Flood Watches in Kentucky
442 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 442
- Busiest year
- 202659 flood watches
- Average year
- 22over 20 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.
- Boyd County90
- Lawrence County90
- Greenup County89
- Carter County87
- Clay County78
- Laurel County77
- Estill County75
- Grant County75
- Jackson County75
- Lewis County75
- Mason County75
- Owen County75
- Robertson County75
- McCreary County75
- Whitley County75
- Johnson County74
- Leslie County74
- Magoffin County74
- Owsley County74
- Pendleton County74
- Pulaski County74
- Wolfe County74
- Knox County74
- Bracken County73
- Breathitt County73
- Perry County73
- Rockcastle County73
- Gallatin County72
- Harlan County72
- Lee County72
- Letcher County72
- Martin County72
- Bell County72
- Carroll County71
- Floyd County71
- Knott County71
- Powell County71
- Wayne County71
- Boone County70
- Campbell County70
80 more counties
- Kenton County70
- Pike County70
- Menifee County69
- Morgan County69
- Elliott County67
- Fleming County66
- Hart County66
- Bath County65
- Montgomery County65
- Casey County64
- Edmonson County64
- Green County64
- Lincoln County64
- Madison County64
- Rowan County64
- Taylor County64
- Warren County64
- Fayette County63
- Metcalfe County63
- Simpson County63
- Woodford County63
- Adair County62
- Allen County62
- Barren County62
- Boyle County62
- Garrard County62
- Logan County62
- Anderson County61
- Cumberland County61
- Larue County61
- Marion County61
- Grayson County60
- Jessamine County60
- Nelson County60
- Henry County59
- Bourbon County59
- Butler County59
- Clinton County59
- Franklin County59
- Mercer County59
- Monroe County59
- Trimble County58
- Ohio County58
- Russell County58
- Shelby County58
- Jefferson County57
- Clark County57
- Nicholas County57
- Scott County57
- Spencer County57
- Hardin County56
- Harrison County56
- Washington County56
- Breckinridge County55
- Hancock County54
- Oldham County54
- Meade County53
- Bullitt County52
- Ballard County51
- Hickman County50
- McCracken County50
- Marshall County50
- Calloway County49
- Carlisle County49
- Daviess County49
- Fulton County49
- Graves County49
- Henderson County49
- Livingston County49
- Caldwell County48
- Union County47
- Crittenden County46
- Hopkins County46
- Lyon County46
- McLean County45
- Trigg County43
- Webster County43
- Christian County41
- Muhlenberg County41
- Todd County41
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 14 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Lawrence | 3 days |
| Sep 17, 1:53 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 18 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 34 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 35 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:24 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:06 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 23 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 71 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 18 more | 50 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:28 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 4 days |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.