Weather alerts in Clay County, Kentucky, 2026

154 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Clay County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 154
Warnings: 42
Watches: 23
Advisories: 47
Busiest month: August37 alerts
Busiest day: August 11, 20269 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Clay County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.

Clay County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	0	100%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	26	22	15%	11	45%	20 min
Flash flood warnings	5	1	80%	1	100%	57 min

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Jackson, KY: tornado warnings	28	0	100%	0
NWS Jackson, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings	199	130	35%	345	82%	21 min
NWS Jackson, KY: flash flood warnings	81	48	41%	135	95%	101 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 11, 11:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	50 min
Jan 17, 10:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	44 min
Jan 21, 12:09 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	JKL	26 hr
Jan 22, 2:08 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	JKL	4 days
Jan 23, 3:45 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	JKL	32 hr
Jan 24, 1:57 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	JKL	46 hr
Jan 24, 2:04 PM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	JKL	36 hr
Jan 24, 6:45 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Jan 26, 2:24 AM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	JKL	32 hr
Jan 29, 1:50 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	JKL	46 hr
Feb 15, 7:45 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	JKL	14 hr
Feb 20, 2:05 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	25 min
Feb 20, 3:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	38 min
Feb 20, 3:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	51 min
Feb 20, 4:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Mar 7, 10:57 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Mar 7, 2:44 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 7, 4:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	35 min
Mar 7, 5:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	36 min
Mar 11, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	34 min
Mar 11, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	25 min
Mar 11, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	32 min
Mar 12, 3:31 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JKL	28 hr
Mar 13, 12:29 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JKL	7 hr
Mar 14, 2:44 PM EDT	Dense Smoke Advisory	JKL	20 hr
Mar 15, 12:36 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JKL	18 hr
Mar 16, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 16, 2:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	50 min
Mar 16, 3:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	51 min
Mar 16, 3:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	15 min
Mar 26, 2:03 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JKL	13 hr
Mar 27, 3:05 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	31 hr
Mar 27, 4:04 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JKL	23 hr
Mar 28, 3:33 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	18 hr
Apr 4, 6:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 4, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	22 min
Apr 5, 12:43 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	JKL	21 hr
Apr 6, 12:38 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	JKL	21 hr
Apr 7, 1:04 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	21 hr
Apr 19, 12:02 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JKL	15 hr
Apr 20, 2:41 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	JKL	30 hr
Apr 20, 1:18 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	20 hr
Apr 27, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	23 min
Apr 28, 3:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	26 min
Apr 28, 3:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	39 min
Apr 28, 5:51 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
May 1, 2:29 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JKL	22 hr
May 2, 12:24 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	21 hr
May 7, 8:30 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	JKL	12 hr
May 20, 1:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
May 20, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 20, 4:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
May 20, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	26 min
May 22, 7:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
May 24, 12:55 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	13 hr
May 24, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
May 30, 6:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
May 30, 7:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	15 hr
Jun 17, 1:51 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	34 hr
Jun 18, 11:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 18, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	23 hr
Jun 26, 3:20 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	59 hr
Jun 26, 1:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 26, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	46 min
Jun 27, 6:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jun 27, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	46 min
Jun 27, 11:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	5 hr
Jun 29, 12:00 PM EDT	Extreme Heat Warning	JKL	4 days
Jun 29, 12:12 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	JKL	14 hr
Jul 3, 7:59 PM EDT	Extreme Heat Warning	JKL	24 hr
Jul 3, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	33 min
Jul 4, 7:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	54 min
Jul 4, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	112 min
Jul 4, 7:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jul 4, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	30 min
Jul 7, 5:20 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JKL	4 hr
Jul 7, 4:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jul 7, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:40 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jul 8, 12:01 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	4 days
Jul 8, 8:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	112 min
Jul 8, 8:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	2 hr
Jul 8, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	105 min
Jul 12, 1:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	2 hr
Jul 21, 4:09 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	19 hr
Jul 21, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 21, 5:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 21, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	36 min
Jul 21, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	29 min
Jul 21, 7:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jul 21, 7:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 27, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 27, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	30 min
Jul 27, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	35 min
Jul 27, 11:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	35 min
Jul 28, 12:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 28, 3:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	33 min
Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 5, 7:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Aug 10, 1:28 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	4 days
Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 11, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JKL	40 min
Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 11, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	41 min
Aug 11, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	47 min
Aug 11, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	64 min
Aug 11, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	39 min
Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	52 min
Aug 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	62 min
Aug 11, 8:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	2 hr
Aug 12, 7:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	5 hr
Aug 12, 8:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	5 hr
Aug 12, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	33 min
Aug 12, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	30 min
Aug 12, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	29 min
Aug 12, 9:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	2 hr
Aug 12, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	29 min
Aug 12, 9:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 min
Aug 12, 9:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	2 hr
Aug 12, 9:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	2 hr
Aug 15, 1:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 16, 7:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 16, 9:06 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	26 hr
Aug 16, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	40 min
Aug 16, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	47 min
Aug 16, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	43 min
Aug 16, 10:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Aug 17, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	38 min
Aug 22, 4:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 22, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 22, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	25 min
Aug 22, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	43 min
Aug 22, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	32 min
Aug 22, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	25 min
Sep 2, 2:18 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	JKL	65 hr
Sep 5, 4:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Sep 13, 3:35 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JKL	5 hr
Sep 18, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	25 min
Sep 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	32 min
Sep 23, 2:49 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	19 hr
Sep 23, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	3 hr
Sep 23, 5:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	11 min
Sep 23, 5:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	3 hr
Sep 23, 6:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	3 hr
Sep 23, 6:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	14 min
Sep 23, 6:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	3 hr
Sep 23, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	2 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	26
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	7
Mesoscale Discussion	19
Special Weather Statement	23
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	5
Flood Watch	10
Areal Flood Advisory	31
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	2
Heat Advisory	2
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	1
Freeze Warning	5
Extreme Cold Watch	1
Freeze Watch	4
Cold Weather Advisory	2
Frost Advisory	4
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4
Dense Smoke Advisory	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

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.