Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, July 2018
140 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 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 July 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 140
- Busiest day
- July 20, 201859 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 14 min |
| Jul 5, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 14 min |
| Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 21 min |
| Jul 11, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 14 min |
| Jul 15, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 22 min |
| Jul 15, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Trigg | 17 min |
| Jul 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 17 min |
| Jul 20, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 70 min |
| Jul 20, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Scott, Woodford | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Taylor | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 17 min |
| Jul 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln, Marion | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 15 min |
| Jul 20, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 21 min |
| Jul 20, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Woodford | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 19 min |
| Jul 20, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 2 more | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Hardin, Meade | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 21 min |
| Jul 20, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 1 more | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 19 min |
| Jul 20, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Russell | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 2:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Nelson County12
- Adair County12
- Washington County11
- Hardin County11
- Marion County11
- Jefferson County10
- Anderson County10
- Green County9
- Casey County9
- Bullitt County9
- Shelby County9
- Breckinridge County9
- Taylor County8
- Meade County8
- Boyle County8
- Larue County7
- Russell County7
- Woodford County7
- Metcalfe County6
- Powell County6
- Spencer County6
- Jessamine County6
- Madison County6
- Garrard County6
- Monroe County6
- Lawrence County5
- Scott County5
- Hart County5
- Laurel County5
- Mercer County5
- Cumberland County5
- Oldham County5
- Grayson County5
- Franklin County4
- Morgan County4
- Clark County4
- Menifee County4
- Montgomery County4
- Knox County4
- Whitley County4
60 more counties
- Lincoln County4
- Fayette County4
- Clinton County4
- Hancock County4
- Floyd County3
- Wolfe County3
- Harrison County3
- Elliott County3
- Bourbon County3
- Nicholas County3
- Clay County3
- Graves County3
- Campbell County3
- Jackson County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Bell County3
- Martin County2
- Knott County2
- Pike County2
- Breathitt County2
- Magoffin County2
- Warren County2
- Leslie County2
- Owsley County2
- Marshall County2
- Hickman County2
- Owen County2
- Trimble County2
- Boone County2
- Kenton County2
- Carroll County2
- Gallatin County2
- Pendleton County2
- Bath County2
- Fleming County2
- Estill County2
- McCreary County2
- Wayne County2
- Harlan County2
- Letcher County1
- Johnson County1
- Edmonson County1
- Perry County1
- Henderson County1
- Union County1
- Livingston County1
- Lyon County1
- McCracken County1
- Calloway County1
- Trigg County1
- Bracken County1
- Grant County1
- Rowan County1
- Lee County1
- Barren County1
- Fulton County1
- Henry County1
- Ohio County1
- Logan County1
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Sources
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