Red Flag Warnings in Kentucky
155 red flag warnings 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 155
- Busiest year
- 201026 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 9over 18 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.
- Wolfe County47
- Lee County45
- Owsley County42
- Morgan County41
- Laurel County40
- Letcher County40
- Menifee County40
- Rowan County40
- Breathitt County39
- Clay County39
- Elliott County39
- Harlan County39
- Knott County39
- Perry County39
- Pike County39
- Jackson County39
- Rockcastle County39
- Floyd County38
- Knox County38
- Leslie County38
- McCreary County38
- Magoffin County38
- Estill County38
- Powell County38
- Johnson County37
- Martin County37
- Whitley County37
- Pulaski County37
- Wayne County37
- Bath County35
- Fleming County35
- Montgomery County35
- Bell County34
- Christian County30
- Henderson County30
- McLean County30
- Todd County30
- Webster County30
- Daviess County29
- Hopkins County29
80 more counties
- Lyon County29
- Muhlenberg County29
- Trigg County29
- Union County29
- Caldwell County28
- Crittenden County28
- Graves County28
- Ballard County27
- Calloway County27
- Carlisle County27
- Fulton County27
- Hickman County27
- McCracken County27
- Marshall County27
- Livingston County26
- Bullitt County19
- Grayson County19
- Hardin County19
- Jefferson County19
- Logan County19
- Lewis County18
- Butler County18
- Fayette County18
- Harrison County18
- Oldham County18
- Warren County18
- Breckinridge County17
- Edmonson County17
- Franklin County17
- Garrard County17
- Hancock County17
- Jessamine County17
- Madison County17
- Meade County17
- Nelson County17
- Ohio County17
- Simpson County17
- Trimble County17
- Boyd County17
- Carter County17
- Greenup County17
- Anderson County16
- Bourbon County16
- Boyle County16
- Clark County16
- Clinton County16
- Cumberland County16
- Hart County16
- Henry County16
- Larue County16
- Marion County16
- Mercer County16
- Nicholas County16
- Scott County16
- Shelby County16
- Spencer County16
- Washington County16
- Woodford County16
- Lawrence County16
- Mason County15
- Adair County15
- Allen County15
- Barren County15
- Casey County15
- Lincoln County15
- Metcalfe County15
- Monroe County15
- Russell County15
- Green County14
- Taylor County14
- Boone County11
- Bracken County11
- Campbell County11
- Gallatin County11
- Grant County11
- Kenton County11
- Owen County11
- Pendleton County11
- Robertson County11
- Carroll County10
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:29 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 7 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. Rebuilt daily.