Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 1998

192 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 192
Busiest day: May 21, 199831 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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
May 2, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee, Owsley	59 min
May 2, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	59 min
May 2, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie	75 min
May 2, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	60 min
May 2, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Wolfe	82 min
May 3, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hickman	29 min
May 3, 1:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hickman	30 min
May 3, 12:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Whitley	47 min
May 3, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel	48 min
May 3, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	44 min
May 3, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Owsley	47 min
May 3, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie	47 min
May 3, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	48 min
May 3, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	33 min
May 3, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Perry	48 min
May 3, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	47 min
May 3, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	31 min
May 3, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	61 min
May 3, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie, Perry	65 min
May 3, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott	61 min
May 7, 6:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski	33 min
May 7, 7:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel	36 min
May 7, 7:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	36 min
May 7, 7:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel	31 min
May 7, 7:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	31 min
May 7, 7:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson	47 min
May 7, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	49 min
May 7, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	32 min
May 7, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Perry	35 min
May 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott	49 min
May 7, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher	48 min
May 7, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson	43 min
May 7, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin	44 min
May 7, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	44 min
May 7, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher	31 min
May 7, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd	33 min
May 13, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken	61 min
May 13, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	59 min
May 13, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Kenton	62 min
May 13, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Robertson	61 min
May 13, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	47 min
May 13, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant	51 min
May 13, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	46 min
May 13, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	45 min
May 13, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Montgomery	62 min
May 13, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	33 min
May 20, 12:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer	35 min
May 20, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt	35 min
May 20, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	32 min
May 20, 1:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	68 min
May 20, 1:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	32 min
May 20, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	47 min
May 20, 2:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	20 min
May 20, 2:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson	51 min
May 20, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	40 min
May 20, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	37 min
May 20, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	36 min
May 20, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	30 min
May 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	30 min
May 20, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	30 min
May 20, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	30 min
May 20, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer	39 min
May 20, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey	39 min
May 20, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Woodford	45 min
May 20, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	45 min
May 20, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	29 min
May 20, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Madison	40 min
May 20, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson	47 min
May 20, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	17 min
May 20, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Lee, Owsley	47 min
May 20, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Powell	29 min
May 20, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Wolfe	45 min
May 20, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott	47 min
May 20, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	62 min
May 20, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt	35 min
May 20, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	35 min
May 21, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson	33 min
May 21, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	61 min
May 21, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath	31 min
May 21, 12:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	45 min
May 21, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	49 min
May 21, 1:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Taylor	32 min
May 21, 1:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	49 min
May 21, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	58 min
May 21, 2:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	35 min
May 21, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	48 min
May 21, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	48 min
May 21, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Marshall	36 min
May 21, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle	36 min
May 21, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Webster	33 min
May 21, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	33 min
May 21, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins	37 min
May 21, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Trigg	51 min
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	45 min
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves	45 min
May 21, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	37 min
May 21, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	37 min
May 21, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	27 min
May 21, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	17 min
May 21, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	17 min
May 21, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	22 min
May 21, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	22 min
May 21, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	50 min
May 21, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson	50 min
May 22, 7:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	31 min
May 23, 4:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant	61 min
May 23, 5:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	30 min
May 23, 5:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	62 min
May 23, 5:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Montgomery	63 min
May 23, 5:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	48 min
May 23, 5:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	47 min
May 23, 5:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee, Morgan, Wolfe	46 min
May 23, 6:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin	60 min
May 23, 6:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson	46 min
May 23, 6:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott	46 min
May 23, 12:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll	45 min
May 23, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Russell	47 min
May 24, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	44 min
May 24, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Meade	42 min
May 24, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	47 min
May 24, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	47 min
May 24, 1:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Owsley	33 min
May 24, 1:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Wolfe	46 min
May 24, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	43 min
May 24, 2:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott	60 min
May 24, 2:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	64 min
May 24, 3:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	34 min
May 24, 3:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	64 min
May 24, 3:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Lee	66 min
May 24, 3:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Owsley	48 min
May 24, 3:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	78 min
May 24, 5:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	63 min
May 24, 7:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	46 min
May 24, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	41 min
May 24, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Greenup	51 min
May 24, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter	14 min
May 24, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd	50 min
May 24, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Greenup	52 min
May 24, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell	35 min
May 24, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	50 min
May 24, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell	47 min
May 24, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	60 min
May 24, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Greenup	33 min
May 24, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd	41 min
May 24, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	48 min
May 24, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	46 min
May 24, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	47 min
May 24, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	55 min
May 24, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	63 min
May 24, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	45 min
May 24, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin	33 min
May 24, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	46 min
May 24, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter, Lawrence	46 min
May 25, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	64 min
May 25, 7:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	47 min
May 25, 7:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	54 min
May 25, 8:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	44 min
May 25, 8:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler	46 min
May 25, 10:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	33 min
May 25, 10:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	29 min
May 25, 10:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Metcalfe	31 min
May 25, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Taylor	30 min
May 25, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	49 min
May 25, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Russell	44 min
May 25, 11:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	61 min
May 25, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	44 min
May 25, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary	47 min
May 25, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	48 min
May 25, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Trigg	31 min
May 25, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	34 min
May 25, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey	34 min
May 25, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	59 min
May 25, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	32 min
May 25, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel	46 min
May 25, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	34 min
May 25, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	48 min
May 25, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	32 min
May 25, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	49 min
May 25, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	63 min
May 25, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie	47 min
May 31, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll	64 min
May 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	45 min
May 31, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	63 min
May 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	37 min
May 31, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	34 min
May 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	43 min
May 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
May 31, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	42 min
May 31, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	41 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	35 min
May 31, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	28 min
May 31, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	29 min

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