Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, May 2026
28 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 28
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20266 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 19 min |
| May 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 33 min |
| May 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 38 min |
| May 16, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 27 min |
| May 19, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon | 25 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 21 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 26 min |
| May 19, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 26 min |
| May 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen | 9 min |
| May 20, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 24 min |
| May 20, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 26 min |
| May 20, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 22, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 14 min |
| May 22, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| May 22, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 32 min |
| May 22, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Martin, Pike | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 37 min |
| May 26, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 42 min |
| May 31, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 44 min |
| May 31, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Oldham County5
- Lawrence County4
- Henry County3
- Gallatin County3
- Owen County3
- Boone County3
- Grant County3
- Jefferson County2
- Campbell County2
- Kenton County2
- Shelby County2
- Morgan County2
- Logan County2
- Grayson County2
- Hardin County2
- Floyd County2
- Johnson County2
- Martin County2
- Pike County2
- Trimble County1
- Carroll County1
- Pendleton County1
- Henderson County1
- Union County1
- Lyon County1
- Breckinridge County1
- Hancock County1
- Ohio County1
- Knox County1
- Laurel County1
- Whitley County1
- Madison County1
- Elliott County1
- Rowan County1
- Carter County1
- Bullitt County1
- Larue County1
- Nelson County1
- Knott County1
- Magoffin County1
2 more counties
Nearby
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.