Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, January 1997
33 severe thunderstorm warnings in January 1997. 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 January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 33
- Busiest day
- January 5, 199715 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 11:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 21 min |
| Jan 5, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 44 min |
| Jan 5, 12:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jan 5, 12:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken | 42 min |
| Jan 5, 12:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Whitley | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 12:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 34 min |
| Jan 5, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 28 min |
| Jan 5, 1:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Perry | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 1:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Magoffin | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 2:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Jan 22, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 31 min |
| Jan 24, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 42 min |
| Jan 24, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Warren | 26 min |
| Jan 24, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 28 min |
| Jan 24, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 37 min |
| Jan 24, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jan 24, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 47 min |
| Jan 24, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 33 min |
| Jan 24, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 9:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 31 min |
| Jan 24, 9:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 10:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Perry | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barren County3
- Clay County2
- Knox County2
- Perry County2
- Leslie County2
- Graves County2
- Green County2
- Taylor County2
- Marion County1
- Campbell County1
- Kenton County1
- Wayne County1
- McCreary County1
- Bracken County1
- Laurel County1
- Whitley County1
- Estill County1
- Lee County1
- Wolfe County1
- Rowan County1
- Breathitt County1
- Knott County1
- Letcher County1
- Floyd County1
- Magoffin County1
- Martin County1
- Pike County1
- Hardin County1
- Meade County1
- Ballard County1
- Carlisle County1
- Cumberland County1
- Todd County1
- Warren County1
- Fayette County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Adair County1
- Harlan County1
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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.