Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, September 2026
49 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 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 September 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 49
- Busiest day
- September 4, 202611 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe | 18 min |
| Sep 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 22 min |
| Sep 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 21 min |
| Sep 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 17 min |
| Sep 4, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Rowan | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 17 min |
| Sep 5, 5:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 6:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 6:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 7:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 10:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 19 min |
| Sep 5, 10:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 26 min |
| Sep 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Trigg | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 21 min |
| Sep 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 43 min |
| Sep 10, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Sep 11, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 44 min |
| Sep 11, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 51 min |
| Sep 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 13 min |
| Sep 21, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Menifee County4
- Johnson County4
- Harlan County4
- Wolfe County3
- Floyd County3
- Martin County3
- Letcher County3
- Morgan County3
- Owen County3
- Wayne County3
- Christian County3
- Boyd County3
- Lawrence County3
- Powell County2
- Estill County2
- Lee County2
- Pike County2
- Casey County2
- Russell County2
- Knott County2
- Perry County2
- Campbell County2
- Kenton County2
- Bath County2
- Rowan County2
- Bracken County2
- Mason County2
- Robertson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Boone County2
- Grant County2
- Magoffin County2
- Trigg County2
- Hopkins County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Fulton County2
- Carter County2
- McCreary County2
- Laurel County2
- Whitley County2
28 more counties
- Bell County2
- Montgomery County1
- Fleming County1
- Trimble County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Pendleton County1
- Daviess County1
- Hancock County1
- Gallatin County1
- Barren County1
- Edmonson County1
- Warren County1
- Caldwell County1
- Lyon County1
- Adair County1
- Green County1
- Marion County1
- Taylor County1
- Jackson County1
- Owsley County1
- Bullitt County1
- Lewis County1
- Greenup County1
- Graves County1
- Clinton County1
- Knox County1
- Leslie 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.