Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2002
37 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 37
- Busiest month
- May14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 21, 20024 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
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 24, 2:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Christian and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Caldwell, Carlisle and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Kenton | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Carroll, Franklin, Gallatin, Henry and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Hancock, Henderson | 5 hr |
| May 2, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 5 hr |
| May 2, 8:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Ballard, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 38 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 17 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 40 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden | 5 hr |
| May 7, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Casey and 26 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Union | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 4 hr |
| May 13, 5:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton, Trimble | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bracken, Greenup, Harrison, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Fleming and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon and 47 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County14
- Spencer County14
- Boone County13
- Kenton County12
- Anderson County12
- Franklin County12
- Henry County12
- Oldham County12
- Campbell County11
- Gallatin County11
- Hancock County11
- Jefferson County11
- Trimble County11
- Marion County11
- Bullitt County10
- Carroll County10
- Owen County10
- Larue County10
- Mercer County10
- Nelson County10
- Washington County10
- Woodford County10
- Ohio County9
- Taylor County9
- Breckinridge County9
- Daviess County9
- Hardin County9
- Meade County9
- Harrison County9
- Scott County9
- Adair County8
- Casey County8
- Grayson County8
- Henderson County8
- McLean County8
- Union County8
- Boyle County8
- Fayette County8
- Nicholas County8
- Green County7
79 more counties
- Metcalfe County7
- Carlisle County7
- Bourbon County7
- Bracken County7
- Mason County7
- Pendleton County7
- Robertson County7
- Allen County6
- Barren County6
- Edmonson County6
- Hart County6
- Monroe County6
- Hickman County6
- Ballard County6
- Crittenden County6
- McCracken County6
- Webster County6
- Clark County6
- Garrard County6
- Grant County6
- Jessamine County6
- Lincoln County5
- Trigg County5
- Fulton County5
- Graves County5
- Marshall County5
- Livingston County5
- Fleming County5
- Lewis County5
- Knott County5
- Pulaski County5
- Russell County5
- Wayne County5
- Harlan County5
- Letcher County5
- Butler County4
- Christian County4
- Logan County4
- Simpson County4
- Todd County4
- Warren County4
- Calloway County4
- Lyon County4
- Bath County4
- Madison County4
- Montgomery County4
- Floyd County4
- Pike County4
- Cumberland County4
- Clinton County4
- McCreary County4
- Muhlenberg County3
- Caldwell County3
- Hopkins County3
- Estill County3
- Jackson County3
- Powell County3
- Greenup County3
- Martin County3
- Bell County3
- Clay County3
- Knox County3
- Laurel County3
- Leslie County3
- Perry County3
- Whitley County3
- Boyd County2
- Breathitt County2
- Johnson County2
- Magoffin County2
- Morgan County2
- Wolfe County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Carter County1
- Elliott County1
- Lawrence County1
- Lee County1
- Menifee County1
- Owsley County1
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.