Weather alerts in Kentucky, 1988
28 weather alerts in 1988, 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 28
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May8 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 9, 19886 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 12:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 43 min |
| May 9, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 68 min |
| May 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 54 min |
| May 9, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 68 min |
| May 9, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 37 min |
| May 13, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 98 min |
| Jul 17, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Simpson, Warren | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union, Webster | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 21 min |
| Sep 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 42 min |
| Sep 23, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 57 min |
| Sep 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 35 min |
| Sep 23, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 54 min |
| Nov 19, 11:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Menifee | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 9:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 6 hr |
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 | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County3
- Jefferson County2
- Shelby County2
- Lawrence County2
- Grayson County2
- Taylor County2
- Trimble County2
- Bell County1
- Ballard County1
- McCracken County1
- Livingston County1
- Oldham County1
- Henry County1
- Owen County1
- Bracken County1
- Mason County1
- Butler County1
- Franklin County1
- Marion County1
- Washington County1
- Clay County1
- Jackson County1
- Owsley County1
- Logan County1
- Todd County1
- Simpson County1
- Warren County1
- Bullitt County1
- Meade County1
- Union County1
- Webster County1
- Daviess County1
- Morgan County1
- Wolfe County1
- Lee County1
- Larue County1
- Menifee County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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.