Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 1988

7 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
7
Busiest day
May 9, 19886 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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

By county

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

Nearby

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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.