Winter Storm Watches in Kentucky
189 winter storm watches 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 189
- Busiest year
- 201020 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 9over 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.
- Boone County35
- Bourbon County34
- Campbell County34
- Fayette County34
- Garrard County34
- Jessamine County34
- Kenton County34
- Madison County34
- Nicholas County34
- Boyle County33
- Clark County33
- Letcher County33
- Pike County33
- Woodford County33
- Webster County33
- Harlan County32
- Marion County32
- Mercer County32
- Trimble County32
- Washington County32
- Bell County31
- Carroll County31
- Gallatin County31
- Grayson County31
- Hancock County31
- Harrison County31
- Magoffin County31
- Morgan County31
- Ohio County31
- Robertson County31
- Scott County31
- McLean County31
- Bracken County30
- Breathitt County30
- Breckinridge County30
- Grant County30
- Hardin County30
- Johnson County30
- Larue County30
- Lee County30
80 more counties
- Meade County30
- Nelson County30
- Owen County30
- Pendleton County30
- Wolfe County30
- Crittenden County30
- Union County30
- Anderson County29
- Casey County29
- Fleming County29
- Franklin County29
- Green County29
- Henry County29
- Lewis County29
- Lincoln County29
- Mason County29
- Menifee County29
- Montgomery County29
- Owsley County29
- Powell County29
- Taylor County29
- Ballard County29
- Clay County29
- Floyd County29
- Knott County29
- Leslie County29
- Livingston County29
- McCracken County29
- Perry County29
- Allen County28
- Barren County28
- Bath County28
- Edmonson County28
- Elliott County28
- Estill County28
- Hart County28
- Jackson County28
- Jefferson County28
- Metcalfe County28
- Oldham County28
- Simpson County28
- Warren County28
- Daviess County28
- Martin County28
- Muhlenberg County28
- Henderson County28
- Adair County27
- Bullitt County27
- Butler County27
- Clinton County27
- Cumberland County27
- Laurel County27
- Logan County27
- Monroe County27
- Rockcastle County27
- Rowan County27
- Russell County27
- Shelby County27
- Spencer County27
- Caldwell County27
- Carlisle County27
- Christian County27
- Hopkins County27
- Lyon County27
- Todd County27
- Pulaski County26
- Fulton County26
- Hickman County26
- Knox County26
- Marshall County26
- Trigg County26
- McCreary County24
- Wayne County24
- Calloway County24
- Graves County24
- Lawrence County24
- Whitley County24
- Boyd County21
- Carter County21
- Greenup County20
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 37 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 33 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.