Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, August 2018
50 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2018. 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 August 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 50
- Busiest day
- August 8, 201812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 17 min |
| Aug 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 22 min |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 22 min |
| Aug 15, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade, Ohio | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Meade, Nelson | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 18 min |
| Aug 15, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Meade, Nelson | 15 min |
| Aug 16, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meade County8
- Hardin County6
- Breckinridge County6
- Nelson County4
- Woodford County4
- Barren County3
- Larue County3
- Bourbon County3
- Fayette County3
- Russell County3
- Pulaski County3
- Boone County3
- Ohio County3
- Jefferson County3
- Grayson County3
- Allen County2
- Bath County2
- Clark County2
- Marion County2
- Washington County2
- Monroe County2
- Cumberland County2
- Bell County2
- Knox County2
- Laurel County2
- Greenup County2
- Carter County2
- Scott County2
- Anderson County2
- Franklin County2
- Livingston County2
- Hancock County2
- Bullitt County2
- Menifee County1
- Morgan County1
- Rowan County1
- Union County1
- Bracken County1
- Pendleton County1
- Robertson County1
24 more counties
- Boyle County1
- Casey County1
- Adair County1
- Simpson County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Wayne County1
- Harlan County1
- Leslie County1
- McCreary County1
- Whitley County1
- Lewis County1
- Boyd County1
- Lawrence County1
- Fleming County1
- Ballard County1
- Crittenden County1
- Daviess County1
- Henderson County1
- Butler County1
- Edmonson County1
- Warren County1
- Rockcastle County1
- McCracken County1
- Gallatin 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.