Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, August 2020
19 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 19
- Busiest day
- August 18, 20205 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 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer, Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Woodford | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 17 min |
| Aug 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greenup County2
- Breathitt County2
- Calloway County2
- Boyd County1
- Boyle County1
- Garrard County1
- Jessamine County1
- Lincoln County1
- Mercer County1
- Washington County1
- Knott County1
- Pike County1
- Warren County1
- Allen County1
- Bourbon County1
- Harrison County1
- Nicholas County1
- Bracken County1
- Mason County1
- Robertson County1
- Bath County1
- Fleming County1
- Montgomery County1
- Anderson County1
- Franklin County1
- Shelby County1
- Woodford County1
- Grayson County1
- Hardin County1
- Hart County1
- Boone County1
- Kenton County1
- Lyon County1
- Marshall County1
- Graves County1
- Fulton County1
- Hickman County1
- Todd 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.