Alert archive / Kentucky / Heat Advisories
Heat Advisories in Kentucky, 2026
36 heat advisories 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 heat advisories reaches back to 2005.
Heat Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- July10 heat advisories
- Busiest day
- June 28, 20264 heat advisories
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:52 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 30 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 33 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:47 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Butler, Hancock, Logan, Ohio, Simpson, Warren | 17 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:48 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 12 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 11:16 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 58 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:34 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:02 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 44 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:00 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary and 8 more | 42 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:01 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 4 days |
| Jul 20, 9:26 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Cumberland, Edmonson and 9 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:18 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 35 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:44 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 25 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:28 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Cumberland and 15 more | 45 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:32 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:29 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 1:35 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Butler, Hancock, Logan, Ohio, Simpson and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:57 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Butler, Hancock, Logan, Ohio, Simpson and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:25 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Cumberland and 15 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:15 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 26 more | 57 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:45 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Wayne | 17 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 47 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:14 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 5 days |
| Aug 31, 2:03 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 4 days |
| Sep 1, 1:23 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 days |
| Sep 2, 2:18 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 65 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:33 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 31 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Fulton | 12 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 days |
| Sep 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 25 more | 5 days |
| Sep 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 11 more | 48 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County13
- Hancock County13
- Logan County13
- Ohio County13
- Simpson County13
- Warren County13
- Fulton County12
- Carlisle County11
- Hickman County11
- Allen County11
- Ballard County10
- Calloway County10
- Graves County10
- Breckinridge County10
- Edmonson County10
- Grayson County10
- Caldwell County9
- Christian County9
- Hopkins County9
- Livingston County9
- McCracken County9
- Marshall County9
- Muhlenberg County9
- Todd County9
- Union County9
- Webster County9
- Barren County9
- Hardin County9
- Hart County9
- Metcalfe County9
- Monroe County9
- Crittenden County8
- Daviess County8
- Henderson County8
- Lyon County8
- McLean County8
- Trigg County8
- Cumberland County8
- Larue County8
- Meade County8
80 more counties
- Bullitt County7
- Jefferson County7
- Adair County6
- Green County6
- Marion County6
- Nelson County6
- Oldham County6
- Taylor County6
- Shelby County5
- Spencer County5
- Trimble County5
- Washington County5
- Wayne County4
- Anderson County4
- Clinton County4
- Henry County4
- Russell County4
- Boone County3
- Bracken County3
- Campbell County3
- Carroll County3
- Gallatin County3
- Grant County3
- Kenton County3
- Lewis County3
- Mason County3
- Owen County3
- Pendleton County3
- Robertson County3
- Bath County3
- Estill County3
- Fleming County3
- Jackson County3
- Laurel County3
- McCreary County3
- Montgomery County3
- Powell County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Whitley County3
- Bourbon County3
- Boyle County3
- Casey County3
- Clark County3
- Fayette County3
- Franklin County3
- Garrard County3
- Harrison County3
- Jessamine County3
- Lincoln County3
- Madison County3
- Mercer County3
- Nicholas County3
- Scott County3
- Woodford County3
- Knox County2
- Bell County2
- Breathitt County2
- Clay County2
- Elliott County2
- Floyd County2
- Harlan County2
- Johnson County2
- Knott County2
- Lee County2
- Leslie County2
- Letcher County2
- Magoffin County2
- Martin County2
- Morgan County2
- Owsley County2
- Perry County2
- Pike County2
- Wolfe County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Greenup County2
- Lawrence County2
- Menifee County2
- Rowan County2
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.