Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky
503 flash flood watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 503
- Busiest year
- 201556 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 31over 16 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County113
- Boyd County108
- Carter County106
- Greenup County105
- Breathitt County93
- Floyd County93
- Knott County92
- Laurel County92
- Pike County92
- Clay County91
- Knox County90
- Magoffin County90
- Owsley County90
- Elliott County89
- Martin County89
- Perry County89
- Whitley County89
- Wolfe County89
- Leslie County88
- Pulaski County88
- Rockcastle County88
- Bell County87
- Johnson County87
- Lee County87
- Morgan County87
- Jackson County86
- McCreary County86
- Wayne County86
- Estill County85
- Menifee County85
- Montgomery County85
- Powell County85
- Bath County84
- Letcher County84
- Harlan County83
- Rowan County82
- Fleming County81
- Pendleton County75
- Campbell County74
- Kenton County74
80 more counties
- Boone County73
- Grant County72
- Robertson County72
- Bracken County71
- Gallatin County71
- Carroll County70
- Owen County70
- Lewis County69
- Mason County69
- Henry County67
- Oldham County66
- Franklin County65
- Jefferson County65
- Shelby County65
- Clark County64
- Crittenden County64
- McCracken County64
- Union County64
- Woodford County64
- Fayette County63
- McLean County63
- Scott County63
- Webster County63
- Anderson County62
- Madison County62
- Ballard County61
- Bourbon County61
- Daviess County61
- Harrison County61
- Henderson County61
- Jessamine County61
- Trimble County61
- Casey County60
- Hopkins County60
- Russell County60
- Adair County59
- Graves County59
- Lincoln County59
- Livingston County59
- Marion County59
- Mercer County59
- Muhlenberg County59
- Nelson County59
- Nicholas County59
- Washington County59
- Barren County58
- Boyle County58
- Caldwell County58
- Calloway County58
- Carlisle County58
- Clinton County58
- Cumberland County58
- Garrard County58
- Metcalfe County58
- Spencer County58
- Bullitt County57
- Christian County57
- Monroe County57
- Todd County57
- Trigg County57
- Allen County56
- Fulton County56
- Grayson County56
- Hickman County56
- Lyon County56
- Marshall County56
- Taylor County56
- Green County55
- Hardin County55
- Larue County55
- Breckinridge County53
- Warren County53
- Meade County52
- Ohio County52
- Butler County51
- Edmonson County51
- Hancock County50
- Hart County50
- Logan County49
- Simpson County49
Nearby
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.