Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, April 2026
62 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2026. 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 62
- Busiest day
- April 28, 202630 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 25 min |
| Apr 1, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Morgan, Rowan | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 22 min |
| Apr 1, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Livingston, McCracken | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 2 more | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade and 2 more | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Scott | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 1:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer and 1 more | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Rowan | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Powell and 1 more | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion, Russell and 1 more | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hopkins County8
- Caldwell County6
- Henderson County6
- Rowan County5
- Bath County5
- Livingston County5
- Christian County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Webster County5
- Johnson County4
- Elliott County4
- Fleming County4
- Ballard County4
- Lyon County4
- Trigg County4
- Daviess County4
- Lawrence County3
- Oldham County3
- Shelby County3
- Morgan County3
- Green County3
- Hart County3
- Hardin County3
- Larue County3
- Nelson County3
- Graves County3
- Marshall County3
- Calloway County3
- Butler County3
- Crittenden County3
- Grayson County3
- Floyd County2
- Magoffin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Bullitt County2
- Clinton County2
- Cumberland County2
- Adair County2
- Russell County2
- Carlisle County2
70 more counties
- McCracken County2
- Todd County2
- Logan County2
- McLean County2
- Henry County2
- Union County2
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Grant County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Ohio County2
- Jessamine County2
- Mercer County2
- Woodford County2
- Menifee County2
- Marion County2
- Taylor County2
- Knott County1
- Leslie County1
- Letcher County1
- Perry County1
- Martin County1
- Pike County1
- Spencer County1
- Trimble County1
- Monroe County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Allen County1
- Simpson County1
- Warren County1
- Carroll County1
- Owen County1
- Hancock County1
- Meade County1
- Boone County1
- Campbell County1
- Kenton County1
- Pendleton County1
- Harrison County1
- Scott County1
- Bourbon County1
- Nicholas County1
- Anderson County1
- Washington County1
- Bracken County1
- Mason County1
- Robertson County1
- Edmonson County1
- Clark County1
- Fayette County1
- Garrard County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lewis County1
- Carter County1
- Greenup County1
- Breathitt County1
- Estill County1
- Lee County1
- Owsley County1
- Powell County1
- Wolfe County1
- Casey County1
- Lincoln County1
- Laurel County1
- McCreary County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Wayne County1
- Whitley 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.