Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions / 2017
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, May 2017
21 mesoscale discussions in May 2017. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20176 mesoscale discussions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 68 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Knox and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 31 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Mason, Pendleton | 55 min |
| May 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 117 min |
| May 19, 10:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 16 more | 87 min |
| May 20, 2:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard | 90 min |
| May 20, 12:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 35 more | 92 min |
| May 20, 6:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 35 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 7:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 7 more | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 58 min |
| May 24, 12:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 11 more | 58 min |
| May 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle and 53 more | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence and 6 more | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| May 27, 7:12 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| May 27, 10:13 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more | 92 min |
| May 27, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 88 more | 85 min |
| May 27, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 59 min |
| May 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boyle and 53 more | 85 min |
| May 27, 8:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 26 more | 83 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County8
- Pulaski County8
- Whitley County8
- Clay County7
- Jackson County7
- Knott County7
- Laurel County7
- Leslie County7
- Owsley County7
- Russell County7
- Adair County6
- Bell County6
- Bullitt County6
- Cumberland County6
- Floyd County6
- Harlan County6
- Larue County6
- Letcher County6
- Magoffin County6
- Meade County6
- Metcalfe County6
- Nelson County6
- Perry County6
- Rockcastle County6
- Spencer County6
- Warren County6
- Wayne County6
- Campbell County6
- Anderson County5
- Barren County5
- Breathitt County5
- Breckinridge County5
- Butler County5
- Caldwell County5
- Casey County5
- Christian County5
- Daviess County5
- Edmonson County5
- Grayson County5
- Green County5
80 more counties
- Hardin County5
- Hart County5
- Henderson County5
- Hopkins County5
- Lee County5
- Lincoln County5
- Logan County5
- Lyon County5
- McLean County5
- Marion County5
- Montgomery County5
- Morgan County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Taylor County5
- Webster County5
- Wolfe County5
- Woodford County5
- Boone County5
- Elliott County5
- Franklin County5
- Grant County5
- Jefferson County5
- Kenton County5
- Oldham County5
- Rowan County5
- Shelby County5
- Trimble County5
- Fulton County5
- Johnson County5
- Todd County5
- McCreary County5
- Clinton County5
- Boyle County4
- Clark County4
- Estill County4
- Fayette County4
- Hancock County4
- Menifee County4
- Mercer County4
- Ohio County4
- Pike County4
- Powell County4
- Washington County4
- Bath County4
- Carroll County4
- Carter County4
- Fleming County4
- Gallatin County4
- Henry County4
- Owen County4
- Martin County4
- Calloway County4
- Simpson County4
- Trigg County4
- Allen County4
- Monroe County4
- Crittenden County3
- Garrard County3
- Jessamine County3
- Livingston County3
- McCracken County3
- Madison County3
- Union County3
- Bourbon County3
- Boyd County3
- Bracken County3
- Greenup County3
- Harrison County3
- Lewis County3
- Mason County3
- Nicholas County3
- Pendleton County3
- Robertson County3
- Scott County3
- Carlisle County3
- Hickman County3
- Ballard County3
- Lawrence County3
- Graves County2
- Marshall County2
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Sources
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