Heat Advisories in Kentucky
423 heat advisories 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 heat advisories reaches back to 2005.
Heat Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 423
- Busiest year
- 201047 heat advisories
- Average year
- 19over 22 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.
- Fulton County112
- Carlisle County109
- Hickman County109
- Ballard County108
- McCracken County104
- Graves County103
- Calloway County99
- Marshall County98
- Livingston County94
- Ohio County86
- Crittenden County86
- Caldwell County85
- Lyon County85
- Butler County84
- Trigg County84
- Hancock County83
- Warren County83
- Logan County82
- Simpson County82
- Hopkins County82
- Union County82
- Christian County81
- Todd County81
- Webster County81
- Boone County80
- Campbell County80
- Gallatin County80
- Grant County80
- Kenton County80
- Muhlenberg County80
- Owen County80
- Boyd County79
- McLean County79
- Pendleton County79
- Carroll County78
- Edmonson County77
- Grayson County77
- Greenup County77
- Breckinridge County76
- Daviess County75
80 more counties
- Henderson County75
- Robertson County75
- Allen County74
- Bracken County74
- Lawrence County73
- Lewis County73
- Mason County73
- Carter County72
- Meade County71
- Hardin County69
- Jefferson County69
- Barren County67
- Bullitt County66
- Hart County66
- Monroe County59
- Oldham County59
- Larue County58
- Metcalfe County56
- Trimble County56
- Nelson County55
- Spencer County53
- Shelby County52
- Green County51
- Henry County51
- Cumberland County46
- Marion County45
- Taylor County45
- Washington County44
- Adair County42
- Anderson County41
- Franklin County40
- Clinton County39
- Russell County38
- Boyle County36
- Mercer County36
- Fayette County35
- Harrison County35
- Jessamine County35
- Scott County35
- Woodford County35
- Wayne County35
- Garrard County34
- Pulaski County34
- Bourbon County33
- Casey County33
- Clark County33
- Lincoln County33
- Madison County33
- Nicholas County33
- Bath County32
- Estill County32
- Fleming County32
- Montgomery County32
- Rockcastle County32
- Jackson County31
- McCreary County31
- Powell County31
- Laurel County30
- Rowan County30
- Whitley County30
- Breathitt County29
- Clay County29
- Floyd County29
- Knott County29
- Knox County29
- Lee County29
- Leslie County29
- Owsley County29
- Perry County29
- Pike County29
- Bell County28
- Elliott County28
- Letcher County28
- Menifee County28
- Morgan County28
- Wolfe County28
- Harlan County27
- Johnson County27
- Magoffin County27
- Martin County27
The latest heat advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 11 more | 48 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 25 more | 5 days |
| Sep 13, 12:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 days |
| Sep 13, 12:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Fulton | 12 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:33 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 31 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:18 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 65 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:23 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 days |
| Aug 31, 2:03 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 4 days |
| Aug 31, 1:14 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 5 days |
| Aug 30, 1:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 47 hr |
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.