Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1989
96 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 96
- Busiest month
- April30 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- April 4, 198916 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Christian | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Marion, Taylor | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 35 min |
| May 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 40 min |
| May 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 53 min |
| May 19, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| May 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 54 min |
| May 19, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 52 min |
| May 19, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 48 min |
| May 20, 2:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan, Simpson, Todd | 30 min |
| May 22, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 42 min |
| May 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Christian, Todd | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, McLean | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Todd | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | McLean | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Kenton | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter, Elliott | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Gallatin | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 64 min |
| Sep 16, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Nov 8, 3:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 59 min |
| Nov 15, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spencer County7
- Shelby County6
- Breckinridge County5
- Bullitt County5
- Hardin County5
- Jefferson County5
- Daviess County5
- Franklin County4
- Woodford County4
- Nelson County4
- Logan County4
- Anderson County3
- Christian County3
- Meade County3
- Oldham County3
- Boyle County3
- Garrard County3
- Madison County3
- Mercer County3
- Hancock County3
- Todd County3
- Ballard County2
- McCracken County2
- Henry County2
- Casey County2
- Marion County2
- Taylor County2
- Lincoln County2
- Pulaski County2
- Fayette County2
- Jessamine County2
- Knox County2
- Simpson County2
- Cumberland County2
- Lyon County2
- Marshall County2
- Pendleton County2
- McLean County2
- Warren County2
- Lawrence County2
35 more counties
- Hopkins County1
- Washington County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Morgan County1
- Wolfe County1
- Lee County1
- Owsley County1
- Letcher County1
- Rowan County1
- Breathitt County1
- Knott County1
- Perry County1
- Henderson County1
- Union County1
- Allen County1
- Bracken County1
- Larue County1
- Trimble County1
- Kenton County1
- Carter County1
- Elliott County1
- Jackson County1
- Floyd County1
- Pike County1
- Clay County1
- Graves County1
- Gallatin County1
- Owen County1
- Boone County1
- Johnson County1
- Green County1
- Scott County1
- Monroe County1
- McCreary County1
- Wayne County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.