Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 1997
30 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- March5 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- February 21, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Franklin and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Floyd, Knott, Martin, Perry, Pike | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Livingston | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 66 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 61 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gallatin | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Carlisle and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greenup, Mason | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greenup | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 11 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County9
- Simpson County9
- Warren County9
- Estill County8
- Garrard County8
- Jessamine County8
- Lincoln County8
- Madison County8
- Powell County8
- Edmonson County8
- Grayson County8
- Marion County8
- Washington County8
- Logan County8
- Bourbon County7
- Elliott County7
- Floyd County7
- Greenup County7
- Lee County7
- Martin County7
- Pike County7
- Rowan County7
- Wolfe County7
- Adair County7
- Allen County7
- Boyle County7
- Cumberland County7
- Green County7
- Hardin County7
- Larue County7
- Mercer County7
- Metcalfe County7
- Monroe County7
- Nelson County7
- Taylor County7
- Todd County7
- Graves County6
- Livingston County6
- McCracken County6
- Bath County6
80 more counties
- Boyd County6
- Breathitt County6
- Carter County6
- Clark County6
- Fayette County6
- Harrison County6
- Jackson County6
- Knott County6
- Menifee County6
- Montgomery County6
- Morgan County6
- Nicholas County6
- Pulaski County6
- Rockcastle County6
- Wayne County6
- Barren County6
- Breckinridge County6
- Casey County6
- Clinton County6
- Franklin County6
- Hart County6
- Jefferson County6
- Russell County6
- Shelby County6
- Spencer County6
- Caldwell County6
- Christian County6
- Lyon County6
- Muhlenberg County6
- Trigg County6
- Ballard County5
- Carlisle County5
- Fulton County5
- Hickman County5
- Bell County5
- Clay County5
- Fleming County5
- Johnson County5
- Knox County5
- Laurel County5
- Lawrence County5
- Leslie County5
- McCreary County5
- Magoffin County5
- Owsley County5
- Perry County5
- Robertson County5
- Whitley County5
- Anderson County5
- Bullitt County5
- Meade County5
- Woodford County5
- Gallatin County5
- Henry County5
- Mason County5
- Scott County5
- Marshall County5
- Ohio County5
- Harlan County4
- Letcher County4
- Lewis County4
- Bracken County4
- Carroll County4
- Grant County4
- Oldham County4
- Owen County4
- Pendleton County4
- Calloway County4
- Hopkins County4
- McLean County4
- Webster County4
- Campbell County3
- Kenton County3
- Crittenden County3
- Daviess County3
- Hancock County3
- Henderson County3
- Boone County2
- Trimble County2
- Union County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.