Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, August 2023
67 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 67
- Busiest day
- August 7, 202325 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 20 min |
| Aug 5, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 9:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 21 min |
| Aug 12, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 16 min |
| Aug 25, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Rowan | 23 min |
| Aug 25, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 20 min |
| Aug 25, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton | 9 min |
| Aug 25, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 15 min |
| Aug 25, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Nicholas | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Woodford | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Trigg | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Morgan County9
- Bath County8
- Rowan County8
- Menifee County8
- Spencer County7
- Jefferson County6
- Johnson County6
- Shelby County5
- Bourbon County5
- Fayette County5
- Bullitt County5
- Nelson County5
- Ballard County4
- Franklin County4
- Scott County4
- Martin County4
- Elliott County4
- Pendleton County4
- Anderson County4
- Bell County3
- Clay County3
- Knox County3
- Fleming County3
- Floyd County3
- Magoffin County3
- Lawrence County3
- Nicholas County3
- Woodford County3
- McCracken County2
- Union County2
- Henderson County2
- McLean County2
- Webster County2
- Harrison County2
- Laurel County2
- Harlan County2
- Leslie County2
- Clark County2
- Montgomery County2
- Carter County2
42 more counties
- Breathitt County2
- Fulton County2
- Hickman County2
- Graves County2
- Powell County2
- Wolfe County2
- Bracken County2
- Robertson County2
- Campbell County2
- Kenton County2
- Grant County2
- Mercer County2
- Washington County2
- Carlisle County1
- Crittenden County1
- Livingston County1
- Caldwell County1
- Christian County1
- Hopkins County1
- Meade County1
- Oldham County1
- Trimble County1
- Daviess County1
- Whitley County1
- Letcher County1
- Greenup County1
- Boyd County1
- Pike County1
- Jackson County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Boone County1
- Gallatin County1
- Owen County1
- Estill County1
- Lee County1
- Jessamine County1
- Henry County1
- Lyon County1
- Marshall County1
- Trigg County1
- Calloway 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.