Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2024
3,165 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,165
- Warnings
- 856
- Watches
- 86
- Advisories
- 524
- Busiest month
- May728 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 8, 2024184 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,165 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 | 577 |
| Tornado Warning | 119 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 19 |
| Tornado Watch | 27 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 134 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,565 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 16 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 76 |
| River Flood Warning | 45 |
| Flood Watch | 34 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 319 |
| River Flood Advisory | 30 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 35 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 25 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 12 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 22 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 13 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 6 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 35 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 44 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henderson County168
- Jefferson County162
- Breckinridge County159
- Christian County158
- Meade County157
- Hardin County156
- Warren County153
- Knox County153
- Nelson County152
- Ohio County151
- Bullitt County148
- Whitley County146
- Daviess County146
- Rowan County145
- Union County145
- Clay County143
- Laurel County143
- Butler County140
- Oldham County139
- Bath County138
- Shelby County137
- Owsley County136
- Livingston County136
- Grayson County134
- Webster County134
- Edmonson County133
- Breathitt County133
- Menifee County133
- Ballard County133
- McCracken County133
- Todd County132
- Trigg County131
- Morgan County131
- Pulaski County131
- Spencer County131
- Muhlenberg County131
- Campbell County131
- Logan County130
- McCreary County130
- Graves County130
80 more counties
- Hopkins County130
- Franklin County129
- Fleming County129
- Hart County128
- Lyon County128
- Scott County127
- Woodford County127
- Barren County127
- Green County127
- Monroe County127
- Taylor County127
- Lee County127
- Magoffin County127
- Caldwell County127
- Bell County126
- Kenton County126
- Washington County125
- Wolfe County125
- Larue County125
- Grant County125
- Fayette County124
- Mason County123
- Metcalfe County123
- Floyd County123
- McLean County123
- Greenup County122
- Cumberland County122
- Anderson County121
- Simpson County121
- Hancock County121
- Adair County120
- Pike County120
- Crittenden County120
- Hickman County120
- Marshall County120
- Boone County120
- Pendleton County120
- Allen County119
- Jackson County119
- Rockcastle County119
- Henry County119
- Carlisle County119
- Owen County119
- Marion County117
- Harlan County117
- Lewis County116
- Calloway County116
- Wayne County116
- Montgomery County115
- Leslie County115
- Perry County115
- Powell County115
- Bourbon County113
- Russell County112
- Trimble County112
- Gallatin County112
- Bracken County111
- Elliott County111
- Johnson County111
- Mercer County110
- Knott County110
- Clark County109
- Casey County109
- Estill County109
- Carter County108
- Boyle County108
- Clinton County107
- Harrison County106
- Letcher County106
- Jessamine County105
- Madison County105
- Fulton County104
- Carroll County104
- Lincoln County102
- Martin County100
- Nicholas County99
- Boyd County99
- Garrard County99
- Robertson County98
- Lawrence County84
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.