Alert archive / Kentucky / 1997
Weather alerts in Kentucky, August 1997
61 weather alerts in August 1997, 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 August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 61
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 17, 199725 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Elliott, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Rowan | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 7:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 8:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 9:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 10:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 11 min |
| Aug 25, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hart | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 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 | 56 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carter County5
- Lawrence County5
- Rowan County4
- Elliott County3
- Menifee County3
- Breathitt County3
- Boyd County3
- Greenup County3
- Bath County3
- Fayette County3
- Fleming County3
- Lincoln County3
- Carlisle County3
- Grayson County3
- Hart County3
- Pike County2
- Wolfe County2
- Johnson County2
- Martin County2
- Leslie County2
- Lee County2
- Estill County2
- Magoffin County2
- Morgan County2
- Powell County2
- Boyle County2
- Bracken County2
- Clark County2
- Jessamine County2
- Lewis County2
- Mason County2
- Mercer County2
- Montgomery County2
- Nicholas County2
- Owen County2
- Pendleton County2
- Woodford County2
- Todd County2
- Calloway County2
- Graves County2
42 more counties
- Breckinridge County2
- Letcher County1
- Knott County1
- Perry County1
- Floyd County1
- Anderson County1
- Bourbon County1
- Campbell County1
- Franklin County1
- Garrard County1
- Grant County1
- Harrison County1
- Kenton County1
- Larue County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Nelson County1
- Robertson County1
- Scott County1
- Spencer County1
- Washington County1
- Henderson County1
- Butler County1
- Caldwell County1
- Christian County1
- Fulton County1
- Hickman County1
- Logan County1
- Lyon County1
- McCracken County1
- Marshall County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Simpson County1
- Trigg County1
- Warren County1
- Edmonson County1
- Ballard County1
- Pulaski County1
- Barren County1
- Livingston County1
- Oldham County1
- Clay County1
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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.