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Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, May 2025

36 mesoscale discussions in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
36
Busiest day
May 16, 202511 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Clark and 17 more2 hr
May 1, 2:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bourbon, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott and 14 more92 min
May 1, 6:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Lawrence115 min
May 1, 7:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Henderson, Hickman and 4 more116 min
May 2, 9:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Calloway, Logan, Monroe, Simpson and 2 more92 min
May 2, 12:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Butler, Christian, Edmonson, Grayson and 6 more91 min
May 2, 2:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 56 more118 min
May 2, 4:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 57 more113 min
May 4, 2:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott and 20 more2 hr
May 8, 12:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Bell, Butler and 31 more95 min
May 8, 3:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 24 more87 min
May 8, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Butler, Caldwell and 34 more92 min
May 8, 7:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Floyd, Harlan and 17 more64 min
May 15, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 9 more83 min
May 16, 2:46 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 17 more119 min
May 16, 6:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 24 more58 min
May 16, 7:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath and 96 more115 min
May 16, 8:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Ballard, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 36 more2 hr
May 16, 10:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 24 more2 hr
May 16, 12:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Laurel and 10 more2 hr
May 16, 12:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 8 more2 hr
May 16, 3:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 2 more2 hr
May 16, 6:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 43 more114 min
May 16, 6:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 73 more114 min
May 16, 7:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 40 more2 hr
May 16, 11:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt and 44 more2 hr
May 19, 8:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Simpson, Todd88 min
May 20, 2:07 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess and 16 more83 min
May 20, 11:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 46 more2 hr
May 20, 2:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Butler, Christian, Edmonson, Logan and 5 more117 min
May 20, 3:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFloyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Letcher and 3 more2 hr
May 20, 4:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 7 more117 min
May 20, 6:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Boyle, Breathitt, Clark, Clay, Estill and 25 more62 min
May 20, 9:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 11 more2 hr
May 30, 4:10 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Christian, Clay and 17 more2 hr
May 31, 1:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLetcher, Pike118 min

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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.