Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2025
4,694 weather alerts in 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,694
- Warnings
- 1,578
- Watches
- 134
- Advisories
- 830
- Busiest month
- April858 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 2025261 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,694 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 | 823 |
| Tornado Warning | 162 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 24 |
| Tornado Watch | 32 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 160 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,992 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 125 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 226 |
| River Flood Warning | 190 |
| Flood Watch | 43 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 526 |
| River Flood Advisory | 81 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 20 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 17 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 60 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 6 |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 27 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 17 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 13 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 25 |
| Frost Advisory | 21 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Wind Advisory | 33 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 47 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Laurel County324
- Clay County302
- Breathitt County301
- Jackson County296
- Owsley County295
- Lee County277
- Pulaski County274
- Estill County266
- Magoffin County266
- Wolfe County265
- Perry County258
- Rockcastle County256
- Warren County255
- Floyd County253
- Knott County252
- Morgan County252
- Knox County243
- Powell County242
- Whitley County242
- Menifee County239
- Leslie County234
- Pike County234
- Butler County233
- Hart County228
- Rowan County228
- Edmonson County224
- Nelson County223
- Green County222
- Christian County221
- Hardin County220
- Letcher County219
- Barren County217
- Ohio County217
- Bath County217
- Allen County216
- Montgomery County211
- Logan County210
- Grayson County209
- Breckinridge County206
- Shelby County205
80 more counties
- Elliott County204
- Taylor County203
- Bell County203
- Simpson County201
- McCreary County201
- Bullitt County200
- Johnson County200
- Anderson County199
- Meade County198
- Metcalfe County197
- Madison County194
- Spencer County194
- Wayne County194
- Martin County193
- Franklin County192
- Cumberland County190
- McCracken County190
- Muhlenberg County190
- Marion County189
- Mercer County189
- Washington County189
- Todd County189
- Adair County188
- Jefferson County188
- Livingston County187
- Fleming County187
- Woodford County186
- Trigg County186
- Harlan County179
- Hopkins County178
- Boyle County177
- Casey County177
- Larue County177
- Fayette County176
- Ballard County176
- Marshall County176
- Garrard County175
- Clark County174
- Hancock County174
- Calloway County174
- Monroe County173
- Russell County173
- Daviess County173
- Scott County172
- Graves County172
- Henderson County170
- Clinton County169
- Jessamine County169
- Lincoln County169
- Carlisle County169
- Hickman County169
- Bourbon County165
- Caldwell County165
- Crittenden County165
- Lyon County165
- Fulton County165
- Oldham County162
- Lawrence County161
- McLean County158
- Kenton County158
- Harrison County154
- Campbell County154
- Henry County153
- Nicholas County153
- Webster County153
- Greenup County153
- Union County151
- Pendleton County148
- Boone County147
- Mason County145
- Bracken County144
- Boyd County142
- Carter County139
- Robertson County134
- Owen County133
- Lewis County132
- Grant County130
- Trimble County126
- Gallatin County126
- Carroll County109
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.