCracken and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Graves | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mason | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 20 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:11 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Carroll | 42 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Henderson and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Trimble | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:53 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:55 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 23 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bullitt, Edmonson, Franklin and 21 more | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 3:10 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 31 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:52 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio, Simpson, Warren | 28 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:52 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 38 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:54 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 21, 5:00 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:36 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 13 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 14 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, Harlan and 14 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:18 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 31 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:33 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:59 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:59 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:20 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 21 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:20 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Madison, Nicholas | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:18 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:40 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock and 11 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Livingston and 4 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 15 more | 91 min |
| Apr 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 95 min |
| Apr 28, 5:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley | 107 min |
| Apr 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 78 min |
| Apr 28, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Livingston, Marshall | 93 min |
| Apr 28, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 76 min |
| Apr 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 8:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 5:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 109 min |
| Apr 29, 6:14 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 27 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:14 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:28 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 22 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:50 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 20 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 | 22 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 42 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| River Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 16 |
| Freeze Watch | 8 |
| Frost Advisory | 15 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Laurel County17
- Breathitt County16
- Magoffin County15
- Wolfe County15
- Clay County14
- Lee County14
- Owsley County14
- Powell County14
- Pulaski County14
- Jackson County13
- Morgan County13
- Carlisle County13
- McCracken County13
- Johnson County12
- Leslie County12
- Menifee County12
- Rockcastle County12
- Whitley County12
- Ballard County12
- Fulton County12
- Graves County12
- Calloway County12
- Marshall County12
- Jefferson County11
- Bell County11
- Estill County11
- Harlan County11
- Knox County11
- McCreary County11
- Montgomery County11
- Hickman County11
- Livingston County11
- Boyd County10
- Anderson County10
- Clark County10
- Franklin County10
- Harrison County10
- Scott County10
- Shelby County10
- Trimble County10
80 more counties
- Bath County10
- Knott County10
- Martin County10
- Perry County10
- Rowan County10
- Wayne County10
- Crittenden County10
- Lyon County10
- Bourbon County9
- Fayette County9
- Henry County9
- Mercer County9
- Nelson County9
- Nicholas County9
- Spencer County9
- Woodford County9
- Boone County9
- Carroll County9
- Grant County9
- Mason County9
- Pendleton County9
- Elliott County9
- Fleming County9
- Floyd County9
- Letcher County9
- Pike County9
- Caldwell County9
- Christian County9
- Webster County9
- Carter County8
- Greenup County8
- Casey County8
- Garrard County8
- Jessamine County8
- Lincoln County8
- Madison County8
- Ohio County8
- Taylor County8
- Washington County8
- Bracken County8
- Campbell County8
- Gallatin County8
- Kenton County8
- Owen County8
- Robertson County8
- Muhlenberg County8
- Todd County8
- Trigg County8
- Union County8
- Lawrence County7
- Adair County7
- Boyle County7
- Bullitt County7
- Clinton County7
- Cumberland County7
- Green County7
- Hardin County7
- Marion County7
- Oldham County7
- Russell County7
- Hopkins County7
- McLean County7
- Grayson County6
- Hancock County6
- Metcalfe County6
- Lewis County6
- Henderson County6
- Breckinridge County5
- Larue County5
- Meade County5
- Monroe County5
- Daviess County5
- Allen County4
- Barren County4
- Edmonson County4
- Hart County4
- Logan County4
- Simpson County4
- Warren County4
- Butler County3
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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.