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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1988

22 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
22
Busiest month
May7 severe thunderstorm warnings
Busiest day
May 9, 19886 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby45 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry46 min
Apr 23, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen28 min
Apr 23, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence43 min
May 9, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby68 min
May 9, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason54 min
May 9, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDButler, Grayson36 min
May 9, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin60 min
May 9, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin42 min
May 9, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor, Washington68 min
May 9, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence37 min
Jul 17, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Owsley28 min
Jul 17, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Todd57 min
Jul 17, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSimpson, Warren57 min
Jul 18, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Meade66 min
Jul 20, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble62 min
Jul 25, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion, Webster38 min
Jul 25, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess21 min
Sep 23, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan, Wolfe42 min
Sep 23, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee57 min
Sep 23, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson35 min
Sep 23, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue54 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989

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.