Weather alerts in Kentucky, 1989
172 weather alerts in 1989, 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 172
- Warnings
- 172
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- April38 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 4, 198920 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 7, 11:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Allen, Warren | 38 min |
| Jan 12, 3:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Union | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 3 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hopkins | 4 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 4 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | McLean | 4 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hopkins | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Christian, Todd | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Edmonson, Hart | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Allen | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Christian | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Boyd, Carter | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Muhlenberg, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 5:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Grayson | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Christian | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Spencer | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Marion, Taylor | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 12:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 35 min |
| May 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 40 min |
| May 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 53 min |
| May 19, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 33 min |
| May 19, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| May 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 54 min |
| May 19, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 52 min |
| May 19, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 38 min |
| May 19, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 48 min |
| May 20, 2:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan, Simpson, Todd | 30 min |
| May 22, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Simpson | 38 min |
| May 22, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 34 min |
| May 22, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 42 min |
| May 23, 2:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Christian, Todd | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 9:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Christian | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, McLean | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Todd | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Todd | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Edmonson | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Owsley, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | McLean | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Kenton | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter, Elliott | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Gallatin | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Barren, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 8:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 6:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Oct 16, 11:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Oct 16, 11:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 7:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Perry | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 7:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 8:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 84 min |
| Oct 17, 8:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Pike | 2 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 59 min |
| Nov 15, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 34 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 | 96 |
| Tornado Warning | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 60 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County10
- Hardin County10
- Spencer County10
- Daviess County9
- Jefferson County9
- Bullitt County8
- Hancock County7
- Simpson County7
- Allen County6
- Warren County6
- Nelson County6
- Christian County6
- Jackson County6
- Todd County5
- Logan County5
- Breckinridge County5
- Owsley County5
- Magoffin County4
- McLean County4
- Ohio County4
- Franklin County4
- Woodford County4
- Garrard County4
- Mercer County4
- Letcher County4
- Knox County4
- Bell County3
- Henderson County3
- Union County3
- Hopkins County3
- Floyd County3
- Anderson County3
- Meade County3
- Oldham County3
- Boyle County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Madison County3
- Jessamine County3
- Breathitt County3
49 more counties
- Perry County3
- Pike County3
- Whitley County2
- Morgan County2
- Larue County2
- Grayson County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Edmonson County2
- Carter County2
- Wolfe County2
- Ballard County2
- McCracken County2
- Henry County2
- Casey County2
- Marion County2
- Taylor County2
- Lincoln County2
- Fayette County2
- Lee County2
- Knott County2
- Cumberland County2
- Lyon County2
- Marshall County2
- Pendleton County2
- Leslie County2
- Clay County2
- Monroe County2
- Harlan County2
- Lawrence County2
- Butler County1
- Hart County1
- Boyd County1
- Laurel County1
- Washington County1
- Rowan County1
- Bracken County1
- Trimble County1
- Kenton County1
- Elliott County1
- Graves County1
- Gallatin County1
- Barren County1
- Owen County1
- Boone County1
- Johnson County1
- Green County1
- Scott County1
- McCreary County1
- Wayne 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.