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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham19 min
May 16, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham33 min
May 16, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble38 min
May 16, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen42 min
May 16, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Grant, Owen45 min
May 16, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton37 min
May 18, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union27 min
May 19, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLyon25 min
May 19, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio21 min
May 19, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby33 min
May 19, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, Whitley26 min
May 19, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby26 min
May 19, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen9 min
May 20, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison24 min
May 20, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Morgan, Rowan26 min
May 20, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCarter, Lawrence32 min
May 20, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence33 min
May 20, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence24 min
May 22, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan14 min
May 22, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan26 min
May 22, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin32 min
May 22, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson37 min
May 24, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Knott, Martin, Pike33 min
May 24, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Martin, Pike37 min
May 26, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan34 min
May 26, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence42 min
May 31, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard44 min
May 31, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton42 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

2 more counties

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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.