Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, May 1998
19 severe thunderstorm watches in May 1998. 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 19
- Busiest day
- May 25, 19985 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 37 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clark and 33 more | 4 hr |
| May 19, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Oldham | 5 hr |
| May 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Grayson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd and 67 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 4 more | 4 hr |
| May 21, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard | 6 hr |
| May 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Cumberland | 5 hr |
| May 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 50 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 37 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Calloway, Christian, Clinton, Cumberland and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell | 6 hr |
| May 25, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clay, Clinton and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Ballard, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 60 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 46 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mercer County7
- Breckinridge County6
- Grayson County6
- Hancock County6
- Hardin County6
- Warren County6
- Anderson County6
- Fayette County6
- Jessamine County6
- Johnson County6
- Woodford County6
- Bell County6
- Boyle County6
- Leslie County6
- McCreary County6
- Barren County6
- Metcalfe County6
- Ballard County5
- Bullitt County5
- Butler County5
- Caldwell County5
- Carroll County5
- Crittenden County5
- Daviess County5
- Edmonson County5
- Gallatin County5
- Henderson County5
- Henry County5
- Hopkins County5
- Jefferson County5
- Livingston County5
- Lyon County5
- McCracken County5
- McLean County5
- Marshall County5
- Meade County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Ohio County5
- Oldham County5
- Owen County5
80 more counties
- Simpson County5
- Spencer County5
- Union County5
- Webster County5
- Clark County5
- Elliott County5
- Menifee County5
- Montgomery County5
- Morgan County5
- Powell County5
- Clay County5
- Garrard County5
- Harlan County5
- Knott County5
- Knox County5
- Laurel County5
- Letcher County5
- Perry County5
- Pulaski County5
- Wayne County5
- Whitley County5
- Nelson County5
- Russell County5
- Washington County5
- Allen County5
- Monroe County5
- Clinton County5
- Cumberland County5
- Boone County4
- Carlisle County4
- Christian County4
- Graves County4
- Hickman County4
- Kenton County4
- Logan County4
- Shelby County4
- Todd County4
- Trigg County4
- Trimble County4
- Bath County4
- Bourbon County4
- Bracken County4
- Carter County4
- Fleming County4
- Franklin County4
- Grant County4
- Greenup County4
- Harrison County4
- Lewis County4
- Martin County4
- Mason County4
- Nicholas County4
- Pendleton County4
- Robertson County4
- Rowan County4
- Scott County4
- Breathitt County4
- Casey County4
- Estill County4
- Floyd County4
- Jackson County4
- Lincoln County4
- Madison County4
- Magoffin County4
- Owsley County4
- Rockcastle County4
- Wolfe County4
- Adair County4
- Hart County4
- Larue County4
- Marion County4
- Boyd County3
- Campbell County3
- Lawrence County3
- Lee County3
- Green County3
- Taylor County3
- Pike County3
- Calloway County3
- Fulton County2
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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.