Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2021
166 flash flood warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 166
- Busiest month
- June39 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- February 28, 202116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Perry and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Pike | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Leslie and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley, Pike | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 6 min |
| Mar 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 95 min |
| May 4, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 7 hr |
| May 4, 4:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Metcalfe, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 7:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary | 5 hr |
| May 4, 7:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 8:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 4, 8:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Trigg | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Morgan | 117 min |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 107 min |
| Jun 11, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 105 min |
| Jun 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Owen | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Owen | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McLean | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 95 min |
| Jul 10, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary | 103 min |
| Jul 10, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 113 min |
| Jul 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Wolfe | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Montgomery, Owsley, Perry and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 91 min |
| Aug 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Owen | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 96 min |
| Aug 30, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 118 min |
| Aug 30, 9:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 8:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion | 117 min |
| Sep 15, 12:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Christian, Todd, Trigg | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Logan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 8:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County14
- Laurel County14
- Whitley County14
- McCreary County12
- Magoffin County10
- Warren County9
- Leslie County9
- Estill County9
- Morgan County9
- Pulaski County9
- Floyd County9
- Knox County8
- Perry County8
- Logan County8
- Breathitt County8
- Owsley County8
- Pike County8
- Butler County7
- Christian County7
- Barren County7
- Metcalfe County7
- Jackson County7
- Johnson County7
- Lee County7
- Rockcastle County7
- Wolfe County7
- Calloway County6
- Edmonson County6
- Bell County6
- Menifee County6
- Marion County6
- Wayne County6
- Jefferson County6
- Marshall County5
- Powell County5
- Trigg County5
- Todd County5
- Simpson County5
- Carter County5
- Clark County5
77 more counties
- Bath County5
- Fulton County4
- Hickman County4
- Montgomery County4
- Rowan County4
- Martin County4
- Knott County4
- Cumberland County4
- Monroe County4
- Muhlenberg County4
- Hopkins County4
- Owen County4
- Scott County4
- Graves County3
- Boyle County3
- Garrard County3
- Madison County3
- Hart County3
- Larue County3
- Adair County3
- Lawrence County3
- Harlan County3
- Caldwell County3
- Greenup County3
- Lewis County3
- Boyd County3
- Mercer County3
- Washington County3
- Bullitt County3
- Ohio County3
- Fleming County3
- Franklin County3
- McCracken County2
- Casey County2
- Lincoln County2
- Green County2
- Clinton County2
- Russell County2
- Letcher County2
- Lyon County2
- Elliott County2
- Oldham County2
- Crittenden County2
- Trimble County2
- Carroll County2
- Henry County2
- McLean County2
- Jessamine County2
- Spencer County2
- Anderson County2
- Livingston County2
- Harrison County2
- Nicholas County2
- Nelson County2
- Shelby County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Hancock County2
- Hardin County2
- Grayson County2
- Ballard County1
- Carlisle County1
- Taylor County1
- Allen County1
- Union County1
- Woodford County1
- Gallatin County1
- Grant County1
- Campbell County1
- Kenton County1
- Bracken County1
- Pendleton County1
- Fayette County1
- Mason County1
- Bourbon County1
- Daviess County1
- Webster County1
- Meade 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.