Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Kentucky, 2025
6 red flag warnings 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 6
- Busiest month
- March4 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 19, 20253 red flag warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 11:56 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Fleming and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:00 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:28 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:39 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILN | Lewis | 13 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bell County3
- Breathitt County3
- Clay County3
- Harlan County3
- Knott County3
- Knox County3
- Lee County3
- Leslie County3
- Letcher County3
- Magoffin County3
- Morgan County3
- Owsley County3
- Perry County3
- Wolfe County3
- Estill County2
- Jackson County2
- Laurel County2
- McCreary County2
- Menifee County2
- Powell County2
- Pulaski County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Rowan County2
- Wayne County2
- Whitley County2
- Elliott County2
- Floyd County2
- Johnson County2
- Martin County2
- Pike County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Greenup County2
- Lawrence County2
- Bath County1
- Fleming County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lewis County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.