Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 1997
42 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 42
- Busiest day
- May 1, 199719 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 42 min |
| May 1, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 38 min |
| May 1, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 1, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 1, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 26 min |
| May 3, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 45 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Rowan | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 33 min |
| May 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 48 min |
| May 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 59 min |
| May 14, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 43 min |
| May 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 24 min |
| May 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 31 min |
| May 31, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 49 min |
| May 31, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ohio County3
- Fulton County2
- Graves County2
- Calloway County2
- Christian County2
- Grayson County2
- Hardin County2
- Nelson County2
- Wayne County2
- Rowan County2
- Lawrence County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Hickman County1
- Lyon County1
- Marshall County1
- Trimble County1
- Todd County1
- Logan County1
- Larue County1
- Simpson County1
- Warren County1
- Mercer County1
- Washington County1
- Allen County1
- Barren County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Laurel County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Bath County1
- Elliott County1
- Boyd County1
- Lee County1
- Wolfe County1
- Breathitt County1
- Magoffin County1
- Hancock County1
- Jessamine 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.