River Flood Warnings in Kentucky
1,948 river flood 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 1,948
- Busiest year
- 2015194 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 97over 20 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.
- Union County182
- Muhlenberg County173
- Butler County163
- Ohio County153
- Henderson County142
- Warren County135
- Ballard County104
- Crittenden County99
- McCracken County99
- Daviess County98
- Fulton County89
- Estill County87
- Livingston County85
- Bourbon County81
- Hardin County69
- Nelson County61
- Christian County58
- Carlisle County57
- Hickman County57
- Greenup County56
- Hancock County55
- McLean County50
- Webster County50
- Robertson County50
- Trigg County49
- Nicholas County46
- Whitley County39
- Lee County38
- Carroll County37
- Edmonson County36
- Franklin County36
- Breckinridge County35
- Jefferson County34
- Campbell County32
- Owsley County32
- Powell County32
- Hart County31
- Bracken County28
- Lewis County28
- Pendleton County28
37 more counties
- Owen County28
- Knox County26
- Boyd County25
- Kenton County22
- Mason County20
- Gallatin County19
- Carter County19
- Henry County18
- Bell County16
- Garrard County16
- Jessamine County16
- Boone County15
- Pike County15
- Meade County14
- Harrison County13
- Oldham County13
- Martin County12
- Trimble County11
- Magoffin County11
- Harlan County10
- Perry County10
- Grant County10
- Bullitt County9
- Breathitt County9
- Mercer County9
- Clark County8
- Madison County8
- Anderson County8
- Woodford County8
- Clay County6
- Letcher County5
- Cumberland County5
- Monroe County5
- Lawrence County4
- Johnson County4
- Floyd County2
- Grayson County1
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 23 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 37 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 59 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 72 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 71 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 11 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 3:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 5 days |
| May 28, 11:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 5 days |
| May 26, 4:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 14 hr |
| May 24, 5:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 40 hr |
| May 23, 12:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 13 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.