Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings / 2026
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, August 2026
59 flash flood warnings in August 2026. 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 59
- Busiest day
- August 12, 202615 flash flood warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Greenup | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 102 min |
| Aug 6, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 80 min |
| Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 8 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Owen | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Powell | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Perry | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott | 111 min |
| Aug 14, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Powell, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Graves | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McCracken | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Marshall | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Breathitt County7
- Knott County7
- Wolfe County6
- Floyd County5
- Pulaski County4
- Harlan County4
- Powell County4
- Magoffin County4
- Perry County4
- Russell County3
- Lawrence County3
- Trimble County3
- Henry County3
- Woodford County3
- Morgan County3
- Greenup County2
- Bell County2
- Knox County2
- Casey County2
- Laurel County2
- Adair County2
- Owen County2
- Anderson County2
- Fayette County2
- Jessamine County2
- Scott County2
- Shelby County2
- Harrison County2
- Nicholas County2
- Letcher County2
- Lee County2
- Bath County2
- Fleming County2
- Pike County2
- Whitley County1
- Elliott County1
- Wayne County1
- Jackson County1
- Boone County1
- Campbell County1
24 more counties
- Kenton County1
- Lincoln County1
- Taylor County1
- Carroll County1
- Gallatin County1
- Garrard County1
- Mercer County1
- Franklin County1
- Oldham County1
- Clay County1
- Grant County1
- Pendleton County1
- Estill County1
- Leslie County1
- Boyd County1
- Carter County1
- Bourbon County1
- Menifee County1
- Johnson County1
- Ballard County1
- Carlisle County1
- Graves County1
- McCracken County1
- Marshall County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.