Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 1986
27 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 27
- Busiest day
- May 14, 198613 severe thunderstorm warnings
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, 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County5
- Nelson County4
- Boone County3
- Kenton County3
- Jefferson County3
- Larue County3
- Bullitt County2
- Washington County2
- Casey County2
- Taylor County2
- Fulton County2
- Hickman County2
- Campbell County1
- Lewis County1
- Henry County1
- Oldham County1
- Trimble County1
- Shelby County1
- Anderson County1
- Spencer County1
- Franklin County1
- Floyd County1
- Breckinridge County1
- Webster County1
- Henderson County1
- Adair County1
- Carlisle 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.