Alert archive / Kentucky / 2002
Weather alerts in Kentucky, April 2002
149 weather alerts in April 2002, 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 April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 130
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 28, 200285 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 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Caldwell, Carlisle and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Kenton | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 35 min |
| Apr 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 88 min |
| Apr 21, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 22 min |
| Apr 21, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Woodford | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 21 min |
| Apr 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Carroll, Franklin, Gallatin, Henry and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 12 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 5:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 5:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 20 min |
| Apr 28, 5:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 6:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 13 min |
| Apr 28, 6:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 6:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 6:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 6:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 6:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 15 min |
| Apr 28, 7:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 7:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 7:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 7:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 8:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 8:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 76 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Wolfe | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Harlan, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Martin | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Owsley | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 16 min |
| Apr 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Martin | 115 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 | 30 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County13
- Meade County12
- Henderson County11
- Ohio County10
- Grayson County9
- Breckinridge County9
- Jefferson County9
- McLean County9
- Webster County9
- Mercer County9
- Martin County9
- Anderson County8
- Daviess County8
- Spencer County8
- Union County8
- Hart County7
- Pulaski County7
- Ballard County7
- Crittenden County7
- Bullitt County7
- Carlisle County7
- Hancock County7
- Shelby County7
- Boyle County7
- Washington County7
- Fayette County7
- Butler County7
- Garrard County7
- Madison County7
- Marion County7
- Nelson County7
- Woodford County7
- Edmonson County7
- Muhlenberg County6
- Henry County6
- Franklin County6
- Hopkins County6
- McCracken County6
- Oldham County6
- Owen County6
80 more counties
- Boone County6
- Hickman County6
- Jessamine County6
- Larue County6
- Lincoln County6
- Pike County6
- Laurel County6
- Jackson County5
- Carroll County5
- Gallatin County5
- Livingston County5
- Trimble County5
- Kenton County5
- Scott County5
- Bourbon County5
- Clark County5
- Nicholas County5
- Powell County5
- Floyd County5
- Johnson County5
- Magoffin County5
- Morgan County5
- Wolfe County5
- Adair County5
- Barren County5
- Casey County5
- Green County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Todd County4
- Caldwell County4
- Campbell County4
- Logan County4
- Fulton County4
- Bath County4
- Robertson County4
- Breathitt County4
- Knott County4
- Calloway County4
- Christian County4
- Trigg County4
- Metcalfe County4
- Taylor County4
- Wayne County4
- McCreary County4
- Harlan County4
- Bracken County3
- Estill County3
- Grant County3
- Harrison County3
- Lewis County3
- Mason County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pendleton County3
- Greenup County3
- Lawrence County3
- Graves County3
- Lyon County3
- Marshall County3
- Allen County3
- Cumberland County3
- Russell County3
- Warren County3
- Lee County3
- Owsley County3
- Clay County3
- Perry County3
- Whitley County3
- Letcher County3
- Fleming County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Elliott County2
- Simpson County2
- Clinton County2
- Monroe County2
- Rowan County2
- Knox County2
- Menifee County2
- Leslie County1
- Bell County1
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.