Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 2022

165 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 165
Busiest day: May 19, 202251 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
May 1, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue and 3 more	36 min
May 2, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Fulton	37 min
May 2, 11:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	15 min
May 2, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves, Hickman	49 min
May 3, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken	39 min
May 3, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Marshall	34 min
May 3, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	51 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	34 min
May 3, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Hart, Larue	25 min
May 3, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson	32 min
May 3, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	28 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Woodford	34 min
May 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe	26 min
May 3, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	23 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Garrard, Lincoln	31 min
May 5, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Warren	36 min
May 5, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Warren	43 min
May 5, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary	43 min
May 6, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	27 min
May 6, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	46 min
May 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more	42 min
May 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie	24 min
May 6, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Perry	29 min
May 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	35 min
May 6, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	23 min
May 6, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin and 1 more	33 min
May 6, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	20 min
May 6, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin	25 min
May 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	36 min
May 6, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	19 min
May 6, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	35 min
May 6, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	28 min
May 14, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Morgan	30 min
May 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Rowan	50 min
May 14, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	43 min
May 14, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	23 min
May 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	29 min
May 14, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	21 min
May 14, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	24 min
May 14, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	17 min
May 14, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson	28 min
May 14, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	16 min
May 14, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	18 min
May 14, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Webster	30 min
May 15, 1:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	31 min
May 15, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	43 min
May 15, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	43 min
May 15, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken	29 min
May 15, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	27 min
May 18, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	34 min
May 18, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Taylor	37 min
May 18, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	39 min
May 18, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Taylor	33 min
May 18, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Laurel	33 min
May 18, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	36 min
May 18, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	39 min
May 18, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Russell	16 min
May 18, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	45 min
May 18, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	31 min
May 18, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	30 min
May 18, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	31 min
May 18, 10:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	34 min
May 19, 12:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	43 min
May 19, 3:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	32 min
May 19, 4:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox	21 min
May 19, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	43 min
May 19, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Hancock	54 min
May 19, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	46 min
May 19, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	28 min
May 19, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart	33 min
May 19, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	49 min
May 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	37 min
May 19, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	32 min
May 19, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	41 min
May 19, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	27 min
May 19, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	32 min
May 19, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	35 min
May 19, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	36 min
May 19, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle	34 min
May 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	30 min
May 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	45 min
May 19, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	38 min
May 19, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	37 min
May 19, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	31 min
May 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	28 min
May 19, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	40 min
May 19, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	51 min
May 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	32 min
May 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox	32 min
May 19, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott, Woodford	23 min
May 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	41 min
May 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher	26 min
May 19, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe	25 min
May 19, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	23 min
May 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe	23 min
May 19, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	52 min
May 19, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe	21 min
May 19, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	32 min
May 19, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	31 min
May 19, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	28 min
May 19, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	47 min
May 19, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe	35 min
May 19, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Kenton	49 min
May 19, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	56 min
May 19, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe	37 min
May 19, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin	37 min
May 19, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson, Washington	49 min
May 19, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	43 min
May 19, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	37 min
May 19, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	34 min
May 19, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	41 min
May 19, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	23 min
May 19, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	37 min
May 19, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	28 min
May 19, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	52 min
May 19, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Jessamine	30 min
May 19, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	46 min
May 19, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin	31 min
May 19, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette	27 min
May 19, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby	42 min
May 19, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	29 min
May 19, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	41 min
May 19, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Franklin, Henry	11 min
May 19, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	14 min
May 19, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Pendleton, Robertson	49 min
May 19, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	28 min
May 19, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	55 min
May 19, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason, Robertson	39 min
May 19, 11:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	21 min
May 20, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	31 min
May 20, 12:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason	31 min
May 20, 4:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and 1 more	41 min
May 20, 4:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton	27 min
May 21, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	36 min
May 21, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken	49 min
May 21, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton	39 min
May 21, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken, Marshall	25 min
May 21, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	29 min
May 21, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	51 min
May 21, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	27 min
May 21, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Gallatin	42 min
May 21, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	40 min
May 21, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	42 min
May 21, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	23 min
May 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter	36 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	30 min
May 26, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin	42 min
May 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	31 min
May 26, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	31 min
May 26, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	21 min
May 26, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	34 min
May 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	36 min
May 26, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie	33 min
May 26, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	31 min
May 26, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	29 min
May 26, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	26 min
May 26, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery	41 min
May 26, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason, Robertson	40 min
May 26, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	24 min
May 26, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	14 min
May 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	28 min
May 26, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	19 min
May 26, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason	49 min
May 26, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	34 min
May 26, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	26 min

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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.