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Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, May 2026
14 mesoscale discussions in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 14
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20264 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 16, 3:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 59 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden and 19 more | 119 min |
| May 19, 5:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 45 more | 59 min |
| May 19, 7:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 3 more | 66 min |
| May 20, 7:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt and 41 more | 115 min |
| May 20, 1:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay and 26 more | 114 min |
| May 20, 1:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more | 116 min |
| May 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 8 more | 95 min |
| May 22, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton and 21 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 7:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Elliott, Menifee | 94 min |
| May 27, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd | 119 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd | 2 hr |
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more | 113 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Green County4
- Jackson County4
- Livingston County4
- Lyon County4
- Marion County4
- Menifee County4
- Rockcastle County4
- Trimble County4
- Carlisle County4
- Fulton County4
- Hickman County4
- McCracken County4
- Boyd County4
- Bath County3
- Boyle County3
- Breckinridge County3
- Caldwell County3
- Carroll County3
- Casey County3
- Clark County3
- Crittenden County3
- Daviess County3
- Edmonson County3
- Estill County3
- Fleming County3
- Garrard County3
- Grant County3
- Hancock County3
- Hart County3
- Henderson County3
- Hopkins County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lee County3
- Lincoln County3
- McLean County3
- Madison County3
- Meade County3
- Mercer County3
- Montgomery County3
- Ohio County3
80 more counties
- Oldham County3
- Pendleton County3
- Powell County3
- Taylor County3
- Webster County3
- Ballard County3
- Calloway County3
- Graves County3
- Marshall County3
- Allen County3
- Barren County3
- Breathitt County3
- Elliott County3
- Floyd County3
- Johnson County3
- Knott County3
- Magoffin County3
- Martin County3
- Perry County3
- Pike County3
- Anderson County2
- Bourbon County2
- Bullitt County2
- Butler County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Grayson County2
- Hardin County2
- Harrison County2
- Henry County2
- Jessamine County2
- Larue County2
- Mason County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Nelson County2
- Nicholas County2
- Owen County2
- Robertson County2
- Scott County2
- Shelby County2
- Spencer County2
- Union County2
- Washington County2
- Woodford County2
- Logan County2
- Simpson County2
- Todd County2
- Warren County2
- Bracken County2
- Campbell County2
- Kenton County2
- Carter County2
- Greenup County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lewis County2
- Morgan County2
- Owsley County2
- Rowan County2
- Wolfe County2
- Clay County2
- Leslie County2
- Adair County2
- Clinton County2
- Cumberland County2
- Knox County2
- Laurel County2
- McCreary County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Monroe County2
- Pulaski County2
- Russell County2
- Wayne County2
- Whitley County2
- Christian County1
- Trigg County1
- Boone County1
- Bell County1
- Harlan County1
- Letcher County1
Nearby
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.