Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 2017
120 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 120
- Busiest day
- May 27, 201759 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| May 4, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Russell, Taylor | 25 min |
| May 4, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 34 min |
| May 11, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Washington | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 27 min |
| May 11, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 26 min |
| May 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 33 min |
| May 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 22 min |
| May 19, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 28 min |
| May 19, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 23 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton | 50 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 50 min |
| May 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more | 42 min |
| May 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 31 min |
| May 19, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 34 min |
| May 19, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 44 min |
| May 19, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Wolfe | 47 min |
| May 19, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Perry | 41 min |
| May 20, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 20 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 28 min |
| May 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 14 min |
| May 20, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| May 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 40 min |
| May 20, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 39 min |
| May 20, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 31 min |
| May 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 38 min |
| May 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 20, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 25 min |
| May 20, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll | 38 min |
| May 20, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 44 min |
| May 20, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 51 min |
| May 20, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 41 min |
| May 20, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Pike | 37 min |
| May 20, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson | 26 min |
| May 24, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher, Perry | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 34 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 18 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Rockcastle | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 28 min |
| May 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 26 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 16 min |
| May 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 22 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Morgan, Wolfe | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 23 min |
| May 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 33 min |
| May 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 36 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 23 min |
| May 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 33 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 37 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 43 min |
| May 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Trigg | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor | 24 min |
| May 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 24 min |
| May 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 38 min |
| May 27, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 16 min |
| May 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 38 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Taylor | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston and 3 more | 65 min |
| May 27, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Hart, Taylor | 29 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 27 min |
| May 27, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel | 33 min |
| May 27, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 16 min |
| May 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, McLean and 5 more | 65 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 30 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 30 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 18 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 30 min |
| May 27, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 13 min |
| May 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 40 min |
| May 31, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee | 17 min |
| May 31, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Magoffin County9
- Lee County9
- Breathitt County9
- Green County7
- Taylor County7
- Floyd County7
- Johnson County7
- Morgan County7
- Pike County7
- Wolfe County7
- Laurel County7
- Knott County7
- Christian County7
- Adair County6
- Cumberland County6
- Perry County6
- Carlisle County6
- Muhlenberg County6
- Grant County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Grayson County5
- Trigg County5
- Breckinridge County5
- Hopkins County5
- Letcher County4
- Marion County4
- Casey County4
- Lincoln County4
- Barren County4
- Edmonson County4
- Warren County4
- Monroe County4
- Meade County4
- Kenton County4
- Jackson County4
- Martin County4
- Todd County4
- Logan County4
- Pulaski County4
- Ballard County4
63 more counties
- Calloway County4
- Crittenden County4
- Hardin County4
- Lyon County4
- Russell County3
- Harlan County3
- Boyle County3
- Boone County3
- Ohio County3
- Powell County3
- Carter County3
- Hancock County3
- Butler County3
- Estill County3
- Hart County3
- Livingston County3
- Caldwell County3
- Knox County3
- Larue County3
- Clinton County2
- Bell County2
- Washington County2
- Menifee County2
- Allen County2
- Gallatin County2
- Bracken County2
- Pendleton County2
- Campbell County2
- Henry County2
- Oldham County2
- Shelby County2
- Owen County2
- Clay County2
- Owsley County2
- Simpson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Trimble County2
- Garrard County2
- Madison County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Graves County2
- McCracken County2
- Marshall County2
- Elliott County2
- McLean County2
- Webster County2
- Fulton County2
- Hickman County2
- Harrison County1
- Leslie County1
- Nelson County1
- Boyd County1
- Greenup County1
- Lawrence County1
- Carroll County1
- Anderson County1
- Franklin County1
- Spencer County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lewis County1
- Bullitt County1
- Whitley County1
- Union County1
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Sources
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