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Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, May 2023
11 mesoscale discussions in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 11
- Busiest day
- May 7, 20234 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 7, 9:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 85 more | 92 min |
| May 7, 2:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Graves and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 84 min |
| May 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Hopkins, Livingston and 6 more | 65 min |
| May 8, 6:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 13 more | 84 min |
| May 8, 10:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 13 more | 115 min |
| May 9, 2:11 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Christian, Logan, Monroe, Simpson, Todd and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 14, 8:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 2 hr |
| May 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 118 min |
| May 16, 11:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Boyle and 48 more | 2 hr |
| May 16, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 23 more | 94 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allen County5
- Graves County5
- Union County5
- Monroe County4
- Simpson County4
- Warren County4
- Caldwell County4
- Carlisle County4
- Crittenden County4
- Hickman County4
- Livingston County4
- Lyon County4
- McCracken County4
- Marshall County4
- Todd County4
- Bell County3
- Clay County3
- Clinton County3
- Cumberland County3
- Jackson County3
- Knox County3
- Laurel County3
- Lee County3
- McCreary County3
- Owsley County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Russell County3
- Wayne County3
- Whitley County3
- Ballard County3
- Logan County3
- Hopkins County3
- Trigg County3
- Webster County3
- Christian County3
- Muhlenberg County3
- Adair County2
- Anderson County2
- Barren County2
76 more counties
- Boyle County2
- Breathitt County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Bullitt County2
- Butler County2
- Casey County2
- Clark County2
- Edmonson County2
- Estill County2
- Fayette County2
- Floyd County2
- Garrard County2
- Grayson County2
- Green County2
- Hardin County2
- Hart County2
- Jessamine County2
- Johnson County2
- Knott County2
- Larue County2
- Leslie County2
- Lincoln County2
- Madison County2
- Magoffin County2
- Marion County2
- Martin County2
- Meade County2
- Mercer County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Nelson County2
- Ohio County2
- Perry County2
- Powell County2
- Spencer County2
- Taylor County2
- Washington County2
- Wolfe County2
- Woodford County2
- Calloway County2
- Henderson County2
- McLean County2
- Bath County1
- Bourbon County1
- Boyd County1
- Bracken County1
- Carroll County1
- Carter County1
- Elliott County1
- Fleming County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Grant County1
- Greenup County1
- Hancock County1
- Harrison County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Menifee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Morgan County1
- Nicholas County1
- Oldham County1
- Owen County1
- Pendleton County1
- Robertson County1
- Rowan County1
- Scott County1
- Shelby County1
- Trimble County1
- Fulton County1
- Harlan County1
- Letcher County1
- Pike 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.