Weather alerts in Kentucky, 2026
3,660 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,660
- Warnings
- 1,093
- Watches
- 128
- Advisories
- 788
- Busiest month
- July923 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 21, 2026156 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,660 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.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Breathitt County193
- Morgan County185
- Pike County184
- Shelby County182
- Floyd County181
- Magoffin County179
- Wolfe County176
- Rowan County174
- Jefferson County170
- Knott County169
- Bath County169
- Menifee County164
- Fleming County164
- Hardin County163
- Jackson County162
- Perry County162
- Powell County158
- Montgomery County156
- Breckinridge County156
- Lee County154
- Johnson County153
- Bourbon County153
- Henry County151
- Harlan County149
- Knox County149
- Meade County149
- Gallatin County148
- Pulaski County148
- Ballard County147
- Estill County147
- Scott County147
- Nelson County147
- Boone County147
- Butler County147
- Marshall County146
- Clay County146
- Oldham County146
- Woodford County146
- Bullitt County146
- Laurel County146
80 more counties
- Calloway County145
- Fayette County145
- Rockcastle County145
- Owsley County144
- Graves County143
- Martin County143
- Owen County143
- Leslie County142
- Franklin County142
- Grant County141
- Campbell County141
- McCracken County140
- Letcher County140
- Bell County140
- Grayson County140
- Harrison County139
- Kenton County139
- Anderson County137
- Hart County137
- Spencer County136
- Clark County136
- Trimble County136
- Nicholas County134
- Livingston County132
- Carter County131
- Ohio County131
- Lewis County130
- Madison County130
- Logan County130
- Christian County129
- Carroll County129
- Warren County129
- Whitley County129
- Carlisle County128
- Pendleton County128
- Hancock County128
- Lawrence County128
- Henderson County127
- Wayne County127
- Elliott County126
- Mercer County126
- Trigg County125
- Jessamine County125
- Mason County125
- Washington County124
- Bracken County124
- Garrard County124
- McCreary County124
- Lyon County122
- Daviess County122
- Green County121
- Marion County121
- Boyd County121
- Caldwell County120
- Hickman County120
- Robertson County120
- Barren County118
- Todd County117
- Cumberland County116
- Greenup County114
- Muhlenberg County114
- Edmonson County114
- Lincoln County113
- Casey County112
- Larue County112
- Union County111
- Simpson County111
- Hopkins County110
- Taylor County109
- Metcalfe County108
- Crittenden County107
- Fulton County106
- Adair County102
- Boyle County102
- Russell County101
- Allen County100
- Clinton County98
- Monroe County95
- Webster County93
- McLean County90
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.