Alert archive / Kentucky / 1997
Weather alerts in Kentucky, May 1997
60 weather alerts in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 60
- Warnings
- 55
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 1, 199722 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 66 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 42 min |
| May 1, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 38 min |
| May 1, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 1, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 1, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 42 min |
| May 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 46 min |
| May 2, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 26 min |
| May 3, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 45 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Rowan | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 33 min |
| May 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 48 min |
| May 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 59 min |
| May 14, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 43 min |
| May 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 24 min |
| May 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 61 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 26 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 70 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 79 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 79 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 31 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup | 4 hr |
| May 19, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton | 2 hr |
| May 26, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 2 hr |
| May 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston | 64 min |
| May 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McCracken | 64 min |
| May 28, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 88 min |
| May 28, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston | 88 min |
| May 31, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 49 min |
| May 31, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 44 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 | 42 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Graves County6
- McCracken County6
- Fulton County5
- Marshall County5
- Ohio County5
- Hardin County5
- Jessamine County5
- Mercer County5
- Nelson County5
- Livingston County5
- Lyon County4
- Calloway County4
- Christian County4
- Grayson County4
- Todd County4
- Boyd County4
- Carter County4
- Elliott County4
- Larue County4
- Rowan County4
- Warren County4
- Washington County4
- Wayne County4
- Woodford County4
- Hickman County3
- Logan County3
- Allen County3
- Barren County3
- Bath County3
- Bullitt County3
- Fayette County3
- Lee County3
- Monroe County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Simpson County3
- Wolfe County3
- Carlisle County3
- Muhlenberg County3
62 more counties
- Breckinridge County3
- Adair County2
- Anderson County2
- Bourbon County2
- Boyle County2
- Butler County2
- Casey County2
- Clark County2
- Clinton County2
- Cumberland County2
- Edmonson County2
- Estill County2
- Fleming County2
- Franklin County2
- Garrard County2
- Grant County2
- Green County2
- Greenup County2
- Harrison County2
- Hart County2
- Henry County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Menifee County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Morgan County2
- Nicholas County2
- Oldham County2
- Pendleton County2
- Powell County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Shelby County2
- Spencer County2
- Taylor County2
- Ballard County2
- Crittenden County2
- Hancock County2
- Union County2
- Lawrence County2
- Trimble County1
- Bracken County1
- Carroll County1
- Gallatin County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Owen County1
- Robertson County1
- Laurel County1
- Caldwell County1
- Daviess County1
- Henderson County1
- Hopkins County1
- McLean County1
- Trigg County1
- Webster County1
- Breathitt County1
- Magoffin County1
- Meade 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.