Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, March 2026
61 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 61
- Busiest day
- March 16, 202643 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 11:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 12:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Henderson, Union, Webster | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 20 min |
| Mar 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Owsley | 34 min |
| Mar 11, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Lee, Leslie, Owsley, Perry and 1 more | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more | 32 min |
| Mar 11, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Trigg | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Meade, Ohio | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin and 5 more | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Simpson and 1 more | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 5 more | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and 2 more | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison and 5 more | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 16, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 1:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Whitley | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 1 more | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Owsley and 1 more | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 3 more | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie and 3 more | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 3:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 3:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox | 15 min |
| Mar 16, 3:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knott, Letcher | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 3:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 4:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Breathitt County7
- Magoffin County6
- Christian County5
- McCreary County5
- Clay County5
- Knott County5
- Ballard County4
- Trigg County4
- Todd County4
- Cumberland County4
- Wayne County4
- Pulaski County4
- Owsley County4
- Perry County4
- Floyd County4
- Muhlenberg County4
- Butler County4
- Grayson County4
- Breckinridge County4
- Meade County4
- Jefferson County4
- Shelby County4
- Bell County4
- Carlisle County3
- Calloway County3
- Monroe County3
- Jackson County3
- Knox County3
- Laurel County3
- Whitley County3
- Lee County3
- Leslie County3
- Wolfe County3
- Johnson County3
- Fulton County3
- Ohio County3
- Hancock County3
- Edmonson County3
- Warren County3
- Hardin County3
71 more counties
- Bullitt County3
- Nelson County3
- Metcalfe County3
- Franklin County3
- Scott County3
- Marshall County2
- Henderson County2
- Webster County2
- Clinton County2
- Martin County2
- Pike County2
- Hickman County2
- Graves County2
- Daviess County2
- Simpson County2
- Hart County2
- Larue County2
- Allen County2
- Barren County2
- Spencer County2
- Henry County2
- Mercer County2
- Woodford County2
- Adair County2
- Garrard County2
- Casey County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Menifee County2
- Powell County2
- Elliott County2
- Morgan County2
- Harlan County2
- Letcher County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Greenup County2
- Lawrence County2
- Crittenden County1
- Union County1
- Livingston County1
- McCracken County1
- Hopkins County1
- McLean County1
- Logan County1
- Oldham County1
- Trimble County1
- Anderson County1
- Marion County1
- Washington County1
- Green County1
- Taylor County1
- Carroll County1
- Gallatin County1
- Grant County1
- Owen County1
- Bourbon County1
- Clark County1
- Fayette County1
- Harrison County1
- Jessamine County1
- Nicholas County1
- Russell County1
- Boyle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Bath County1
- Estill County1
- Montgomery County1
- Rowan County1
- Campbell 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.