Areal Flood Warnings in Kentucky
1,198 areal flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 1,198
- Busiest year
- 2025125 areal flood warnings
- Average year
- 60over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County81
- Breathitt County80
- Clay County79
- Laurel County79
- Magoffin County79
- Powell County76
- Floyd County73
- Pike County73
- Estill County72
- Jackson County70
- Leslie County69
- Carter County68
- Knott County68
- Whitley County68
- Boyd County67
- Greenup County66
- Lawrence County66
- Perry County66
- Lee County65
- Wolfe County65
- Morgan County63
- Rockcastle County63
- Menifee County61
- Bath County61
- Bell County60
- Owsley County60
- Bullitt County59
- Jefferson County59
- Hardin County59
- Pulaski County59
- Rowan County57
- Mercer County56
- Montgomery County54
- Breckinridge County54
- Graves County54
- McCracken County54
- Spencer County54
- Grayson County53
- Marion County53
- Meade County52
80 more counties
- Washington County52
- Anderson County50
- Martin County49
- Marshall County49
- Nelson County49
- Trigg County48
- Franklin County47
- Shelby County47
- Livingston County46
- Warren County46
- Calloway County46
- Ohio County46
- Woodford County46
- Hart County45
- Larue County45
- Lyon County45
- Butler County44
- Fleming County44
- Taylor County44
- Harlan County43
- Christian County43
- Crittenden County42
- Johnson County42
- Oldham County42
- Wayne County42
- Green County42
- Hancock County42
- Hopkins County42
- Todd County42
- Letcher County41
- Casey County41
- Fayette County41
- Fulton County41
- McCreary County41
- Boyle County41
- Edmonson County41
- Hickman County40
- Jessamine County40
- Owen County39
- Caldwell County39
- Garrard County39
- Madison County39
- Muhlenberg County39
- Carlisle County38
- Russell County38
- Bourbon County38
- Clark County38
- Scott County38
- Barren County37
- Lincoln County37
- Lewis County36
- Carroll County36
- Adair County36
- Ballard County36
- Logan County36
- Metcalfe County36
- Elliott County36
- Harrison County35
- Webster County35
- Daviess County35
- Henderson County34
- McLean County34
- Cumberland County33
- Henry County33
- Union County33
- Gallatin County32
- Clinton County32
- Nicholas County31
- Monroe County30
- Trimble County30
- Boone County28
- Grant County28
- Simpson County28
- Campbell County26
- Mason County26
- Kenton County25
- Pendleton County24
- Allen County23
- Bracken County20
- Robertson County19
The latest areal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 107 min |
| Aug 14, 12:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Gallatin, Owen | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Shelby, Spencer, Washington and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 3 hr |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.