Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 2020
48 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 48
- Busiest day
- May 23, 202012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 53 min |
| May 3, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 52 min |
| May 3, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Graves, Marshall | 61 min |
| May 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 39 min |
| May 3, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 49 min |
| May 3, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 24 min |
| May 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 23 min |
| May 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Wolfe | 49 min |
| May 3, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 46 min |
| May 3, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley and 2 more | 65 min |
| May 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 30 min |
| May 10, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen | 25 min |
| May 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and 1 more | 32 min |
| May 10, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 28 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 24 min |
| May 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 29 min |
| May 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 42 min |
| May 17, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 25 min |
| May 18, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 36 min |
| May 18, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 31 min |
| May 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 29 min |
| May 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 48 min |
| May 18, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 27 min |
| May 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 33 min |
| May 18, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| May 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Owsley | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 48 min |
| May 23, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 30 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 23 min |
| May 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 37 min |
| May 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Spencer | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 22 min |
| May 25, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 23 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 28 min |
| May 25, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 46 min |
| May 25, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 32 min |
| May 29, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Campbell County7
- Kenton County6
- Morgan County4
- Estill County4
- Shelby County4
- Fulton County3
- Calloway County3
- Menifee County3
- Breathitt County3
- Wolfe County3
- Lee County3
- Owsley County3
- Jackson County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Boone County3
- Scott County3
- Ballard County2
- Carlisle County2
- Graves County2
- Montgomery County2
- Rowan County2
- Johnson County2
- Magoffin County2
- Powell County2
- Clay County2
- Gallatin County2
- Grant County2
- Owen County2
- Garrard County2
- Lincoln County2
- Franklin County2
- Oldham County2
- Trimble County2
- Spencer County2
- Anderson County2
- Hickman County1
- Marshall County1
- Trigg County1
- Bath County1
- McCreary County1
30 more counties
- Wayne County1
- Floyd County1
- Martin County1
- Perry County1
- Carroll County1
- Pendleton County1
- Henderson County1
- Bourbon County1
- Harrison County1
- Madison County1
- Fayette County1
- Jessamine County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Clinton County1
- Cumberland County1
- Russell County1
- Pulaski County1
- Laurel County1
- Henry County1
- Boyle County1
- Bullitt County1
- Hardin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Logan County1
- Christian County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Todd County1
- Boyd County1
- Lawrence County1
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Sources
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