Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018
148 flash flood warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 148
- Busiest month
- May42 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- February 25, 201812 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 22, 6:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 9 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 15, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 112 min |
| May 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Monroe | 2 hr |
| May 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 117 min |
| May 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 82 min |
| May 16, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Morgan, Rowan | 113 min |
| May 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 64 min |
| May 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 102 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Magoffin, Morgan | 113 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 58 min |
| May 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant | 6 hr |
| May 18, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Grant, Kenton | 5 hr |
| May 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 2 hr |
| May 18, 9:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 98 min |
| May 18, 9:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 115 min |
| May 22, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 116 min |
| May 22, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 108 min |
| May 25, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Marshall | 113 min |
| May 25, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 111 min |
| May 28, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McCracken, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 113 min |
| May 31, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 107 min |
| Jun 12, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Greenup | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken, Marshall | 71 min |
| Jul 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 86 min |
| Jul 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 89 min |
| Jul 2, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 91 min |
| Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 84 min |
| Jul 2, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 86 min |
| Jul 3, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette | 93 min |
| Aug 1, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 96 min |
| Aug 17, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 112 min |
| Sep 5, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 95 min |
| Sep 5, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 116 min |
| Sep 8, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 5 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Scott | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 119 min |
| Sep 23, 11:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 116 min |
| Sep 25, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 116 min |
| Sep 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 12:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 115 min |
| Oct 5, 2:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Perry | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bath County11
- Jefferson County10
- Fayette County9
- Montgomery County9
- Oldham County8
- Pulaski County8
- Whitley County8
- Franklin County7
- Laurel County7
- Ballard County6
- Fleming County6
- Rowan County6
- Rockcastle County6
- Knox County6
- McCracken County5
- Garrard County5
- Jessamine County5
- Scott County5
- Woodford County5
- Morgan County5
- Jackson County5
- Greenup County5
- Harlan County5
- Bullitt County4
- Grant County4
- Boone County4
- Marshall County4
- Meade County4
- Shelby County4
- Bourbon County4
- Harrison County4
- Mercer County4
- Lewis County4
- Monroe County4
- Russell County4
- Carter County4
- Boyle County4
- Lincoln County4
- Perry County4
- Bell County4
70 more counties
- Menifee County4
- Bracken County3
- Trimble County3
- Campbell County3
- Kenton County3
- Hardin County3
- Nelson County3
- Spencer County3
- Anderson County3
- Washington County3
- Letcher County3
- Elliott County3
- Clark County3
- Boyd County3
- Clay County3
- Clinton County3
- Cumberland County3
- McCreary County3
- Knott County3
- Powell County3
- Pendleton County2
- Robertson County2
- Henry County2
- Carroll County2
- Gallatin County2
- Daviess County2
- Calloway County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Hancock County2
- Ohio County2
- Larue County2
- Pike County2
- Nicholas County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Adair County2
- Leslie County2
- Breathitt County2
- Floyd County2
- Estill County2
- Mason County1
- Carlisle County1
- Fulton County1
- Graves County1
- Hickman County1
- Owen County1
- Henderson County1
- Union County1
- Caldwell County1
- Crittenden County1
- Hopkins County1
- Livingston County1
- Lyon County1
- Trigg County1
- Webster County1
- Grayson County1
- Green County1
- Hart County1
- Johnson County1
- Magoffin County1
- Owsley County1
- Christian County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Todd County1
- Casey County1
- Wayne County1
- Lawrence County1
- Warren County1
- Wolfe County1
- Metcalfe 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.