Weather alerts in Kentucky, 1987
100 weather alerts in 1987, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 100
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July64 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 6, 198720 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 7:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 40 min |
| May 12, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 45 min |
| May 14, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 67 min |
| May 14, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 67 min |
| May 19, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 38 min |
| May 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 21, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 41 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 60 min |
| May 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler, Logan, Muhlenberg | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 80 min |
| Jun 9, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 76 min |
| Jun 12, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins, Webster | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Ohio | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Mercer | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski, Russell, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson, Ohio | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Woodford | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison | 90 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 90 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 90 min |
| Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bath, Montgomery, Nicholas, Robertson | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill, Powell | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fleming, Rowan | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 1:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fleming | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel, Whitley | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Pulaski | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 41 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 85 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County11
- Bullitt County7
- Hardin County7
- Shelby County6
- Fayette County5
- Nelson County5
- Oldham County4
- Spencer County4
- Anderson County4
- Meade County4
- Taylor County4
- Adair County4
- Franklin County4
- Trimble County3
- Bourbon County3
- Larue County3
- Boyle County3
- Casey County3
- Pulaski County3
- Woodford County3
- Estill County3
- Laurel County3
- Union County3
- Daviess County2
- Hancock County2
- Crittenden County2
- Nicholas County2
- Clark County2
- Henderson County2
- McCracken County2
- Ohio County2
- Grayson County2
- Green County2
- Marion County2
- Washington County2
- Henry County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mercer County2
- Clinton County2
- Scott County2
34 more counties
- Garrard County2
- Jessamine County2
- Fleming County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Graves County1
- Lyon County1
- Boone County1
- Butler County1
- Logan County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Livingston County1
- Hopkins County1
- Webster County1
- Breckinridge County1
- Cumberland County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Russell County1
- Wayne County1
- Harrison County1
- Bath County1
- Montgomery County1
- Robertson County1
- Powell County1
- Madison County1
- Rowan County1
- Whitley County1
- Lewis County1
- Jackson County1
- Carter County1
- Ballard County1
- Lee County1
- Owsley County1
- Clay County1
- Knox 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. Rebuilt daily.