Alert archive / Kentucky / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2025
43 flood watches in 2025. 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 in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- February11 flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 13, 20255 flood watches
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 29, 1:25 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 63 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:43 PM EST | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:50 PM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:50 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 23 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:10 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:06 PM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:47 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Lawrence | 37 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:34 PM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 19 more | 3 days |
| Feb 9, 9:34 PM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton and 12 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:52 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 3 days |
| Feb 13, 2:16 AM EST | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 3 days |
| Feb 13, 2:21 AM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 3 days |
| Feb 13, 2:30 AM EST | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 3 days |
| Feb 13, 2:49 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 3 days |
| Mar 14, 1:26 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 32 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Clay, Estill, Fleming, Jackson and 14 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:40 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 2:36 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 3:08 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 6 days |
| May 16, 9:08 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 19 hr |
| May 16, 9:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 23 more | 18 hr |
| May 16, 9:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Butler and 28 more | 18 hr |
| May 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 36 hr |
| May 19, 2:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 26 more | 35 hr |
| May 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 29 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:40 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 6 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 19 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 21 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:06 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 21 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 21 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 26 more | 45 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Clark and 22 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 22 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 26 more | 44 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 44 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 21 more | 37 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 6 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County11
- Clay County11
- Boyd County10
- Carter County10
- Greenup County10
- Bell County10
- Estill County10
- Floyd County10
- Jackson County10
- Knott County10
- Knox County10
- Laurel County10
- Lee County10
- Leslie County10
- Letcher County10
- McCreary County10
- Owsley County10
- Perry County10
- Pike County10
- Pulaski County10
- Rockcastle County10
- Whitley County10
- Wolfe County10
- Breathitt County9
- Harlan County9
- Johnson County9
- Magoffin County9
- Martin County9
- Menifee County9
- Powell County9
- Lincoln County9
- Allen County8
- Barren County8
- Edmonson County8
- Hart County8
- Logan County8
- Simpson County8
- Warren County8
- Bath County8
- Elliott County8
80 more counties
- Montgomery County8
- Morgan County8
- Rowan County8
- Anderson County8
- Boyle County8
- Casey County8
- Clark County8
- Fayette County8
- Garrard County8
- Jessamine County8
- Madison County8
- Mercer County8
- Woodford County8
- Butler County7
- Green County7
- Metcalfe County7
- Taylor County7
- Fleming County7
- Wayne County7
- Bourbon County7
- Nelson County7
- Washington County7
- Grayson County6
- Hardin County6
- Larue County6
- Ohio County6
- Franklin County6
- Harrison County6
- Nicholas County6
- Scott County6
- Adair County6
- Clinton County6
- Cumberland County6
- Monroe County6
- Russell County6
- Lewis County6
- Mason County6
- Robertson County6
- Marion County6
- Breckinridge County5
- Hancock County5
- Boone County5
- Bracken County5
- Campbell County5
- Carroll County5
- Gallatin County5
- Grant County5
- Kenton County5
- Owen County5
- Pendleton County5
- Henry County5
- Shelby County5
- Spencer County5
- Ballard County4
- Caldwell County4
- Calloway County4
- Carlisle County4
- Christian County4
- Crittenden County4
- Daviess County4
- Fulton County4
- Graves County4
- Henderson County4
- Hickman County4
- Hopkins County4
- Livingston County4
- Lyon County4
- McCracken County4
- McLean County4
- Marshall County4
- Muhlenberg County4
- Todd County4
- Trigg County4
- Union County4
- Webster County4
- Bullitt County4
- Jefferson County4
- Meade County4
- Oldham County4
- Trimble County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
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