Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, August 2026

160 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
160
Busiest day
August 11, 202637 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard23 min
Aug 1, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle34 min
Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan30 min
Aug 1, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe32 min
Aug 1, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley33 min
Aug 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle34 min
Aug 5, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Owsley26 min
Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup28 min
Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup35 min
Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup35 min
Aug 8, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman28 min
Aug 9, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin23 min
Aug 9, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin35 min
Aug 11, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd24 min
Aug 11, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike30 min
Aug 11, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike26 min
Aug 11, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton52 min
Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton43 min
Aug 11, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 5 more54 min
Aug 11, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLMKHarrison, Nicholas30 min
Aug 11, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan43 min
Aug 11, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan27 min
Aug 11, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas39 min
Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott34 min
Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis, Mason32 min
Aug 11, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup30 min
Aug 11, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan37 min
Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott16 min
Aug 11, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison44 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan27 min
Aug 11, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Johnson, Magoffin and 6 more39 min
Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence79 min
Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Woodford46 min
Aug 11, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan39 min
Aug 11, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe43 min
Aug 11, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatJKLBreathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more40 min
Aug 11, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBreathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 9 more38 min
Aug 11, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 6 more50 min
Aug 11, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBreathitt, Clay, Estill, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more41 min
Aug 11, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski and 1 more47 min
Aug 11, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 2 more64 min
Aug 11, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBreathitt, Clay, Knott, Lee, Owsley, Perry39 min
Aug 11, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Pike38 min
Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more52 min
Aug 11, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln20 min
Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin38 min
Aug 11, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 5 more62 min
Aug 11, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade25 min
Aug 11, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and 1 more19 min
Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade33 min
Aug 11, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland46 min
Aug 11, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin19 min
Aug 11, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Nelson23 min
Aug 11, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley63 min
Aug 12, 5:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott, Woodford37 min
Aug 12, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton42 min
Aug 12, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock50 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock38 min
Aug 12, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock40 min
Aug 12, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin30 min
Aug 12, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio39 min
Aug 12, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson25 min
Aug 12, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade33 min
Aug 12, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle28 min
Aug 12, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln28 min
Aug 12, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle27 min
Aug 12, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley35 min
Aug 12, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie29 min
Aug 12, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken41 min
Aug 13, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry46 min
Aug 15, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Wolfe24 min
Aug 15, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike41 min
Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence30 min
Aug 15, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming26 min
Aug 15, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan33 min
Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more33 min
Aug 15, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison33 min
Aug 15, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas24 min
Aug 15, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott29 min
Aug 15, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott21 min
Aug 16, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott26 min
Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Lawrence41 min
Aug 16, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott31 min
Aug 16, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson27 min
Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell35 min
Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd50 min
Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Lawrence49 min
Aug 16, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Rowan32 min
Aug 16, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson35 min
Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan29 min
Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Wolfe25 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott33 min
Aug 16, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan35 min
Aug 16, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson32 min
Aug 16, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe27 min
Aug 16, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell25 min
Aug 16, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Morgan36 min
Aug 16, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence34 min
Aug 16, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin30 min
Aug 16, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan35 min
Aug 16, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe33 min
Aug 16, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike49 min
Aug 16, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe29 min
Aug 16, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike36 min
Aug 16, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe24 min
Aug 16, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell and 1 more40 min
Aug 16, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison23 min
Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle30 min
Aug 16, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Wolfe34 min
Aug 16, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 2 more40 min
Aug 16, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Perry, Wolfe25 min
Aug 16, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee and 4 more47 min
Aug 16, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Leslie, Perry35 min
Aug 16, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more43 min
Aug 16, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more51 min
Aug 17, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade35 min
Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher34 min
Aug 17, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Letcher23 min
Aug 20, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken51 min
Aug 20, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Hickman, McCracken, Marshall54 min
Aug 20, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle40 min
Aug 20, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatPAHCalloway, Graves, Hickman, Marshall67 min
Aug 20, 1:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatPAHChristian, Trigg47 min
Aug 20, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and 1 more34 min
Aug 20, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Hickman, Marshall44 min
Aug 20, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatPAHCalloway, Graves13 min
Aug 20, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg65 min
Aug 20, 2:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPAHChristian34 min
Aug 20, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd26 min
Aug 20, 3:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan34 min
Aug 20, 3:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, McCracken42 min
Aug 20, 4:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway20 min
Aug 20, 5:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne26 min
Aug 22, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin29 min
Aug 22, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery37 min
Aug 22, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Hart, Larue15 min
Aug 22, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan21 min
Aug 22, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue33 min
Aug 22, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan47 min
Aug 22, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart50 min
Aug 22, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan26 min
Aug 22, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe41 min
Aug 22, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan37 min
Aug 22, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan34 min
Aug 22, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell47 min
Aug 22, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe42 min
Aug 22, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more47 min
Aug 22, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe32 min
Aug 22, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe39 min
Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe27 min
Aug 22, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe33 min
Aug 22, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin35 min
Aug 22, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry44 min
Aug 22, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Lee, Owsley, Perry, Wolfe25 min
Aug 22, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry43 min
Aug 22, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Perry, Wolfe34 min
Aug 22, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more47 min
Aug 22, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike47 min
Aug 22, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry35 min
Aug 22, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie25 min

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