Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2016
163 flash flood warnings in 2016. 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 163
- Busiest month
- July62 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- July 7, 201619 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 8:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 116 min |
| Feb 3, 12:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Livingston, McCracken | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union, Webster | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 1, 8:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 3 hr |
| May 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| May 10, 11:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 4 hr |
| May 10, 11:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| May 11, 1:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 11, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 3 hr |
| May 11, 10:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 66 min |
| May 11, 11:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Owsley | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 30, 1:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 4 hr |
| May 30, 2:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rowan | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken | 113 min |
| Jun 2, 11:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, Trigg | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Webster | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Todd, Trigg | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McCracken, Marshall | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Lyon, Trigg | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 111 min |
| Jul 12, 11:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 87 min |
| Jul 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 115 min |
| Aug 8, 12:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 9:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 9:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County11
- Simpson County11
- Laurel County9
- Pulaski County9
- Clay County8
- Rockcastle County8
- Logan County8
- Daviess County7
- Marshall County7
- McCracken County7
- Calloway County7
- Owsley County7
- Knox County7
- Jackson County7
- Graves County6
- Livingston County6
- Campbell County6
- Boyd County6
- Warren County6
- Boone County6
- McLean County5
- Ballard County5
- Carlisle County5
- Ohio County5
- Carter County5
- Pike County5
- Montgomery County5
- Todd County5
- Leslie County5
- Garrard County5
- Madison County5
- Kenton County5
- Henderson County4
- Webster County4
- Hickman County4
- Crittenden County4
- Perry County4
- Bell County4
- Whitley County4
- Bourbon County4
68 more counties
- Butler County4
- Trigg County4
- Allen County4
- Hopkins County4
- Hardin County3
- Johnson County3
- Morgan County3
- Fulton County3
- Grayson County3
- Lyon County3
- Union County3
- Breathitt County3
- Harrison County3
- Nicholas County3
- Scott County3
- Floyd County3
- Fleming County3
- Bath County3
- Rowan County3
- Anderson County3
- Mercer County3
- Bracken County3
- Estill County3
- Grant County3
- Owen County3
- Clark County3
- Fayette County3
- Monroe County3
- Jessamine County3
- Woodford County3
- Powell County3
- Bullitt County2
- Spencer County2
- Magoffin County2
- Knott County2
- Martin County2
- Lee County2
- Wolfe County2
- Elliott County2
- Wayne County2
- Harlan County2
- Caldwell County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Edmonson County2
- Christian County2
- Barren County2
- Clinton County2
- Cumberland County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Boyle County2
- Washington County2
- Lincoln County2
- Letcher County2
- Menifee County2
- Carroll County2
- Pendleton County2
- Gallatin County2
- Nelson County1
- Greenup County1
- Lewis County1
- Jefferson County1
- Adair County1
- Green County1
- Russell County1
- McCreary County1
- Franklin County1
- Shelby County1
- Casey County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.