Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, March 1997
5 severe thunderstorm watches in March 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 March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 29, 19972 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Floyd County3
- Knott County3
- Martin County3
- Perry County3
- Pike County3
- Breathitt County3
- Leslie County3
- Bell County2
- Clay County2
- Harlan County2
- Johnson County2
- Knox County2
- Laurel County2
- Lawrence County2
- Letcher County2
- McCreary County2
- Magoffin County2
- Owsley County2
- Whitley County2
- Ballard County1
- Caldwell County1
- Calloway County1
- Carlisle County1
- Fulton County1
- Graves County1
- Hickman County1
- Livingston County1
- Lyon County1
- McCracken County1
- Marshall County1
- Trigg County1
- Boyd County1
- Carter County1
- Elliott County1
- Greenup County1
- Morgan County1
- Adair County1
- Boyle County1
- Casey County1
- Clinton County1
22 more counties
- Cumberland County1
- Estill County1
- Garrard County1
- Green County1
- Jackson County1
- Jessamine County1
- Lee County1
- Lincoln County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Mercer County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Monroe County1
- Nelson County1
- Powell County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Russell County1
- Taylor County1
- Washington County1
- Wayne County1
- Wolfe 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.