Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1986
79 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1986. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 79
- Busiest month
- May27 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 14, 198613 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Magoffin | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 60 min |
| Feb 20, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 90 min |
| Feb 20, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Caldwell, Lyon | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 60 min |
| Mar 10, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 60 min |
| Mar 10, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 1:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Calloway, Graves | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 4:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Ohio | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 4:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 4:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 4:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 5:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 5:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 6:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 7:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 7:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fleming | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 8:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 4:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ballard | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Graves | 40 min |
| May 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 42 min |
| May 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 26 min |
| May 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 75 min |
| May 7, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 32 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 35 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 35 min |
| May 7, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 45 min |
| May 7, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd | 55 min |
| May 7, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Washington | 43 min |
| May 13, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 14, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 60 min |
| May 14, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 60 min |
| May 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 60 min |
| May 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 35 min |
| May 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Webster | 65 min |
| May 14, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 48 min |
| May 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson | 47 min |
| May 14, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Taylor | 60 min |
| May 14, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fulton, Hickman | 50 min |
| May 14, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 60 min |
| May 15, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fulton, Hickman | 60 min |
| May 15, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Carlisle | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Ohio | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Carlisle, Graves | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 70 min |
| Jul 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 70 min |
| Jul 12, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bath, Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 7:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 68 min |
| Aug 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Barren | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 64 min |
| Oct 4, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Oct 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Oct 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County7
- Hardin County7
- Bullitt County6
- Nelson County6
- Breckinridge County5
- Meade County5
- Oldham County4
- Larue County4
- Morgan County3
- Henry County3
- Graves County3
- Franklin County3
- Taylor County3
- Boone County3
- Kenton County3
- Trimble County3
- Casey County3
- Floyd County2
- Harlan County2
- Wolfe County2
- Shelby County2
- Ohio County2
- Anderson County2
- Bourbon County2
- Lewis County2
- Washington County2
- Fulton County2
- Hickman County2
- Carlisle County2
- Clay County2
- Magoffin County1
- Bell County1
- Leslie County1
- Caldwell County1
- Lyon County1
- Calloway County1
- Logan County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Todd County1
- Butler County1
28 more counties
- Simpson County1
- Warren County1
- Edmonson County1
- Grayson County1
- Hart County1
- Woodford County1
- Nicholas County1
- Fleming County1
- Green County1
- Ballard County1
- Campbell County1
- Spencer County1
- Webster County1
- Henderson County1
- Adair County1
- Madison County1
- Fayette County1
- Bath County1
- Montgomery County1
- Jackson County1
- Laurel County1
- McCreary County1
- Pulaski County1
- Whitley County1
- Martin County1
- Clark County1
- Barren County1
- Cumberland County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.