Alert archive / Kentucky / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2026
59 flood watches in 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 59
- Busiest month
- June17 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1:51 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 17 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:39 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 67 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:01 PM EST | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 49 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:48 PM EST | Flood Watch | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 21 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:53 PM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Hancock, Trimble | 25 hr |
| May 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Trimble | 27 hr |
| May 19, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Henderson, Union | 18 hr |
| May 22, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 48 hr |
| May 22, 2:21 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 40 hr |
| May 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 40 hr |
| May 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Henry and 9 more | 33 hr |
| May 24, 12:28 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 11 hr |
| May 24, 12:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 19 more | 9 hr |
| May 24, 12:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 13 hr |
| May 24, 12:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 13 hr |
| May 26, 1:25 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 34 hr |
| May 26, 1:44 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 31 hr |
| May 26, 2:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 30 hr |
| May 26, 2:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:01 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 52 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:41 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:02 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:02 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Lawrence | 15 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:06 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Clark and 25 more | 40 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 24 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 27 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Bracken, Grant, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:36 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 3 days |
| Jun 25, 4:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 3 days |
| Jun 26, 1:09 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 42 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 59 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 4 days |
| Jul 8, 11:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 4 days |
| Jul 8, 12:01 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 4 days |
| Jul 9, 9:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 3 days |
| Jul 9, 9:27 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 60 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 22 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:03 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 28 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:09 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 1:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 1:28 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 4 days |
| Aug 11, 4:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 18 more | 50 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 71 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:06 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 23 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:24 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 35 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 34 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:53 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 18 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Lawrence | 3 days |
| Sep 23, 2:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 14 more | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County13
- Boyd County12
- Carter County12
- Greenup County12
- Fleming County12
- Rowan County12
- Bracken County11
- Mason County11
- Robertson County11
- Bath County11
- Elliott County11
- Montgomery County11
- Grant County10
- Lewis County10
- Owen County10
- Trimble County10
- Bourbon County10
- Clark County10
- Fayette County10
- Franklin County10
- Harrison County10
- Jessamine County10
- Madison County10
- Nicholas County10
- Scott County10
- Shelby County10
- Woodford County10
- Bell County10
- Breathitt County10
- Clay County10
- Floyd County10
- Jackson County10
- Johnson County10
- Knox County10
- Laurel County10
- Lee County10
- Magoffin County10
- Martin County10
- Morgan County10
- Owsley County10
80 more counties
- Pike County10
- Wolfe County10
- Boone County9
- Campbell County9
- Carroll County9
- Gallatin County9
- Kenton County9
- Pendleton County9
- Henry County9
- Jefferson County9
- Anderson County9
- Spencer County9
- Estill County9
- Harlan County9
- Knott County9
- Leslie County9
- Letcher County9
- Menifee County9
- Perry County9
- Powell County9
- Rockcastle County9
- Whitley County9
- Oldham County8
- Boyle County8
- Garrard County8
- Mercer County8
- Bullitt County7
- Casey County7
- Larue County7
- Lincoln County7
- Marion County7
- Nelson County7
- Washington County7
- McCreary County7
- Pulaski County7
- Wayne County7
- Henderson County6
- Union County6
- Hancock County6
- Taylor County6
- Adair County6
- Allen County6
- Barren County6
- Clinton County6
- Cumberland County6
- Grayson County6
- Green County6
- Hart County6
- Meade County6
- Metcalfe County6
- Monroe County6
- Ohio County6
- Russell County6
- Daviess County5
- Breckinridge County5
- Butler County5
- Edmonson County5
- Hardin County5
- Logan County5
- Simpson County5
- Warren County5
- Ballard County4
- Caldwell County4
- Calloway County4
- Carlisle County4
- Christian County4
- Crittenden County4
- Graves County4
- Hickman County4
- Hopkins County4
- Livingston County4
- Lyon County4
- McCracken County4
- McLean County4
- Marshall County4
- Muhlenberg County4
- Todd County4
- Trigg County4
- Webster County4
- Fulton County3
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.